PROVO — In August 2011, guards Nick Emery and T.J. Haws walked into BYU basketball coach Dave Rose’s office to commit to play for the Cougars.
Emery was entering his junior year at Lone Peak High and Haws was starting his sophomore campaign at Lone Peak. While it certainly was a recruiting coup for BYU to land both players, they were on the long-term plan.
Five years later, Emery and Haws will finally take the court together at BYU this season. Emery played as a freshman last year after an LDS mission and Haws, who left on his LDS mission right out of high school, returned last spring.