Why not? He and his family chose BYU over BKN and the NBA. KY didn’t play a high
enough level of cbb to have a deep passion for his alma mater like Pope but even if he had, he could still be a BYU guy. I’d consider Rose a BYU guy even though he was UH alum.
I’d consider Bronco a BYU guy too even though he wasn’t a lifer.