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BYU basketball players Brock Zylstra, Tyler Haws and Brandon Davies got out and walked around Times Square a little bit on Monday afternoon as part of a photo shoot for the NIT semifinals, which are Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.

The players didn't know they would be asked to go out on the streets outside the Marriott Marquis, where they are staying, which is why they were not wearing basketball shoes.