Status of BYU basketball roster for 2018-19

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2018/07/11/byus-mens-basketball/



“We’re pretty set, as far as who will be playing for us this fall,” BYU coach Dave Rose said last month. “We have 15 guys now. We might bring in another guy or two. We have a couple transfers that we are recruiting right now who might come in and practice with us, but they won’t be eligible to play.”



Forward Braiden Shaw is still dealing with the ankle issue that made him miss all but one game last season and will be re-evaluated at the end of the summer.

Ryan Andrus and Dalton Nixon are also recovering from surgeries and are a week or two away from participating.



Emery, who must sit out the first nine games due to NCAA sanctions for allegedly accepting extra benefits from a BYU booster, recently had his appendix removed and probably won’t be ready until early August.

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In the past, Rose has considered redshirting first-year players and/or returned missionaries, but that is no longer the case, due to relaxed transfer rules.



“There aren’t many basketball coaches who are interested in redshirting kids any more, because they turn into free agents [and transfer],” he said.



The coach can’t discuss specific recruits or transfers, but one of those potential arrivals will be former Gonzaga guard Jesse Wade, who announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he will become a Cougar. The ex-Davis High star toured BYU’s facilities with his wife the last week of June and must sit out a year, per NCAA rules.

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Rose called the ordeal with Emery “an interesting experience” that had plenty of twists and turns and said the NCAA made a thorough investigation.



“We are still in the process of trying to close the book on it, but as far as Nick’s eligibility is concerned, that’s been closed,” he said, while also wondering aloud how to incorporate a star player into the rotation 10 games into the season.

Needless to say Jesse Wade is one of those guys. I wonder who the other transfers might be they are recruiting?

Fido wrote:

Needless to say Jesse Wade is one of those guys. I wonder who the other transfers might be they are recruiting?

Well, I was going to wait till it was officially announced, but one of the new transfers is...me.



I basically told Rose, what you need is an undersized, middle aged man that on some nights will go 0 for 10 from the three point line or 3 for 10. I'm great at using my hands on defense and excel and going under a screen (who wants the contact at my age).

By reading this it makes me believe that Shaw will be evaluated to see if he has a future or if the ankle is career ending--as he would be a senior this year.

Shaw won't play for BYU again.

This team is going to be pretty good and get to the NCAA tournament. Heard it here first. Throw rocks as you would like. :-)

Emery just better show up and play the best ball he ever has because dealing with his antics has been cumbersome.

Gunk wrote:

Emery just better show up and play the best ball he ever has because dealing with his antics has been cumbersome.

I read the recent article, I think it was in the Deseret News and I came away with more questions than answers about him. But it's also not my business. I just hope he is happy now and plays well on the court. Divorce is a real personal tragedy and disaster for a lot of people though, so I don't want to be judgmental about that and how it affected him. My parents went through it when I was young, and it was back when divorce was extremely rare among LDS people (late 70s/early 80s). It was very messy, and going through that in a predominantly LDS community among a lot of what felt like judgmental people who didn't get it was so rough within our ward that we had to move to another city. Examples, we had our car and house vandalized a few times to one degree or another. To be "funny" I guess, for a while it seemed our house was toilet papered about two or three times a month. All of this was punk kids from the ward, but I'd be surprised if they weren't just acting out on crap their parents were talking about us. Then they'd be nice to your face on Sunday. It was hell. To this day I have a low opinion of Sandy, Utah, but that's probably not fair of me and I should keep working on forgiveness.



It probably made no sense to those in the ward there who didn't live through it, but in short, my dad was a very popular guy at church because he was living a lie. He knew how to talk and get people to like him, I guess. He was in the bishopric and probably seemed like a wonderful guy to most people. So what they would have seen was that, followed by him suddenly being gone and my mom and my siblings left behind. What they didn't know was what a terror he was at home, along with the infidelity in his marriage. (He was like the poster boy for some of talks we got in the Priesthood session of General Conference for many years in the 90s and early 2000s about men behaving badly). He was later exed from the church for who knows what happened in one of his subsequent marriages. I only say that to illustrate the lesson it hopefully taught me about not judging those around us. We have no idea sometimes what they have gone through. For all I know my dad had mental issues or something he didn't have full control over. I don't know.



But then we moved to Provo and there the wards we lived in knew we were a "broken" family and welcomed us with nothing but open arms and love. The experience at church challenged my young testimony at first and built it back up when we moved to Provo. In all, the experience probably took me a couple of decades at least to recover all the way from. And it wasn't even my marriage. Maybe the kids take it the hardest sometimes. Fortunately my life is nothing but joy now in my own family. :-)

BlueK, I appreciate your courage in sharing this most difficult thing in your life. My sister and her wonderful kids had a similar thing happen to them, although the kids were gone when she finally had had enough. She was well treated in her ward and frankly has come out better than her ex. This probably should be in the lounge but it is here. The Gospel of Jesus Christ produces miracles and it sounds like you and your family are one. How is your mother and the rest of your family?

nuk13 wrote:

BlueK, I appreciate your courage in sharing this most difficult thing in your life. My sister and her wonderful kids had a similar thing happen to them, although the kids were gone when she finally had had enough. She was well treated in her ward and frankly has come out better than her ex. This probably should be in the lounge but it is here. The Gospel of Jesus Christ produces miracles and it sounds like you and your family are one. How is your mother and the rest of your family?

Thanks for the kind words. Everything in my family turned out fine. All three of the kids in my family served missions. My brother and I graduated from BYU. My sister got married before finishing her degree but she's working to finish it now and has raised some great kids. My mom passed away two years ago and died happy with how her kids and grandkids have turned out, so it's all good. One thing I know from personal experience now is that trials can be good if we use them to draw closer to our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ. My faith today in so many ways was built on experiencing how our prayers were answered during that time and remembering what he did for us. After the divorce the contention was gone and my mom and siblings grew close and we had peace and love in our home after that. We were poor as far as money and material things went, but we had what was most important. And actually, BYU sports during the early 80s actually did a lot for me and my brother to give us a fun diversion to help us get through the tough times. My mom passed away a few months before Lavell Edwards. When he passed away I could honestly imagine her finding him on the other side to thank him for what BYU football did to help us get through a difficult time.

BlueK wrote:

BlueK, I appreciate your courage in sharing this most difficult thing in your life. My sister and her wonderful kids had a similar thing happen to them, although the kids were gone when she finally had had enough. She was well treated in her ward and frankly has come out better than her ex. This probably should be in the lounge but it is here. The Gospel of Jesus Christ produces miracles and it sounds like you and your family are one. How is your mother and the rest of your family?

Thanks for the kind words. Everything in my family turned out fine. All three of the kids in my family served missions. My brother and I graduated from BYU. My sister got married before finishing her degree but she's working to finish it now and has raised some great kids. My mom passed away two years ago and died happy with how her kids and grandkids have turned out, so it's all good. One thing I know from personal experience now is that trials can be good if we use them to draw closer to our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ. My faith today in so many ways was built on experiencing how our prayers were answered during that time and remembering what he did for us. After the divorce the contention was gone and my mom and siblings grew close and we had peace and love in our home after that. We were poor as far as money and material things went, but we had what was most important. And actually, BYU sports during the early 80s actually did a lot for me and my brother to give us a fun diversion to help us get through the tough times. My mom passed away a few months before Lavell Edwards. When he passed away I could honestly imagine her finding him on the other side to thank him for what BYU football did to help us get through a difficult time.

Blue, thanks for sharing. It inspired me.