BYU basketball: Point guard will make his debut against unbeaten Baylor

Rose knows that Carlino, and his team, is about to go through a transition process.

"The most important thing is trying to get used to how you play and how the guys play with him," Rose said. "It's not the most ideal situation to add a player 10 games in. But we felt like the opportunity to get Matt and have him here for 31/2 years with us was worth this adjustment period that we're going to go through right here."

Carlino likes, and feels comfortable with, the Cougars' up-tempo style and he knew when he transferred to BYU that he would be able to help fill the void left by Jimmer Fredette, the consensus national player of the year.

Carlino arrived at BYU with plenty of hype, but he said he's not worried about such things. He simply wants to play basketball.

His biggest challenge right now?

"Getting comfortable, just going out there," Carlino said. "Maybe get the jitters out a little bit. It's going to be different. I haven't played in a little while. It's going to be fun."

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