BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game 37 — NCAA Regional Semis Vs
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No. 17 All-Time Victories NCAA Division I • 2 National Titles (NIT 1951, 1966) • 29 Regular Season Conference Titles • 26 NCAA Tournaments • 10 NIT Appearances 1 National Player of the Year • 2 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees • 79 All-America Citations • 44 NBA Draft Selections • 116 All-Conference Citations BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game 37 — NCAA Regional Semis vs. Florida 2010-11 SCHEDULE COUGARS TO FACE FLORIDA IN SWEET 16 After defeating Wofford and Gonzaga in the second and third rounds of the 2011 NCAA Tournament, No. 3-seed BYU OCTOBER will take on No. 2-seed Florida in the Southeast Regional Semifinals on Thursday, March 21, at 6:27 p.m. CT in the New 29 (Fri.) Laval (Exhibition) W, 101-55 Orleans Arena. The game is a rematch of last season’s first round matchup that saw the No. 7-seed Cougars defeat the No. 10-seed Gators 99-92 in double overtime. The Cougars are making their first appearance in the Sweet 16 since 1981. NOVEMBER 5 (Fri.) BYU-Hawaii (Exh-BYUTV) W, 85-60 BYU finished the 2010-11 regular season as co-champions of the Mountain West Conference and is currently 32-4 overall, 12 (Fri.) Fresno State W, 83-56 a program record for wins in a season. Jimmer Fredette scored 32 points and had seven assists in BYU’s 74-66 second 17 (Wed.) Utah State (The Mtn.) W, 78-72 round-win against No. 14-seed Wofford. Against Gonzaga, Fredette posted 34 points and six assists while Jackson Emery 20 (Sat.) Chicago State (BYUtv)* W, 109-60 added 16 points, four assists and three steals. Fredette currently leads the nation in scoring at 28.8 points per game, has 23 (Tue.) Mississippi Valley State (BYUtv)* W, 84-34 been named to several All-America teams and is a finalist for the Naismith Award. Jackson Emery was the MWC Defensive 26 (Fri.) vs. South Florida (FCS)* W, 77-75 (2OT) Player of the Year and averages 12.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.8 steals for the Cougars. Florida advanced to 27 (Sat.) vs. Saint Mary’s (FCS)* W, 74-73 the Regional Semifinals of the NCAA Tournament with a 73-65 win over No. 7-seed UCLA on Saturday. Erving Walker and DECEMBER Kenny Boynton lead the Gators in scoring at 14.7 and 14.0 points per game, respectively. Chandler Parsons and Vernon 1 (Wed.) @ Creighton^ W, 77-65 Macklin add 11.4 and 11.3 points per game, respectively. Thursday’s game can be heard live on KSL Newsradio beginning 4 (Sat.) vs. Hawaii (BYUtv) W, 78-57 with the pregame show at 5:30 p.m. CT on 102.7 FM and 1160 AM out of Salt Lake City. The game will be televised live (EnergySolutions Arena) on TBS with Gus Johnson, Len Elmore and Reggie Miller on the call and Marty Snider reporting courtside. 8 (Wed.) vs. Vermont (CBS C) W, 86-58 (Glens Falls Civic Center). 11 (Sat.) vs. Arizona (BYUtv) W, 87-65 UP NEXT (EnergySolutions Arena) The winner of No. 3 BYU vs. No. 2 Florida will advance to the Southeast Regional Final of the NCAA Tournament at the 18 (Sat.) vs. UCLA (FSN, FSW)# L, 79-86 New Orleans Arena vs. the winner of No. 8 Butler and No. 4 Wisconsin. (Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.) 21 (Tue.) @ Weber State W, 72-66 23 (Thu.) UTEP W, 89-68 COUGAR QUICK HITS 30 (Thu.) @ Buffalo W, 90-82 — No. 10/12-ranked BYU head coach and MWC Co-Coach of the Year Dave Rose is 159-44 in his six seasons at BYU and is the program’s all-time leader in winning percentage at .783. He is second all-time in wins behind Stan Watts, a member JANUARY of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Rose has been named MWC Coach of the Year a league record three times and has won 1 (Sat.) Fresno Pacific W, 93-57 four regular season titles, also a conference record. Rose was also named the USBWA District VIII Coach of the Year. 5 (Wed.) @ UNLV (CBS C) W, 89-77 8 (Sat.) Air Force (The Mtn.) W, 76-66 — MWC Player of the Year Jimmer Fredette leads the nation in scoring at 28.8 points per game and adds 4.3 assists 11 (Tue.) @ Utah (The Mtn.) W, 104-79 and 1.3 steals per game. Fredette also earned All-MWC First Team honors, has been named a USBWA All-American and 18 (Tue.) TCU (The Mtn.) W, 83-67 a Naismith Men’s College Player of the Year Award Finalist. 22 (Sat.) @ Colorado State (The Mtn.) W, 94-85 — MWC Defensive Player of the Year Jackson Emery leads the MWC in steals at 2.8 per game and adds 12.6 points, 26 (Wed.) San Diego State (CBS C) W, 71-58 3.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Emery was named second-team All-MWC and to the All-Defensive Team and 29 (Sat.) @ New Mexico (VERSUS) L, 77-86 earned All-District honors from the USBWA and the NABC. FEBRUARY — Noah Hartsock adds 8.6 points per game on .504 shooting from the field and .446 shooting from three. Charles 2 (Wed.) @ Wyoming (The Mtn.) W, 69-62 Abouo adds 7.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. 5 (Sat.) UNLV (VERSUS) W, 78-64 — Brandon Davies received All-MWC Third Team honors and Hartsock was named honorable mention. 9 (Wed.) @ Air Force (The Mtn.) W, 90-52 — At 32-4, BYU has the best 36-game record in program history and the most wins in a season in school history. The 12 (Sat.) Utah (The Mtn.) W, 72-59 .889 winning percentage is also a school record. 19 (Sat.) @ TCU (The Mtn.) W, 79-56 23 (Wed.) Colorado State (The Mtn.) W, 84-76 26 (Sat.) @ San Diego State (CBS) W, 80-67 SOUTHEAST REGION BRACKET IN NEW ORLEANS - NEW ORLEANS ARENA MARCH 2 (Wed.) New Mexico (The Mtn.) L, 64-82 THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011 5 (Sat.) Wyoming (The Mtn.) W, 102-78 10 (Thu.) vs. TCU (The Mtn.)~ W, 64-58 Regional Semifinals Game 1 - 6:27 p.m. CT on TBS 11 (Fri.) vs. New Mexico (CBS C)~ W, 87-76 NO. 3 BYU (32-4) VS. NO. 2 FLORIDA (28-7) 12 (Sat.) vs. San Diego State (VERSUS)~ L, 54-72 17 (Thu.) vs. Wofford (CBS)% W, 74-66 19 (Sat.) vs. Gonzaga (CBS)% W, 89-67 Regional Semifinals Game 2 - 8:57 p.m. CT on TBS 24 (Thu.) vs. Florida (TBS)@ 6:27 p.m. NO. 8 BUTLER (25-9) VS. NO. 4 WISCONSIN (25-8) * South Padre Island Invitational ^ Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge # John R. Wooden Classic SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2011 ~ Conoco MWC Championships Regional Final - TBA % NCAA Tournament Second/Third Round (Denver) @ NCAA Regional Semifinals (New Orleans) GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER BYU’S PROBABLE STARTERS POS. # NAME HT. WT. Yr. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTEs G/F 1 Charles Abouo 6-5 215 Jr. Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire/ Brewster Academy 7.3 4.9 Has started 21 games including the last 12, shooting .424 FG and .750 FT G 4 Jackson Emery 6-3 190 Sr. Alpine, Utah / Lone Peak HS 12.6 3.6 Owns BYU’s single-season steals record with 99, averaging 2.8 steals per game G 31 Kyle Collinsworth 6-6 210 Fr. Provo, Utah / Provo HS 5.8 4.8 Is shooting .481 from the field and averages 2.1 assists per game G 32 Jimmer Fredette 6-2 195 Sr. Glens Falls, N.Y. / Glens Falls HS 28.8 3.5 Holds BYU career, single-season and single-game scoring records F 34 Noah Hartsock 6-8 230 Jr. Bartlesville, Okla. / Bartlesville HS 8.6 5.9 Fourth all-time in career blocks in BYU history with 121 BYU’S BENCH F 12 Logan Magnusson 6-6 210 Sr. Heber City, Utah / Salt Lake CC 2.1 2.5 Season highs of 11 points, 7 boards, 4 assists and 3 steals G/F 13 Brock Zylstra 6-6 210 So. La Verne, Calif. / Bonita HS 1.2 0.9 Season highs of 11 points, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals G 14 Nick Martineau 6-0 170 So. Fruit Heights, Utah / Davis HS 0.7 0.4 Has posted 3 assists three times this season F/C 15 James Anderson 6-10 240 Jr. Page, Ariz. / Page HS 1.2 1.3 Posted 2 points, 1 assist and 2 blocks vs. Gonzaga F 21 Stephen Rogers 6-8 195 So. Mesa, Ariz. / Mesa CC 4.0 2.1 Hit 3-of-4 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free line for 10 points vs. Gonzaga INJURED/REDSHIRTS G 20 Anson Winder 6-3 190 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. / Bishop Gorman HS — — Is redshirting the 2010-11 season G 33 Matt Carlino 6-1 175 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. / Bloomington HS (Ind.) — — Transferred from UCLA, eligible following 2011 Fall Semester F 41 Chris Collinsworth 6-9 235 So. Provo, Utah / Provo HS 5.9 5.6 Out for the season with a knee injury (microfracture surgery) BYUCOUGARS.COM For unparalleled coverage of the entire athletics department at BYU, access the Cougars online at www.BYUCougars.com. 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