BYU basketball: Rating the Cougars NBA Jam style
Eric Mika
| Height | 6’10” | Weight | 230 |
| Speed | 6 | Block | 9 |
| Power | 9 | Pass | 6 |
| 3PT | 2 | Clutch | 7 |
| Steal | 4 | FT% | .758 |
| Dunk | 9 | And-1s | Many |
Everyone familiar with the BYU basketball program knew that Mika had a great freshman year, and has a high ceiling. Most just didn’t expect him to be this good, this fast.
At 6-foot-10, Mika is quick, powerful, decisive, and multifaceted. He can attack with either hand, bang in the post, face up and and hit a fade from the baseline or the elbow, and run the floor for an alley-oop. Eric leads the NCAA in fouls drawn per game, and shoots just under 80 percent from the charity stripe.
When doubled, Mika frequently makes better and better passes, maintaining calm, and re-posting to attack. He is a terror on the O-boards, and makes space to grab a carom for a put-back, frequently with the foul.
On defense, Eric occasionally has been prone to foul. Not always because he defends much differently game to game, but because what is considered a foul changes even from half to half. But Mika also leads the team in blocks, has been solid against all the big men he’s covered, and hedges well off of screens.
Eric Mika is this BYU basketball team’s bell-ringer. If his mid-range game continues to improve, don’t expect him to still be in BYU blue and white his senior year.