SportsLine's model just revealed its NCAA Basketball picks for Houston Cougars vs. BYU Cougars on Friday in the 2025 Big 12 Tournament semifinals

Houston drilled BYU at the Fertitta Center. But lately, the Cougars from Provo have been just as hot as the Cougars who won the regular-season Big 12 Conference championship. And now, two sets of Cougars put their long winning streaks on the line in Friday night's Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship semifinal at Kansas City.

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What the coach and sixth-year player didn’t say was that sixth-seeded BYU was perhaps underseeded this year amid some hopes that it would land a 5 seed. That’s good, because the selection committee got it mostly right for one of the rare times when the Cougars are involved.

BYU is led by Richie Saunders, a junior guard who has morphed into a fringe NBA prospect this year. It also has Dallin Hall, a veteran guard coming off the bench who stabilizes the Cougars’ offense and finishes games.

Only a handful of conference tournament finals remain and many questions have been answered ahead of the brackets being announced. Here’s a final projection.