With a season of eligibility left, he’s retiring from college basketball. That’s the way the Tuesday news release from BYU put it.
It makes it sound as though Emery would be getting an office tribute, a rocker and a gold Rolex — although that might cause an additional uproar, along the lines of the improprieties that, in part, made Emery’s senior season a casualty. That past centered on him and his acceptance of impermissible benefits from boosters getting BYU basketball punished by the NCAA enforcement folks. He took, among other gifts, trips with a friendly booster and the use of a car.