Provo • It was one of the first questions new BYU basketball coach Mark Pope fielded at his introductory news conference back on April 10, right after queries about his probable assistant coaches, his emotional departure from Utah Valley and whether the resources and talent are in place for him to succeed right away.
Will the former NBA journeyman look overseas — where he played a couple of seasons in his nine-year professional career — for players to bolster a program that has slipped the past few seasons and hasn’t had an impactful international standout in nearly 10 years?