Gonzaga vs BYU NCAA Basketball Live Stream Reddit for Feb. 22
By Brendan Balsamo
An important matchup between the two top teams in the West Coast Conference goes down on Saturday, Feb. 22, as No. 2 Gonzaga visits No. 23 BYU.
How to Live Stream Gonzaga vs. BYU
This pivotal WCC game will tip at 10:00 pm ET at the Mariott Center in Provo, Utah. It will be broadcast on ESPN2 and streamed on WatchESPN and the NCAA Basketball Streams subreddit.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are one of the most balanced teams in the country. With seven players averaging ten or more points per game, the 27-1 squad is 13-0 in conference play and looks to make their first Final Four run since 2017.
BYU is on a seven-game win streak.
— Greg Wrubell (@gregwrubell) February 21, 2020
Gonzaga is on a 19-game win streak.
BYU is on a 12-game home win streak.
Gonzaga is on an 18-game win streak in true away games.
Zags have also won 40 consecutive regular season WCC games, and 39 straight regular season conference away games.
Gonzaga comes at you with a balanced attack. Of the seven players scoring 10 or more ppg, they all average 20 or more minutes a game, too. Filip Petrusev is one of the scariest big men in the country, averaging 17.5 ppg and 8.0 rpg. Killian Tillie is frightening as well, and Drew Timme lets teams know that even when Petrusev and Tillie are sitting, there's no rest for teams in the paint. Gonzaga is the third-best 3-point shooting team in the country, so they need to not only attack down low with their prolific big men, but they need to rain down shots over BYU all night as well.
BYU, meanwhile, is unexpectedly having a stellar season. At 22-7 and 11-3 in conference, the Cougars find themselves in the AP Top 25 and in second place in the WCC, over the preseason 24th-ranked St. Mary's. Head coach Mark Pope has guided the Cougars through an injury and suspension-filled season to still find a way to get a top-half seed in the tournament.
BYU's home game on Saturday against Gonzaga may be the most anticipated home game the Cougars have had since Jimmer Fredette & Co. hosted Kawhi Leonard and San Diego State in 2011.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) February 21, 2020
Palpable Buzz?
Maybe beyond.
While the Bulldogs are the third-best shooting team in the country, BYU is the best. The way they win games is through their 3-point shooting. Gonzaga has multiple inside presences, so resisting the drive and putting up a heavy amount of shots should be their method of attack. Their offensive rebounding is atrocious, at 347th in the country and they rarely get to the charity stripe, so their shots need to fall if they want to pull out a huge, conference win on Saturday.
This is one of the biggest games BYU has hosted in years. The last time a ranked BYU hosted a ranked opponent was when Kawhi Leonard and San Diego State rolled into Provo in 2011. This game was sold out by Thursday.