BYU basketball will get its first taste of outside competition this weekend.

The No. 8-ranked Cougars are headed about 900 miles east to Lincoln, Nebraska, to face the Cornhuskers this Saturday afternoon — but whatever happens on the court won’t end up in any record books or win-loss columns.

BYU and Nebraska are set to play in an exhibition game, their first since the NCAA loosened past regulations regarding the preseason.

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In years past, Division I teams could only take part in official preseason games against schools from different divisions. Any exception to this rule required NCAA approval through a waiver process, along with

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