When BYU guard Nick Emery announced his retirement from basketball on Tuesday, it felt a bit like the end of an era. While Emery’s fellow “Lone Peak Three” running mate TJ Haws remains on the roster for one more season, Nick’s exit from the program feels like the close of a chapter that Cougar fans breathlessly speculated about for so long, only to have reality not quite measure up to the (honestly, insanely high) expectations.
So no, BYU didn’t make multiple Final Four runs with Emery in Cougar blue. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t many fun memories made along the way!