Shocking Deal:No. 1 recruit ,7 foot 5 star Commits to BYU Over duke and Tennessee basketball…
Shocking Deal:No. 1 recruit ,7 foot 5 star Commits to BYU Over duke and Tennessee basketball…
“I think it is a good experience for those guys to play in a venue like that, and have that experience as a college player. I think it is pretty cool,” Young said.
The timing is almost perfect, as the Jazz will host the Suns on Friday night, which will give Young and his team a chance to watch his former team in action. They will also get to watch Will Hardy coach, after the Jazz leader attended the Fresno State game and watched from the sidelines with Jazz owner Ryan Smith.
Young said he knows Hardy “very well” and has “connected quite a bit” with him since he got the job eight months ago.
BYU basketball: One-on-one with Kevin Young
“We kinda grew up, him more than me, in the Spurs tree. Brett Brown, who I worked for in Philly, was with Will when he was a youngster in San Antonio. Then Monte Williams, and the whole thing. The Spurs tree is massive. I am just a small little step child of it,” Young said. “I know Will through that and he’s been great since I have gotten here. … That was really cool that they were there tonight.”
BYU blitzed Fresno State 85-56 at the Delta Center on Dec. 1 last year, then routed Wyoming 94-68 on Dec. 30 at the Marriott Center. The Cougars are scheduled to play the Pokes in Laramie next season, when the No. 1 high school recruit in the country, AJ Dybantsa, will be on the team.
What can BYU fans expect out of Dybantsa, who was
