(Courtesy of KSL Sports)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – BYU basketball took center stage at Big 12 Media Day at the T-Mobile Center.

The Cougars were picked to finish second in the preseason Big 12 coaches poll. It shows how far BYU has come since joining the Big 12.

Two years ago, BYU was a preseason 13th-place pick in a 14-team league. Fast forward to the 2025-26 season, BYU is one of the top stories in the Big 12 as a preseason Top 10 team in the AP Top 25, and boasting one of the top players in the country in freshman AJ Dybantsa.

Here are some notes from the day at Big 12 Basketball Media Day with BYU hoops.

Not the “toy poodle league”

BYU basketball head coach Kevin Young participated in a roundtable discussion with seven other Big 12 coaches. It was a chance for the league’s coaches to

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