MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A former Aggie and a former Cougar are actually NBA champions.

When the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns Tuesday night time to win the Finals 4-2, the 2 former stars of competing Utah faculty basketball groups had been there.

They’re Utah State alumnus Sam Merrill, who was chosen by the Bucks within the 2020 draft, and Elijah Bryant, who performed professionally abroad for a number of years after graduating from BYU and was signed to Milwaukee simply earlier than the playoffs.

Though neither NBA rookie obtained any enjoying time in Sport 6, they appeared in a single sport every through the Bucks-Suns collection and each obtained a number of extra minutes of playoff expertise within the earlier rounds. And so they’re each formally NBA champions.

Bryant scored 14 mixed factors in 11 playoff appearances, totaling 49 minutes. Merrill had 5 factors in eight playoff video games over a span of 29 minutes performed.

Eric Walden on the Salt Lake Tribune, a content-sharing associate with FOX 13, spoke with the pair Monday about what the expertise has been like. Click on right here to learn the complete article.