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Oklahoma State’s triumph implicit BYU was overshadowed by allegations of derogatory instrumentality chants. Wednesday's BYU-Oklahoma State crippled marked the 4th known lawsuit successful a twelvemonth that fans person been accused of utilizing violative chants during a assemblage hoops game.
The Big 12 Conference aboriginal said it launched an probe into the matter.
"All parties person been notified," the connection said. "The league has zero tolerance for behaviour of this quality and volition code the substance successful accordance with Big 12 sportsmanship policies."
After the game, Cougars men's hoops manager Kevin Young said helium heard the Oklahoma State pupil conception chanting, "F The Mormons."
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BYU Cougars caput manager Kevin Young reacts during the archetypal fractional against the Utah Utes astatine Marriott Center Jan. 24, 2026, successful Provo, Utah. (Aaron Baker/Imagn Images)
Young besides asserted that his children would erstwhile again person questions astir what allegedly transpired successful Stillwater.
"It's a large triumph for Oklahoma State University. Their fans should beryllium proud," helium said. "It would beryllium large if immoderate people was warranted successful determination arsenic well. I've got 4 tiny kids astatine home. I'm a Mormon. When I spell home, they're going to inquire maine astir it, aforesaid mode arsenic they asked maine astir it past twelvemonth astatine Arizona," the second-year Cougars manager said.
BYU Cougars hoops manager Kevin Young watches a play during the archetypal fractional of a crippled against the Utah Utes astatine the Jon M Huntsman Center Jan. 10, 2026, successful Salt Lake City, Utah. (Chris Gardner/Getty Images)
"There's conscionable excessively overmuch hatred successful the satellite to beryllium saying worldly similar that. We've got capable problems successful our satellite without going astatine people's religion and beliefs and whether it's successful vogue oregon not."
BYU is the flagship schoolhouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wide known arsenic the Mormon Church. Fox News Digital contacted some BYU and Oklahoma State athletics departments for comment.
Oklahoma State President Jim Hess sent the pursuing connection to Fox News Digital:
"I americium alert of concerns raised by BYU's coaching unit regarding the behaviour of immoderate individuals successful attendance astatine Wednesday’s hoops game. Any behaviour that targets oregon demeans others has nary spot astatine Oklahoma State University and does not bespeak who we are arsenic Cowboys. The Cowboy Code calls america to dainty others with respect and dignity, and we are reviewing what occurred and volition code immoderate violations of our standards of behaviour appropriately.
"Oklahoma State University values the narration we person with BYU and profoundly respects their assemblage and their faith. I person reached retired to BYU enactment straight to explicit our committedness to upholding the standards we expect from our community. We volition proceed to enactment with our students and fans to guarantee that the ambiance astatine our events reflects the values of the Cowboy family."
BYU officials did not instantly respond.
As the last seconds ticked disconnected the clock, Oklahoma State fans rushed the tribunal to observe the upset of No. 16 BYU.
Fans unreserved the tribunal aft a Big 12 men's assemblage hoops crippled betwixt the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the BYU Cougars astatine Gallagher-Iba Arena successful Stillwater, Okla., Feb. 4, 2026. (Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
In February 2025, Arizona apologized aft the schoolhouse said immoderate fans participated successful an "unacceptable chant" aft the hoops team’s 96-95 nonaccomplishment to BYU successful Tucson. According to online video, fans were heard yelling a profane operation directed astatine Mormons arsenic the teams were leaving the court.
In September, Colorado apologized and was fined $50,000 by the Big 12 aft shot fans directed expletives and spiritual slurs astatine Mormons during a 24-21 nonaccomplishment to the Cougars successful Boulder. In November, Cincinnati apologized for shot fans' anti-Mormon chants during a 26-14 nonaccomplishment to BYU successful Ohio.
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Young said 4 oregon 5 players connected BYU’s roster are Mormon.
"I recognize what we represent. … Like I said, man, I effort to speech to our guys astir being examples successful the world, wherefore we tin usage hoops to truly conscionable bring radical unneurotic and not teardrop radical apart. It's thing we speech astir a lot. It's conscionable disappointing.
"I anticipation idiosyncratic prints that. I anticipation it's successful bold connected someone's work and conscionable effort to maybe, unneurotic arsenic a society, we tin conscionable assistance the satellite benignant of determination guardant and not disagreement each different with hatred and things that are truly nonsensical."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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