AJ Dybantsa dazzled the crowd of 16,116 at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts by scoring 25 points for BYU, the most for a single player by both teams during the game, against UConn in a narrow lost to them.

Last season for the New England Patriots was another forgettable season. No buy in or energy by this team that only won a couple of games last season. It led to the firing of first year coach Jerod Mayo and the hiring of Mike Vrabel. The results of that decision have exceeded expectations so far as the Patriots have an 8-2 record as of this writing. Vrabel’s hiring has reenergized a team that has not felt this way since the Tom Brady era.

Georgia has Uga. Texas A&M has Reveille. I have Duke. No, not the university. That is the name of my dog.

For the number 1 projected draft pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, AJ Dybantsa has a lot to prove to NBA Scouts-perhaps even more than the number 1 draft pick from a year before, Cooper Flagg. This season, Dybantsa will have to balance having a successful one and done season at BYU and escaping the shadow of Flagg who is now with the Dallas Mavericks. To better understand why Dybantsa will have a chip on his shoulder coming into the college basketball season, let us examine the common and the not so common factors between the two.