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Things are slowly coming together for BYU in Mark Pope’s first season leading the Cougar men’s basketball team

This is the first in a series of stories previewing men’s and women’s college basketball season. Coming Sunday: Utah men.

Provo • Before last Friday’s practice Chad Gwilliam, associate athletic director of compliance, asked Arizona transfer Alex Barcello how he would feel about playing this year. The junior guard said he’d do anything to be able to play.

And that was when Gwilliam broke the news that Barcello’s NCAA waiver was approved and he would be suiting up for the Cougars, effective immediately. The team immediately surrounded Barcello, congratulating him on the exciting news.