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This article was first published in the Cougar Insiders newsletter Tuesday. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each week. The BYU basketball team opens the season against the Big Ten's Ohio State Nov. 2 in the Delta Center after a pair of preseason non-counting wins against Nebraska and UNLV.

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