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BYU senior Brock Zylstra talked to reporters after practice on Friday afternoon about the Cougars' second-round NIT game against Mercer at the Marriott Center. The game is Monday at 7 p.m. MDT.

The Cougars seem to have plenty of respect for Mercer, which won the Atlantic Sun Conference and finished a game ahead of Florida Gulf Coast in that league. FGCU knocked off Georgetown on Friday night in the NCAA Tournament.