Season opener set for Saturday vs. MVSU

BYU is 11-1 in home openers and 9-3 in season openers under coach Dave Rose. Last year, BYU defeated Princeton 82-73 in the season/home opener. Rose lost his first home opener (also the season opener in 2005) but has since won the last 11 home openers. BYU also lost season openers in 2006 at UCLA and 2011 at Utah State.

Freshman 3-point field goals

BYU’s 2016-17 roster includes the players who hold the top three spots for 3-point field goals by a freshman. Nick Emery and Zac Seljaas both smashed the previous record of 44 in 2015-16. Emery hit 97 3-pointers for the current freshman record and fourth most in a season in BYU history, while Seljaas hit 68. Last season, Haws hit a team-high 76 3-pointers for second most by a Cougar freshman.

Super Sophomores

BYU’s 2017-18 roster includes three players who etched their names in the BYU record book during the freshman seasons. Yoeli Childs and TJ Haws were freshmen in 2016-17 while Zac Seljaas was a rookie in 2015-16. All three are back this season, looking to build on their record-setting freshman campaigns. Childs finished his freshman year first all-time among BYU freshmen in rebounds and second in rebounds per game, blocks, blocks per game and field goal percentage.

Haws concluded his first year second all-time among BYU freshmen in 3-point field goals, fourth in points scored, fifth in assists, tied for first in games started and third in double figure scoring games. Seljaas finished the 2015-16 season first all-time among BYU freshmen in 3-point field goal percentage, second in 3-point field goals, second in 3-point field goals per game, second in games with 3-plus 3-point field goals and tied for second most games with 5-plus 3-pointers.

All-Haws Team

TJ Haws earned first-team All-WCC honors as a freshman in 2016-17, becoming the third Haws in BYU history to earn all-league honors. His father Marty Haws earned first-team All-WAC honors as a senior in 1989-90 and his brother Tyler was a four-time all-league honoree. As a freshman in 2009-10, Tyler was named to the All-Mountain West Conference Third Team. Following a two-year mission for the LDS Church, Tyler earned first-team honors as a sophomore, junior and senior. In addition to joining his father and brother as an all-conference performer, TJ became the second Cougar in program history – the other being Danny Ainge – to earn first-team all-league honors as a freshman.

Dave Rose

BYU head coach Dave Rose has led the Cougars to one of the most successful eras in program history since taking over in 2005. His career record of 305-111 ranks him second in BYU history in total victories and first in winning percentage (.733). Rose has been named conference coach of the year three times, led the Cougars to four conference titles, eight NCAA tournament appearances, four NIT appearances, eight 25-win seasons and 12 20-win seasons.

BYU and the Postseason    

Under Dave Rose, BYU has reached the postseason in 12-straight seasons, a school record. The previous record was six-straight seasons (1989-90 to 1994-95). During that time the Cougars have earned eight bids to the NCAA tournament and four to the NIT. The Cougars’ eight NCAA tournament bids in the last 12 years are more than 200-plus NCAA Division I schools have since beginning their programs.