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BYU basketball: Three reasons why 2017-18 will be a bad year for the Cougars

With any luck, things will turn around for BYU basketball.

Dave Rose will find a competent coach to add to the staff, Eric Mika will return, the bench will fill out and the Cougars will be competitive.

Nigel Williams-Goss of Gonzaga is going pro, so that helps BYU basketball’s chances.

Still, things might get worse before they get better.

Eric Mika is going to the NBA

Eric Mika comes back, and BYU basketball is good enough to contend for the No. 2 seed in the West Coast Conference. Assuming there are no major disappointments, BYU goes dancing.