BYU Men's Basketball
BYU men's basketball plays in the Big 12 at the Marriott Center under head coach Kevin Young.
About BYU Men's Basketball
BYU men's basketball plays at the Marriott Center in Provo under head coach Kevin Young and competes in the Big 12 Conference. Its 2026-27 schedule is on BYU's official site.
Heading into 2026-27
AJ Dybantsa played his freshman season at BYU in 2025-26 before the Washington Wizards made him the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft (draft story). On August 6, 2026, BYU announced the signing of Jakub Urbaniak, a 6-foot-9 Polish big man, for the 2026-27 season (signing story).
At a glance
Official sources
This team page stays live because the school, image, and related stories all point back to official material.
- AJ Dybantsa roster pagebyucougars.com
- Dybantsa named Big 12 Freshman of the Yearbyucougars.com
- Dybantsa named semifinalist for Naismith Trophybyucougars.com
- BYU 2026-27 men's basketball schedulebyucougars.com
- Urbaniak joins Cougars for 2026-27 campaign (Aug. 6, 2026)byucougars.com
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Published stories
Reporting attached to this team
These stories carry the official facts, local angles, and athlete context connected to the program.
BYU Signs Polish Pro Big Man Jakub Urbaniak for 2026-27
BYU officially signed 6-foot-9 Pole Jakub Urbaniak, a professional at WKS Slask Wroclaw and a Polish national-team debutant, to fill its 2026-27 center need.
AJ Dybantsa Goes No. 1 — and Gives BYU the First Top Pick in Program History
Washington took AJ Dybantsa No. 1 overall on June 23, 2026, making the BYU freshman the first Cougar ever drafted first — while the Jazz grabbed Darryn Peterson at No. 2 to put Utah on top of the entire board.
AJ Dybantsa Enters the NBA Draft With BYU Still Attached to the No. 1 Pick Conversation
AJ Dybantsa's 2026 NBA Draft case is now measured and mocked: a BYU freshman scoring season, NBA Combine measurements, a -450 favorite tag at No. 1 to Washington, and the Jazz waiting at No. 2.
Utah College Athletes and NIL in 2026: Who's Earning, How Much, and How the Market Works
Utah quarterbacks Devon Dampier and Bear Bachmeier are the state's only names in On3's NIL 100, at $2 million each. Here is what that number now measures, where last spring's Utah NIL names went, and how Utah's law and school pay work.
AJ Dybantsa Gives BYU Basketball a National Star to Build Around
BYU's freshman forward turned March 2026 into a run of national honors, giving the Cougars a player the country already follows and a reason to matter well beyond Provo.