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BYU assistant coach Mark Pope sort of stole some thunder from star guards Tyler Haws and Kyle Collinsworth on Monday afternoon.

Shortly after Haws and Collinsworth were named to the Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention list, news broke that Pope had agreed to become the new head basketball coach at Utah Valley University. Pope, 42, will replace Dick Hunsaker, who resigned after 13 years.

More on the Pope hiring and the ramifications for BYU, and who could take his place, can be found below.

But let's give it up to Haws and Collinsworth, who received enough votes from the same panel that votes for the weekly AP Top 25 college basketball poll. Disclosure: That panel includes yours truly.

Of local interest, I voted Utah's Delon Wright on the first team, Oregon's Joe Young on the second team and Gonzaga's Kyle Wiltjer, BYU's Collinsworth and Arizona's T.J. McConnell on the third team. We were not asked to vote for honorable mentions, just five players apiece on first, second and third teams.

Wright made the second team, while Wiltjer and teammate Kevin Pangos made the third team.

My other first-team votes were Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky, Duke's Jahlil Okafor and Kentucky's Willie Cauley-Stein.

It is the second-straight year that Haws has made the AP's All-America honorable mention list.

Also Monday, Collinsworth was named to the Lute Olson All-America Team. Both players recently received all-district accolades from the USBWA and the NABC.

Collinsworth now becomes eligible for the Lute Olson Award, which is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons. The 2015 winner will be announced on April 3 in Indianapolis.

As for Pope's departure, it will be a tough one to absorb for BYU. The 6-10 Pope was Rose's top assistant, and said to be a top-notch recruiter. He oversaw BYU's defense, which obviously wasn't great, but did improve as the season progressed and Corbin Kaufusi got some playing time under his belt.

Pope had credibility as well, having been a captain on Kentucky's 1996 national championship team and an NBA journeyman for nine years.

Who will replace him?

The obvious candidate is Lone Peak's Quincy Lewis, who was a leading candidate for the job that Pope got four years ago.

Some folks are saying that former Utah and Arizona State assistant Barret Peery, who is from Payson, Utah, is a likely candidate. Peery was hired away from Indian Hills Community College by then-ASU coach Herb Sendek last April, but is now out of a job with Sendek's dismissal in Tempe.