KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Thursday, the National Association of Basketball Coaches confirmed BYU and UVU men’s basketball are among the programs to receive a team academic excellence award for the 2018-19 season. These awards recognize a team’s outstanding academic achievement with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. This commemorates the third […]
LAHAINA, Hawaii-Thursday morning, the 2019 Maui Invitational schedule was released, which features BYU men’s basketball against UCLA November 25 at 11:30 pm MST. This is the Cougars’ fourth all-time appearance at the Maui Invitational, having previously competed at the event in 1992, 2004 and 2014. The loaded field of this […]
PROVO, Utah-Per a tweet from the Salt Lake Tribune’s Jay Drew Tuesday afternoon, BYU men’s basketball has announced two future games against Mountain West Conference foe Boise State. The first meeting is slated for Taco Bell Arena of Boise this next season on November 19. The Broncos will return the […]
PROVO, Utah-Per a report from Friday, BYU men’s basketball announced the transfer of 6-5 guard Jake Toolson into the program from nearby Utah Valley University. Toolson, who graduated from UVU earlier this spring, was a The Associated Press honorable-mention All-American last season. The 2019-20 WAC player of the year averaged […]
PROVO, Utah-Late Wednesday, BYU men’s basketball announced the signing of Utah Valley transfers Richard Harward and Wyatt Lowell, as well as Trey Stewart, who also initially signed with Utah Valley will graduate from American Fork High School later this month. Harward and Lowell will sit out the 2019-20 season per […]
PROVO, Utah-Monday, USU-Eastern men’s basketball star Blaze Nield confirmed on his Twitter account that will sign with Brigham Young University. Nield, a 6-1 point guard who averaged 20.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game this season for the Eagles, said he is “beyond blessed” on his Twitter account, […]
PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, BYU men’s basketball coach Mark Pope announced his coaching staff. Pope confirmed Cody Fueger, Chris Burgess and Nick Robinson as his new assistants. Fueger and Burgess have come to Provo from nearby Utah Valley University where Pope had previously been the head coach. Robinson joins the Cougars’ staff […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Mark Pope is returning to BYU as the Cougars’ new head coach with the task of elevating a program that hasn’t earned an NCAA Tournament berth since 2015. The school announced Wednesday that it was naming Pope to replace Dave Rose, who retired in March after […]
PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, more big news emerged from the BYU men’s basketball program as star forward Yoeli Childs announced he was declaring for the NBA Draft. Childs, who averaged 21.2 points and 9.7 rebounds per game during his recently-completed junior campaign, has foregone his senior year of eligibility. He confirmed on […]
PROVO, Utah-Tuesday afternoon, BYU men’s basketball coach Dave Rose announced his retirement during a press conference at the Marriott Center. Rose has been either an assistant coach or head coach for the past 22 years at BYU. Rose served as former head coach Steve Cleveland’s assistant from 1997-2005 and has […]
