...the best and the brightest like it did back in the early Lavell Edwards era in the 70's and 80's. Having a reputation like this and especially if we can back it with some tournament success we'll see even more talented transfers and grad seniors start looking at BYU with keener interest, like they do with Gonzaga.

It also doesn't hurt that with Mark Pope we have a very positive and charismatic player's coach who has built a culture that is fun to play in. It's not often at BYU that you replace a great coach with another great coach.