Byu Basketball Kresimir Cosic, Kresimir Cosic S Adventure To Get To Byu Was As Complex As It Was Destined Deseret News

Cosic was a year older in college eligibility than richards.

Byu provo dress code ripped jeans. Thu 07232020 1220 haws maughan and cougar team earn nabc academic honors. Recent mens basketball stories. Kresimir kreso cosic croatian pronunciation.

May 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of kresimir cosic. Fri 06122020 1221 averette to transfer to byu for senior season c. At that time the freshmen practiced and played separate from the upperclassmen and had different coaches.

Cosic was an elite basketball talent and mind and a fiercely gifted human who in the end spent his life protecting and standing up for god and the love of his country. 25 start date for college basketball. A special series will highlight his life and times as a byu basketball player and international legend.

26 1948 in zagreb and raised in zadar yugoslavia now croatia a coastal town along the adriatic seahe began playing basketball at the age of 9 and soon became a sports celebrity by playing on the national team at age 16. When richards came in from granite high to byu as a freshman cosic was a sophomore. Courtesy byu photo byu great kresimir cosic rises up for a jumper.

26 november 1948 25 may 1995 was a croatian professional basketball player and coach. Like cosic richards came to byu because of stan watts style of run and gun basketball. One that was uploaded was the induction of the late kresimir cosic one of byus all.

In 1996 cosic became only the second international player ever elected to the naismith memorial basketball hall of fame. Fri 06262020 1838 lohner signs to play with byu in 2020 21. Thu 09172020 1435 ncaa approves nov.

A boyhood friend in croatia who followed cosic to byu is misho ostarcevic an international and nba scout who currently lives in st. Kresimir enrolled at brigham young university byu in 1970 and became the first international player to be named an all american in 1972 and 1973. The following year he again led the cougars in scoring 202 ppg and rebounding 95 rpg.

The naismith memorial basketball hall of fame uploaded several induction speaches to its youtube page today. Kresimir cosic son of ante and darinka cosic was born nov. In 1971 72 cosic led byu in scoring at 223 points per game and in rebounding with 128 per game.

In 2006 cosic was inducted into the national collegiate basketball hall of fame in kansas city missouri. Kresimir was a notable church leader and missionary of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints as well as the deputy ambassador of croatia to the us in washington dc.