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Maybe the Utah-BYU basketball series wasnt as toxic as believed.Although they wont meet this season for the first time since World War II, the Beehive Classic has helped bring them back together. The event will run from 2017 to 2019 and take place in Vivint Smart Home Arena, which is home to the NBAs Utah Jazz. The classic will have a double header format including Weber State and Utah State and each school will face its in-state rivals once during three years in Salt Lake City.The Utes and Cougars will face each other in 2018 in the Beehive and the two schools have also agreed to play at alternating home sites in 2017 and 2019 when they dont play in the event.Back in January, the 116-year-old rivalry seemed in danger of having a much longer hiatus. Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said the game had turned into a venomous and toxic environment after chippy play throughout the past four seasons culminated with BYU guard Nick Emery being ejected from Utahs 83-75 win in December for punching Utes guard Brandon Taylor.Krystkowiak announced then that the Utes would buy out their appearance in Provo, Utah, for the 2016-17 season and, according to The Salt Lake Tribune, paid $80,000 of his own money to do so. It marks for the first time since 1944 that the Cougars and Utes did not play each other in basketball.The cancellation wasnt a very popular decision. It prompted elected officials in Utah to weigh in on their displeasure including the governor.Thursdays announcement that the series would return, at least through the 2019-20 season, even got Krystkowiak back on board.Dr. (Chris) Hill has come to an agreement, scheduling an event between these four in-state schools, Krystkowiak said in a release. And I support his decision. 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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Louisville coach Jeff Walz got a victory, and he hopes Middle Tennessee gave his fifth-ranked Cardinals a lesson in listening to the scouting report.Mariya Moore scored 27 points, and Louisville Cardinals never trailed beating Middle Tennessee 91-72 Wednesday night despite giving up a career-high 27 points and 11 assists to Blue Raiders guard Ty Petty.I hope our kids believe now that shes really good, Walz said. We tried to tell them that, but I think there were a few times we decided not to guard her just to see is she really good. After 27 points, Im hoping they realized that, and then Im hoping theyll believe us from now on when we tell them someone is good. She was phenomenal.This was Louisvilles first visit to Middle Tennessee since 2008, and the Cardinals had little trouble improving to 5-1 in this series despite letting Petty knock down 10 of her 17 shots.Ciera Johnson opened with a layup for the Cardinals (3-0), and Alex Johnson hit a short jumper to tie it up at 2. That was as close as Middle Tennessee (0-2) from Conference USA would get as Louisville shot 67 percent taking a 22-9 lead after the first quarter.Asia Durr also had 22 points, and Myisha Hines-Allen added 17 for Louisville.Alex Johnson had 13 for the Blue Raiders.We hope we grow up, Middle Tennessee coach Rick Insell said of his young team with Petty the only senior.Petty pulled the Blue Raiders within 26-21 capping a 12-2 run with a 3 with 4:39 left. That woke the Cardinals up, and they answered with 15 straight points and led 41-24 at halftime.The Cardinals pushed their lead to as much as 24 a couple times in the fourth quarter, the first on a 3 by Hines-Allen.BIG PICTURELouisville: The Cardinals continued their run through an easy opening portion of the schedule before playing fourth-ranked Souuth Carolina on Nov.dddddddddddd 27th. This was the Cardinals third straight game against a team from Tennessee but not against the states only ranked team, No. 13 Tennessee.Middle Tennessee: This was the highest-ranked team to visit since No. 4 Tennessee in 2013, helping the Blue Raiders bring in some star power for their home opener. They dropped to 5-1 all-time against Louisville, but its part of Insells toughening up his Blue Raiders during nonconference play for March. Arizona State and Georgia Tech also visit in December.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Cardinals did little to hurt themselves with an easy victory. This is their second road game and second against an NCAA Tournament team last March. It gives us more confidence to know were doing so well against great teams, so just lets us know where we are so far, Moore said. All teams get better throughout the season. Its good to know were starting off pretty well.HEIGHT ADVANTAGEWalz played five Cardinals who are 6-foot-2 or taller against a team with only Rebecca Reuter taller than 6 foot. The Cardinals outrebounded Middle Tennessee 44-30 and had a huge edge at the free throw line (21 of 27) compared to the Blue Raiders (3 of 6). The Cardinals even affected shots they werent around as the Blue Raiders missed some wide-open shots.We probably missed seven chip shots, Insell said. Well thats 14 points thats uncontested shots that we usually knock down that because of their size we were looking for them and we didnt follow through. We hit those seven chip shots, you look at the game its a little bit different.UP NEXTLouisville hosts Bowling Green on Saturday afternoon.Middle Tennessee visits Tennessee Tech on Saturday. ' ' '