This is a play on the BYU COUGARS for our Sweet 16 Thursday Ultimate Underdog. BYU is a bad matchup for Alabama and the Crimson Tide are good matchup for the Cougars based on their styles. BYU has won 11 of its last 12 games with the lone loss coming against Houston which was able to slow it down and muck it up to hold the Cougars to only 54 points which was a season low behind a 55-point performance back in January, also against Houston so that has been the matchup that has been the most troublesome. They like to run and shoot and Alabama will gladly give them that and this team is ranked No. 4 in the country at BartTorvik since this 12-game run that started on February 11th. This includes an 8-1 run against Quad 1 teams and while their defense can be an issue at times, they now face an Alabama teams that is shooting just 34.7 percent from long range this month. If Alabama gets hot, it can beat anyone in the country but when playing its averages, it is as vulnerable as anyone and its No. 348 Turnover Rate on defense is a huge concern with the Cougars not feeling much resistance. 10* (627) BYU Cougars