Blue roundup: Cougars in exclusive club

By Jeff Call, Deseret News

Published: Tuesday, Jan. 10 2012 12:56 p.m. MST

Summary

BYU sports news from the Web for Tuesday.

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BYU finished No. 25 in the final USA Today Coaches' poll, and was ranked just outside the top 25 in the Associated Press poll at No. 26.

BYU is one of 11 programs ranked in the top 25 in five of the last six seasons.

Turning to basketball, watch BYU Basketball with Coach Dave Rose as he looks back at last week's wins, over Loyola Marymount and San Francisco, and ahead, to this week's game against Santa Clara.

Former BYU basketball player Russell Larsonwrites an interesting piece on KSL.com about a former teammate who is the father of a current Oregon star.

BYU is one of the last four teams in NCAA tournament projection, according to SI.com.

And, finally, a former BYU softball star is now playing professionally.

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worf

Mcallen, TX

Colorado 17
Utah 14

Enough said

9:31 p.m. Jan. 10, 2012
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newwest

Ferron, UT

Naval Vet,
Impressive! And you were the first to post. You must have been anticipating BYU's ranking and preparing your oh-so-predictable response to it.
Seems like your talent is wasted sniping at a non-conference opponent. Utah is now More..

11:00 a.m. Jan. 11, 2012
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Disgruntled

Nephi, UT

Wow Naval Vet, how long did it take to complete that research? Your obsession with BYU is remarkable.

7:18 a.m. Jan. 11, 2012
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Jeff Call

Jeff Call has been a sportswriter for the Deseret News since 1997. He is the BYU beat writer and has been covering Cougar sports since 1993, when he served as sports editor at the Daily Universe. Call has written several more ..

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