First-year head coach Kevin Young, who replaced Mark Pope after the latter's departure to Kentucky, expounded on the game and reflected on the Cougars' season along with two of his players. Transcripts are courtesy of ASAP Sports.

After BYU’s loss to Alabama, there’s a feeling that head coach Kevin Young was just kicking the tires this year. Instead of the end of a season, it may be the start of a new era for Cougar basketball.

You wrap them in your arms, like a puppy that had been hit by a truck, hold them and heal them, and tell them exactly what BYU coach Kevin Young told his Cougars on Thursday night in Newark, NJ. ”I’m extremely proud of my guys,