The University of Arizona apologized after a portion of the team’s fanbase sang an “unacceptable chant” directed towards Brigham Young University (BYU) following the Wildcats’ men’s ...

The BYU Cougars topped the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday night in a wild game that featured a controversial call, an incident between players and an explicit chant from the crowd in Tucson.

This is not an isolated incident. Just months earlier, during BYU’s Dec. 3, 2024, game at Providence, the student section directed the same offensive chant at BYU players and fans.

Arizona apologized for fans’ derogatory chants directed at BYU after the Cougars upset the No. 19 Wildcats in a wild 96-95 win Saturday night. Fans in the Arizona student section chanted an ...

This was hardly the first time an anti-Latter-day Saint chant broke out at a BYU event. When the faith’s flagship school went on the road to USC in 2021, it happened.

U of A is apologizing after its fans started an anti-LDS chant when the Wildcats lost to BYU on Feb. 22. BYU scored in the ...

The offensive chant was directed at members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, colloquially known as Mormons. The church is the sponsoring institution of BYU.

Arizona men's basketball and BYU found themselves in a tightly-knit, tense game Saturday at the McKale Center, as the two Big 12 opponents fought for March Madness seedings. The tensions escalated ...

The chant is not reflective of who we are and should not have happened.” Arizona is currently 18-9 on the season while BYU improved to 19-8 with Saturday’s win. Filed under ...

The University of Arizona apologized after a portion of the team’s fanbase sang an “unacceptable chant” directed towards Brigham Young University (BYU) following the Wildcats’ men’s ...

The offensive chant was directed at members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, colloquially known as Mormons. The church is the sponsoring institution of BYU.

BYU was founded in 1875 by the second president of the Mormon church, Brigham Young. The university is supported by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and nearly all its students are ...