Fredette, Emery and Cougars Featured in Sports Illustrated Preview

PROVO -- BYU guard Jimmer Fredette will be featured as a ‘Hoop Hero’ in the Sports Illustrated College Basketball Preview magazine, set to hit newsstands Wednesday. DC Comics designed an image of Fredette, Kansas State’s Jacob Pullen and Villanova’s Corey Fisher titled ‘Hoops Heroes!’ that will be appear in the preview magazine. Click on link above for the full image.

Sports Illustrated also ranked BYU No. 17 in the nation in the preview magazine and featured Jackson Emery for his role in one of the premier backcourts in college basketball. Emery and Fredette are in their third season starting together in BYU’s backcourt and have helped lead the Cougars to a conference title, a 30-win season and a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

From the Magazine

Hoops Heroes

Jimmer Fredette (a.k.a. Jimmertime) – BYU’s shooting star has already been the subject of a song by his brother, musician T.J. Fredette. With more tournament heroics, he’ll give Cougars fans even more to sing about.

Sports Illustrated's All-America Team

Staff writer Seth Davis and SI.com senior writer Luke Winn combined to come up with their selections for the best starting five in the country.

G: Jimmer Fredette, Sr. BYU

G: Nolan Smith, Sr., Duke

G: Jacob Pullen, Sr., Kansas State

F: Harrison Barnes, Fr., North Carolina

F: Kyle Singler, Sr., Duke

From BYU's Preview Page

On Emery as a 'sidekick' - Whether or not you believe Emery—and he seems genuinely content—there is no denying that as far as sidekicks go, the 6' 3" shooting guard is one of the best in college basketball. A lockdown defender and the team leader with 85 three-pointers a year ago (Take that, Jimmer!), Emery may not be the main reason BYU broke a streak of seven consecutive first-round NCAA tournament losses, but he was certainly a significant one. And he will be again this year as the Cougars chase loftier goals.

“I’m amazed that he remains unsung,” says BYU coach Dave Rose. “He can shoot the threepointer, he has an effective midrange game, and he scores a lot of points in transition because of his ability to create turnovers. There is not much he can’t do.”