No Richie Saunders for BYU and no Koa Peat for the Wildcats. Without Saunders, where is the scoring going to come from? BYU is going to, now, lean even more heavily on AJ Dybansta and Robert Wright. Those two were able to take over the game, at home, against the Buffaloes but they don't have a defense like Arizona. The Wildcats have a top-5 defense in the country and will key in on Dybansta and Wright. Besides those two, BYU doesn’t have another player averaging in double figures.

I think BYU could be in trouble on Wednesday. Arizona is coming off two losses and the Cougars are now without Richie Saunders for the rest of the season. Saunders averages 18 points and 5.8 rebounds, so he will be missed, especially considering the Cougars aren't very deep. BYU ranks 309th in bench minutes on KenPom. Arizona gave up a big lead in the first meeting but led 44-31 at halftime. I expect the Wildcats to jump out fast again at home. I'll lay 6.5 with Arizona in the first half to avoid a late backdoor cover. Bet up to 7.5.

Both teams are going through it injury-wise right now: BYU lost star guard Richie Saunders for the season (ACL), while Arizona is without top freshman forward Koa Peat (lower leg) and bench contributor Dwayne Aristode (illness). With the Wildcats being down to essentially six contributable players for this matchup, I still think they win, but in single digits. My alma mater gets back on track after consecutive losses but it'll be far from a blowout. Wildcats 79, Cougars 72.