In what's become a highly turbulent week for BYU athletics, the shifting world of college sports is yanking the university in every direction.
Let this news roundup serve as your oasis. A place where you can rest, settle down, and take in the news at your own pace. I can't promise all of it will be positive, but I do promise to keep my positivity settings as high as possible (I'm not a robot, I swear I wouldn't lie about this).
With that preface out of the way and likely skimmed past by 90% of readers, here's everything going on around BYU sports in the past few days.
Jake Retzlaff accused of sexual assault
BYU's starting quarterback has been at the center of a major case of sexual assault. While many of the details are yet to be substantiated, this is a highly sensitive subject that deserves no speculation or further comment by random voices on the internet, like myself.
All we know for now is that Retzlaff has been the recipient of a civil lawsuit that claims he was the perpetrator of sexual assault in November of 2023. Please withhold from any judgement -- positive or negative -- until a verdict is reached.
All the details of this story can be found here: BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff accused of sexual assault
Egor Demin impresses at the NBA Combine
Egor Demin, the Russian guard who spent his freshman season suiting up for Kevin Young and the Cougars, has entered the NBA Draft colosseum and emerged from the combine testing victorious. In pre-draft evaluations, measurements, and drills, Demin accomplished the following...
Measured above expectations: Full Story
Impressed in shooting drills: Full Story
Drew buzz as a potential top-10 selection: Full Story
BYU baseball upsets Arizona State in the Big 12 Tournament
The 12th-seeded BYU Cougars entered the Big 12 Tournament against a dangerous ASU squad, but shocked the conference field by shutting out the Sun Devils and held on to a 2-0 win.
This marks the first time the Sun Devils had been shut out all season, and it couldn't have come at a better time for BYU. Crew McChesney drove in what would become the deciding run early into the competition, and BYU withstood 18 strikeouts from an exceptional Sun Devil pitching committee to escape and advance to the quarterfinal round.
This is BYU baseball's first conference tournament win since 2017. They'll face Arizona in the following round.
Follow the full story here: Full Story at KSL
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