BYU Hoops 2013-2014

[Indy Coug]

Don't we have another center coming back from a mission next year? I remember a guy who was raw but athletic, had good length and would be back with KC.

Austin Nielson?

[Goatnapper'96]

Austin Nielson?

Isn't it Isaac Nelson?

I believe it is and he returns home from his mission in like October or November so I assume he will either walk on or grayshirt the second semester. If he walks on for one semester I think he can practice with the team and have access to all the gym facilities, I am not sure what the rules are if he grayshirts. In either case he will not be on the roster until 2014-2015.

[KillerDog]

Isn't it Isaac Nelson?

I believe it is and he returns home from his mission in like October or November so I assume he will either walk on or grayshirt the second semester. If he walks on for one semester I think he can practice with the team and have access to all the gym facilities, I am not sure what the rules are if he grayshirts. In either case he will not be on the roster until 2014-2015.

That sounds right. We won't see him until the next season. I just remember him being interesting as a prospect because he was considered better than either Austin or Harward and brought great length and lift to the center spot.

[danstanblue]

So it turns out this is Halford's second year at SLCC, so he'll be a junior next year:


Halford, a 6-foot-1, 180-pounder who will have two years to play two at BYU, said he had several other offers but decided on BYU for a variety of reasons.
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An all-stater out of Timpanogos High, Halford walked on at Utah State his freshman year and ended up redshirting the 2008-09 season. After a church mission to Brazil, he wanted to return to USU, he said, but the Aggies didn't have a scholarship for him after telling him before he left that they would.

Disappointed, he enrolled at SLCC thinking he could play there a year and then return to USU. But that didn't happen, so he played a second year at SLCC, currently ranked No. 6 in the nation in the juco polls.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsby...coach.html.csp

[Surfah]

So it turns out this is Halford's second year at SLCC, so he'll be a junior next year:


Halford, a 6-foot-1, 180-pounder who will have two years to play two at BYU, said he had several other offers but decided on BYU for a variety of reasons.
...
An all-stater out of Timpanogos High, Halford walked on at Utah State his freshman year and ended up redshirting the 2008-09 season. After a church mission to Brazil, he wanted to return to USU, he said, but the Aggies didn't have a scholarship for him after telling him before he left that they would.

Disappointed, he enrolled at SLCC thinking he could play there a year and then return to USU. But that didn't happen, so he played a second year at SLCC, currently ranked No. 6 in the nation in the juco polls.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsby...coach.html.csp

Boo on that. Not thrilled that he is a two for two. I don't want to read between the lines but this seems like insurance if rumors are to be believed.

[The_Douger]

Boo on that. Not thrilled that he is a two for two. I don't want to read between the lines but this seems like insurance if rumors are to be believed.

If Carlino tucks and runs at this point, he's a nancy.

[Flystripper]

He would be leaving to play one year somewhere else. I find that scenario highly unlikely.

[Jarid in Cedar]

He would be leaving to play one year somewhere else. I find that scenario highly unlikely.

unless he plays down a division.

[wapiti]

unless he plays down a division.

Unless he really hates his situation he shouldn't go. He would be leaving a starting spot at BYU with no one pushing him for minutes for the foreseeable future. As long as he doesn't self-destruct (no guarantee), he'll be on the floor.

[cougjunkie]

unless he plays down a division.

A lot more difficult to play down a division in college hoops, it seems everybody is D-1.

[Y84it]

Watching the interview on True Blue his body language and words out of his mouth were very discouraging. He looked like he wanted to quit right there.

[Jarid in Cedar]

A lot more difficult to play down a division in college hoops, it seems everybody is D-1.

No doubt. The only lower division schools in the area(that I know of) Dixie, Mesa St., Grand Canyon, Albertson's, Colorado School of Mines.

[San Juan Sun]

A lot more difficult to play down a division in college hoops, it seems everybody is D-1.

SLCC has an opening.

[Solon]

Smith, Haws, Taylor, Usevitch I believe were all starters 1987-1988 and were all RMs.

I remember reading an article as a kid (SI, I think) that mentioned how they all spoke their mission language (Spanish) on the court.
Poor Jeff Chapman. Talk about being the odd-man-out.

BTW, I have a soft spot in my heart for Ladell Anderson. He's a very nice, unassuming guy.

[Indy Coug]

I remember reading an article as a kid (SI, I think) that mentioned how they all spoke their mission language (Spanish) on the court.
Poor Jeff Chapman. Talk about being the odd-man-out.

BTW, I have a soft spot in my heart for Ladell Anderson. He's a very nice, unassuming guy.

LaDell's Utah accent was so thick, it was another language too.