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He was once viewed as BYU’s future — 5 years later, that moment has finally arrived

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Collin Chandler committed to BYU before leaving for a church mission, but when Mark Pope took the job at Kentucky he followed him to Lexington. Now he’s back in Utah KANSAS CITY — Leaps of faith have been a staple of Collin Chandler’s basketball career.

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