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BYU basketball coach Dave Rose talked to reporters on Saturday, a day before the Cougars departed for New York City and the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden.
Rose's Cougars have turned their season around with three straight wins in the NIT, and are playing in that tournament's semifinals for the first time since 1966.
This is Part I of the 14-minute news conference. Part II will follow.