Britton may have signed with BYU if Burgess had gone to BYU.

Apr 21, 2015
5:57:16am

RupertPupkin

Burgess had his summer league teams and one was with the LDS kids. There was talk of all of them going to BYU if Burgess signed. The rest is history.

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Who are highly-recruited LDS players that BYU did not sign: Parker, Vranes,

boiseman92

4/20/15 8:42pm

The Johnson brothers were pretty highly recruited. Stillman White.

byubyu

4/20/15 8:46pm

I remember the younger Johnson being a prized recruit but not the older

boiseman92

4/20/15 8:48pm

Jeff Johnsen was Utah's first repeat winner of the Mr. Basketball award.

ag4cougs

4/20/15 8:51pm

Yep - his signing with the yewts was a significant turning point in the rivalry.

BigD Coug

4/20/15 8:56pm

Someone told me he wore a BYU hat in his sophomore year all state picture

ag4cougs

4/20/15 10:05pm

The Johnsen brothers both grew up BYU fans

tcherrin

4/20/15 11:04pm

So false. The Johnsen boys, father, cousins, pen pals...always were Utes. Other

TolerancePlease

4/20/15 11:57pm

I worked with the brother of a very good Utah point guard who played under

Kougrage

4/21/15 12:15am

Britton may have signed with BYU if Burgess had gone to BYU.

RupertPupkin

4/21/15 5:57am

So true.

tcherrin

4/21/15 6:18am

That's not what Britton told me. He said that they grew up BYU fans

Napoli

4/21/15 8:35am

The family has major Utah ties.

RupertPupkin

4/21/15 9:04am

Stillman White was not that prized. Just a late addition to fill a spot at UNC.

Ebolarama

4/21/15 10:17am

Brett Vroman

RC Vikings

4/20/15 8:53pm

Allen Iverson

Snorky

4/20/15 8:53pm

Paul Walker, Steve Martin, Christina Aguilera...oh wait

truecoug1

4/20/15 8:58pm

Mark Madsen

byubyu

4/20/15 9:04pm

Casey Jacobsen.

Mantis Mutu

4/20/15 9:05pm

RE: Casey Jacobsen ... Did he ever consider BYU?

michacoug

4/20/15 9:12pm

Supposedly. Cleve recruited him pretty hard before he chose Stanford.

Mantis Mutu

4/20/15 9:13pm

Cheryl Miller

WJCougar

4/20/15 9:10pm

Scott Pollard & Tom Chambers

Japan Coug

4/20/15 9:14pm

Neither were active members. Nominal "Mormons" don't count, IMO.

Mantis Mutu

4/20/15 9:16pm

Is Chambers even LDS?

PolarisPrime

4/20/15 9:39pm

Some of his family is. Grew up in the closet in Utah. That's tough.

Mantis Mutu

4/20/15 10:14pm

I'm not from Utah, but I have never considered Utah to be

PolarisPrime

4/20/15 10:21pm

30 years ago it sure was. I moved here as a BYU Frosh 25 years ago

Mantis Mutu

4/20/15 10:32pm

I moved here 25 years ago too and I still feel the same.

PolarisPrime

4/21/15 1:18am

Pollard was active until college

trevnuke

4/21/15 8:55am

He was the most dominant HS basketball player I've ever seen

El Pasco

4/21/15 9:03am

RE: He was the most dominant HS basketball player I've ever seen

trevnuke

4/21/15 9:56am

scott roberts showed up

lukeskywalker

4/21/15 10:25am

It was Alan that he lived with in Washington

SportsRoad

4/21/15 11:53am

Mark Pope. Nick Robinson went to Stanford and played a lot, was an RM

BYUfan92

4/20/15 9:14pm

Julius Barnes (non-RM) & Nick Robinson both. Stanford was a wrench in the engine

Mantis Mutu

4/20/15 9:18pm

Was Nick Robinson highly-recruited? I believe Cleveland chose Bobik over him.

boiseman92

4/20/15 9:20pm

I think you're right. He was one of the biggest recruits outa MO his Sr year.

Mantis Mutu

4/20/15 9:23pm

Ben and Trace Caton

CougarBacker

4/20/15 10:07pm

Two or three Grant brothers played at USU in the mid 80's. One drafted in NBA

ArcticKat

4/20/15 10:24pm

And the 1 Knight kid to go to the NBA went to UCONN.

Mantis Mutu

4/20/15 10:34pm

Jordan Cameron signed, but changed course. Don't remember if he was highly

Kougrage

4/21/15 12:21am

They are all dead to me.

Cosmo's Kid

4/21/15 8:07am

Kiki Vandeweghe

Soy Celeste

4/21/15 8:19am

Dave Rose

BYUBandfan

4/21/15 8:31am

Matt Christiansen(sp?) from Boston...Duke

Modiolus

4/21/15 8:37am

Christensen... son of Clayton (Seventy and Harvard business)

c0z

4/21/15 12:58pm

Him and Burgess were home teaching companions

donnerstag

4/21/15 1:07pm

Travis Knight

donnerstag

4/21/15 9:19am

Tom Monson, Gordon Hinckley, etc.

mcnasty

4/21/15 9:34am

jeff judkins

OC_Ute

4/21/15 12:22pm

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