BYU basketball portal activity continues to move + Hoops, Football talk with Matt Baiamonte

About this episode

Mitch Harper discusses BYU basketball's transfer portal activity and is joined by Matt Baiamonte to talk about basketball, football, and baseball updates.

The transfer portal isn't slowing down for anyone. BYU basketball has six players in the portal as of Thursday, with Kennard Davis Jr., Tyler Mrus, and JUCO transfer KJ Perry the latest entries. KSL Sports BYU Insider Mitch Harper breaks down the entries. He also goes into the discussion around Kentucky combo guard Collin Chandler. Will BYU land the former Farmington High star, who was once a BYU commit in high school?  Also, in this episode of the podcast, Mitch is joined by BYU Sports Network studio host/play-by-play voice Matt Baiamonte. Mitch and Matt were co-hosts of KSL NewsRadio's Cougar Sports Saturday and Cougar Nation from 2019 to 2025. They get into the basketball portal activity. Matt gives his thoughts on Rob Wright III entering the portal. What BYU needs to add out of the portal. Also, they get into BYU football talk as spring practices wrapped up in Provo last week. Then they close out the conversation with an update on BYU baseball. Matt has called a lot of games for Trent Pratt's squad. He shares what the trajectory of the program is looking like right now. Subscribe to the Cougar Tracks Podcast to stay up-to-date with all the daily episodes. Cougar Tracks…

People in this episode

Host: Mitch Harper

Guest: Matt Baiamonte

Topics covered

• BYU basketball
• transfer portal
• football
• baseball
• sports analysis

Keywords

• Kennard Davis Jr.
• Tyler Mrus
• KJ Perry
• Collin Chandler
• Rob Wright III
• spring practices
• Trent Pratt

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Cougar Sports Saturday, the Cougar Tracks Podcast

Places: Provo, Utah

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