When Kevin Young was hired as the men’s basketball coach 11 months ago, Brigham Young University President Shane Reese described him as “an absolutely brilliant basketball mind who is going to take the Cougars to the next level.

The Wisconsin Badgers are set to meet the BYU Cougars in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament on Saturday.

It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a BYU-Wisconsin prediction and pick. Find out how to watch BYU-Wisconsin. The BYU Cougars are on a roll. They were one of the hottest teams in college basketball from mid-February through the first weekend of March.

With every player who's signed, every name, image, likeness deal that's cut, every athlete, or coach, who moves from Team A to Team B without even saying goodbye, college basketball takes one more step toward something that feels an awful lot like the pros.

Also, trendy upset picks saw a mixed bag of results while the top seeds held serve on the first day of the NCAA men’s tournament.