On a team featuring a bevy of newcomers, BYU coach Mark Pope appreciates the consistency of junior forward Kolby Lee.
Lee’s emergence last season helped propel the senior-laden Cougars to a 24-8 record.
This year, the 6-foot-9, 240-pound junior from Meridian, Idaho, who averaged a modest seven points and 3.2 rebounds per game, is leaning on his experience and taking on a bigger role, particularly as a leader.
“Kolby Lee, how consistent is he?” Pope said. “He’s like a giant oak tree in the middle of a forest that you just know is going to be there tomorrow and it’s going to be there in a hundred years and a thousand years, right?