Seniors Nick Emery, TJ Haws, Eric Mika, and Elijah Bryant with junior Yoeli Childs as starters and Payton Dastrup, Zac Seljaas, Jordan Chapman Luke Worthington and Jakob Hartsock as strong backups was what BYU Basketball fans were anticipating in the summer of 2015.
Yet here we are with BYU sitting at 19-14 and unsure whether they will even get a lower seed in the NIT. What happened? Well a lot of things happened and it isn’t as simple as players leaving.
Coaching Changes
Basketball is different from football in that a position coach doesn’t essentially run a part of the offense or defense, however assistant coaches do have a huge impact on the team.