AJ Dybantsa’s introduction to college basketball came Saturday, and the possible No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft went for 30 points. In the past, the typical setting for a college freshman’s debut would have been a home exhibition game, a Division II opponent and a blowout win. Or a scrimmage not open to the public.

But this one was on the road at Nebraska, and the No. 8 Cougars lost in front of a near-sellout crowd of 14,992.

What made such a game possible was a change approved last January by the NCAA’s men’s basketball oversight committee that allowed teams to play two exhibition games against any four-year school. In the past, for BYU to play at Nebraska, it would have had to be a “secret scrimmage”, meaning the game would be conducted behind closed doors without official scoring.

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