BYU basketball practices with a four-point line, and AJ Dybantsa loves it
An unconventional strategy has transformed practice into something altogether.
BYU basketball keeps delivering hits for fans to build their hype for the upcoming season.
I mean, what’s not to get so excited about? Star talents saturating every corner of the roster? A coach already proven capable of launching BYU basketball into national relevance? A returning first-team All-Conference team member for his senior season?
May I propose one more reason to be fascinated by whatever is going on behind closed doors at the Marriott Center Annex on the campus of BYU? According to head coach Kevin Young (and video evidence, I guess), the Cougars are implementing a four-point line to their court layout.
“There’s no four-point line in basketball, but this court is special because it’s got a four-point line,” AJ Dybantsa shared via an Instagram post on the men’s basketball page. “If you want to increase your range, but it also gives you momentum to step up to the 3-point line and the college line.”
An unconventional strategy to add a fictional line to your practice court? According to Kevin Young, not as much as you’d think.
“[AJ] loves that four-point line, even when he came on the visit,” Young shared. “That’s something that dates back to my time with the 76ers. That was something Brett Brown, who was the head coach, implemented and the NBA started to do it. It’s more of a spacing cue for us — just trying to give ourselves as much space as we can.”
Do I expect the four-point line to ever become an official part of the game I love? Heavens, no, and the day a four-point line is present on an NBA court is the day I subject the internet to a horrible and draining rant on the death of the sanctity of the game I once loved.
Maybe it’s not that serious, but the addition of a four-point line seems to be Kevin Young following NBA trends — further evidence of the program’s commitment to prepare players for the highest level of basketball.
