Although an underdog team shouldn't be overlooked in any way, Pittsburgh has the will and the power behind it to defeat the fiery "Cinderella story" team of 2009.

Don't expect Utah to boast about Tuesday's overtime win against BYU8212;the hottest team in the Mountain West Conference is coming to town.

PROVO8212;Utah knew it wasn't going to be easy, but the women's basketball team was able to gut out its ninth straight victory at the hands of its biggest rival.

Two of the Mountain West Conference's leading scorers, Utah center Luke Nevill and BYU forward Lee Cummard, put on a scoring clinic in the first half of Tuesday night's game, scoring 16 points apiece in the 20 minute half.

The win was sweet, but not just because it was against BYU. It was a chance when more than a few of the team's close friends came to root for the team against a common enemy. An open house is a chance to show new changes and additions, but it's also a chance to make new impressions. Those chances became realities on Tuesday.

Instead of taking the season one meet at a time, Winslow's main focus has been on the MWC and NCAA championships coming up in February.

Both the men's and women's tennis teams will head east this weekend to take on top-level competition. The men's squad (3-0) goes to Waco, Texas to take on the No. 7 Baylor Bears.

The story of the night, though8212;the happily-ever-after tale the Crimson Club can tell their kids as they tuck them in tonight8212;is that of head coach Jim Boylen. To be considered successful in this hallowed sphere, you must beat BYU. It was the one thing he had not done, his final hill to climb into our hearts.

The women's basketball team (12-6, 5-0) will make the short trip to Provo to take on the Cougar team that many are labeling as the surprise team of the Mountain West Conference this year.

Utah sophomore Kyndal Robarts is ready and to make her season debut in competition this weekend in the Red Rocks' trip to Corvallis, Ore., to take on the Oregon State Beavers.