LAS VEGAS – Big 12 Media Days had a surprise visitor roll through Allegiant Stadium.

BYU basketball legend and Olympian Jimmer Fredette was on hand to support the Cougar football team.

Fredette was in Las Vegas for the Team USA Showcase at the T-Mobile Center before he takes off for the Paris Olympics as a member of Team USA’s 3×3 basketball team.

He hopped on with the KSL Sports Zone’s “JJ & Alex” (Weekdays, 3-7 p.m.) to discuss his upcoming trip to Paris.

Jimmer Fredette leaves for the Paris Olympics on July 17

“I leave [Vegas on Thursday], go home for about five days; get packed, get situated, get ready to go,” Fredette said to the KSL Sports Zone. “Then I leave on the 17th to go to Paris. So we’re out there a couple of weeks before we play.”

Fredette will be joined by Olympians Canyon Berry, Kareem Maddox, and Dylan Travis.

The Olympics don’t officially start until July 26, but there’s a reason Fredette and his teammates will be arriving in France early.

“We want to make sure we’re fully acclimated and on schedule before we play,” he said.

Opportunity to play 3×3 basketball

The Paris Games are only the second Olympics to host 3×3 basketball.

Bringing 3×3 to the Summer Games has given Fredette an opportunity he never envisioned in his basketball career.