KANSAS CITY, Mo. — BYU women’s basketball head coach Amber Whiting and players Lauren Gustin, Kaylee Smiler and Nani Falatea visited the T-Mobile Center on Tuesday to represent the Cougars at their first Big 12 Tipoff event in preparation for the 2023-24 campaign.
“The Big 12 has done a fantastic job with this event,” said Whiting. It has been well organized, they move us right along and it’s been awesome to be here and interact with the other Big 12 coaches and players. I love it.”
Whiting, Gustin, Falatea and Smiler spent the afternoon fielding questions from local, regional and national media members about BYU’s move to the Big 12 Conference, expectations for year two of Coach Whiting’s tenure and the readiness of BYU women’s basketball to compete in one of the country’s strongest basketball conferences.