KANSAS CITY, Mo. – BYU head men’s basketball coach Mark Pope along with players Spencer Johnson, Fousseyni Traore and Dallin Hall represented the Cougars at their first-ever Big 12 Tipoff on Wednesday morning at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo.
“I could not be more excited to be here,” Pope said. “This has been 100 years in the making for BYU athletics and men’s basketball to have a chance to be in the best league in all of college basketball. We’re incredibly humbled, excited and also bringing some confidence into our work into this league. We can’t wait to get going.”
The quartet spent the morning at the home of the Big 12 Tournament meeting with local, regional and national media discussing the Cougars move to the Big 12 and their expectations after being picked to finish 13th in the preseason poll.