The dog days of summer may be known as the “dead season” of the sports calendar, but don’t let that fool you — BYU’s basketball coaching staff have been hard at work on the recruiting trail all summer long.
Some have criticized the program for getting a bit complacent on the trail in recent years — rarely looking beyond Utah’s homegrown talent pool and sometimes waiting too long to offer promising prospects.
Those critiques may or may not be fair, but it certainly seems the Cougars have picked up the pace over the past few months. Whether it’s the presence of new assistant Heath Schroyer or a renewed sense of urgency following a disappointing season, BYU has been motivated to cast a wide net: the program currently has seven offers out to prospects in the next three classes, many of whom do not fit the stereotypical BYU recruiting profile.