Richie Saunders and Keba Keita spun to look at the referee after a whistle midway through the first half in Boston on Saturday, concern etched on their faces.

They were bracing for the possibility that Saunders would be assessed his third foul with No. 7 BYU down 21-12 to No. 3 UConn. If so, the senior guard would likely ride the bench for the rest of the half.

The ref blamed Keita, but the Cougars barely had time to sigh in relief before Keita left the game for good after taking blow to the head with the score 26-12.

This was the exact nightmare foreseen by many Cougar fans on Tuesday when their team fell behind Delaware by 13 and came back to win. They muttered to each other that a start like against UConn would be a death sentence at TD Garden.

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