BYU Basketball: The Cougars’ All-Transfer Team under Dave Rose
By Shaun Gordon
The All-Transfer Team
Center – Isaac Neilson
The 6’11 big man from California signed with BYU, but served a mission first. He redshirted in 2013-14, then played in all 34 games for the Cougars as a freshman the following season. He started five of those games, averaging 3.1 points and 2.4 rebounds.
In 2015 he transferred to Utah Valley, losing his 2015-16 season due to the transfer rules. As a junior in 2016-17, he played in every game and started 28 of them. He averaged nearly a double-double, with 9.6 points and 9.1 rebounds.
As a senior last season, he saw his role reduced, but he still saw action in every game. In roughly 15 minutes per game, he finished with averages of 5 points and 4.6 rebounds.
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Forward – Payton Dastrup
Here’s the one caveat spoken of above. There’s no way of knowing how his career at Oregon State will pan out, but there’s a very good chance he’ll have every opportunity to become a featured player for the Beavers.
He’ll use his redshirt year in 2018-19 due to the transfer rule, then still have two years to play in Corvallis.
He never found himself in Dave Rose’s favor, even though his production in limited time was good. As a sophomore last season, he played 8 minutes per game, averaging 3.3 points and 1.8 rebounds. His shooting was excellent, making 52% of his shots and 43% from three-point range.
Guard – Frank Bartley IV
Bartley picked BYU over schools like Auburn, Marquette, San Diego State, and Utah. Over two seasons at BYU, he played in ever game but saw limited time on the court. After the 2014-15 season, he decided to transfer to Louisiana-Lafayette.
His career took off with the Ragin’ Cajuns. He became the team leader and leading scorer, and last season he finished with 17.8 points per game, 3.6 rebounds, and 2 assists.
He capped off his senior year with an NIT berth and earned Sun Belt First Team All-Conference honors.
Guard – Jordan Chatman
The son of BYU great Jeff Chatman, Jordan turned down offers from Stanford, Boston College, Utah, and more. He redshirted in 2014-15, then played in every game at a freshman the following year. He averaged 2.6 points and 1 rebound in 10 minutes per game for the Cougars.
Chatman graduated with his bachelor’s degree and planned to enter law school, but BYU reportedly wouldn’t let him both play basketball and enroll in law school.
He transferred to Boston College, where he’s established himself as one of the better shooters in the ACC. This last season as a junior, Chatman started every game and averaged 12.9 points on 40% three-point shooting.
He’ll look to build on that as a senior, and help the Eagles continue to climb out of the ACC cellar.
Guard – Matt Carlino
Carlino could be considered the king of transfers. He originally committed to Arizona State, but flipped to UCLA. Carlino never played for the Bruins, however, deciding instead to transfer to BYU.
He sat out Jimmer Fredette’s senior year, using up his redshirt, then played three seasons with the Cougars.
Carlino was defined by streaky shooting. When hot he could carry the BYU offense, but his overall shooting numbers were sub-par.
After his Junior year, he left for Marquette as a graduate transfer. For the Golden Eagles, he finally found his shot consistently, finished as their leading scorer in 2014-15 with 15 points per game on 42% three-point shooting.