Cougar fans can finally stop wondering what 'could have been' if Tyler Haws had been around to light up the NCAA College Basketball landscape along with Jimmer Fredette and Jackson Emery. Now they can focus instead on how Haws plans to shake off the rust when he returns to the court this fall.
Haws, who admits he wondered whether BYU could have taken things even further in 2010-2011, told Yahoo Sports nonetheless that he has no regrets for serving a two-year mission in the Phillipinnes while Jimmermania

Tyler Haws, fresh off his mission to the Philippines, will be counted on this season to make the Cougars nationally relevant again. Photo by Elizabeth Hollingshaus
'I never felt any regret,' Haws said. 'I was happy for what was going on at BYU, but I knew I was supposed to be in the Philippines. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. That experience over there, those two years, will be something I reflect on the rest of my life.'
Now, sandwiched between a national craze for Jimmer and a campaign to land No.1 recruit and Mormon Jabari Parker
Haws will take the court with talented big men Brandon Davies and Nate Austin, as well as guards Matt Carlino and Craig Cusick. The team has added some foreign flavor
Will BYU return to some semblance of national contention this year, enough so to lure Parker (who is considering a mission in addition to choosing a school
If they can unseat the Bulldogs, though, prepare for the 2012-2013 Cougars to make some noise. That is, if Haws can return to form.
'It was a pretty weird feeling this summer playing pickup games again for the first time in a couple years,' Haws told Yahoo Sports. 'I remember getting the ball and being like, 'OK, what do I do with it? Am I supposed to dribble?' Obviously it was rough at the start trying to find my game again and get back into it, but eventually it came back. I feel really comfortable right now.'