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BYU Men’s Basketball Game Notes – vs. Colorado State 2000-01 Mountain West Conference Tournament Champion • 2000-01 MWC Regular Season Co-Champion 25 Conference Championships • 19 NCAA Appearances • 8 NIT Appearances • 2 NIT Titles • 1 Eastman/Wooden Award Winner BYU Hosts Colorado State Monday at 8:30 p.m. 2001-02 Schedule/Results BYU (13-6, 3-3 MWC) hosts Colorado State (9-11, 1-5) Monday at 8:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center. The Cougars are coming off an 85-70 win over Wyoming and have Overall: 13-6 H: 11-0 A: 1-6 N: 1-0 won 31 straight at home, the second-longest streak in the nation. Colorado State is MWC: 3-3 H: 3-0 A: 0-3 coming off a 67-62 loss at Utah Saturday. The game will be televised by SportsWest Productions and taped-delay broadcast at 9 p.m. on WB30 in Salt Lake City. Da t e Opponent (TV) Tim e Up Next The Cougars return to the road to face UNLV Saturday at 7:30 p.m. PT before con- No v . 6 EA Sports All-Stars (exhibition) 81-84 L tinuing on to play at San Diego State next Monday in another 7:30 p.m. PT start. No v . 10 London Leopards (exhibition) 90 - 7 0 W Both games will be televised by SportsWest Productions on WB30. No v . 17 at Univ. of San Diego 70 - 5 9 W BYU at Home on Monday Nights No v . 24 Arizona State (SWP/Fox Sports Ariz.) 82 - 7 0 W BYU is 3-0 at home on Monday nights since playing its first home Monday night game vs. Southern Illinois on March 20, 2000 in the second round of the NIT. That No v . 28 at UC Santa Barbara 58 - 6 8 L game started at 9 p.m. Last year, BYU swept Utah and UNLV in 10 p.m. Big Dec. 1 at Utah State (SWP) 81-90 (OT) L Monday games on ESPN. Colorado State will be the first of two Monday night Dec. 5 Weber State 65 - 4 7 W home games this year. BYU will also face Air Force on Feb. 18 in an 8:30 p.m. start. Dec. 8 Creighton (SWP) 61 - 5 2 W Dec. 12 Fort Lewis (KBYU) 10 1 - 5 3 W GAME FACTS (BYU Game 20) Dec. 15 University of Idaho (KBYU) 70 - 4 8 W Sa t u r d a y , Feb. 4, 2002 Dec. 22 v. Stanford in Las Vegas (ESPN) 81 - 7 6 W Dec. 27 Cal State Northridge 84 - 7 0 W BY U (13-6, 3-3) vs. Colorado State(9-11, 1-5) Dec. 29 Southern Utah 79 - 5 8 W Marriott Center [22,700] • Provo, Utah • 8:37 p.m. MT Jan. 2 Un i v . of San Francisco 65 - 5 1 W Coaches: BYU, Steve Cleveland (80-63 in fifth year; same overall) Jan. 5 at Pepperdine (SWP, FSW2) 79-82 (OT) L CSU, Dale Layer (23-24 in 2nd year; 191-111 in 11th year overall) Jan. 12* San Diego State (SWP) 75 - 6 4 W Series: BYUleads, 72-42 Jan. 15* UN L V (SWP) 60 - 4 7 W TV: SportsWest Productions (WB30 in SLC) Jan. 19* at New Mexico (ESPN+Plus) 58 - 7 3 L Air Time: 9 p.m. MT - TAPED DELAY Play-by-Play: Dave McCann Jan. 21* at Air Force (SWP) 64 - 7 4 L Game Analyst: Craig Hislop Jan. 28* at Utah (ESPN) 66 - 7 1 L Radio: KSL Newsradio 1160 AM (Cougar Sports Network) Pregame Air Time - 7:30 p.m. MT Feb. 2* Wyoming (ESPN+Plus) 85 - 7 0 W Play-by-Play: Greg Wrubell Feb. 4* Colorado State (SWP) 8:30 p.m. Game Analyst: Mark Durrant Feb. 9* at UNLV (SWP) 7:30 p.m. BYU’s Probable Starters: Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Feb. 11* at San Diego State (SWP) 7:30 p.m. F 3 Mark Bigelow 6- 7 19 0 So . 15 . 9 2. 9 Feb. 16* New Mexico (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m. F 25 Eric Nielsen 6- 9 21 5 Sr . 10 . 1 4. 7 C 52 Ja r ed Jensen 6- 9 24 5 Fr . 9.4 3. 7 Feb. 18* Air Force (SWP) 8:30 p.m. G 2 Travis Hansen 6- 6 21 0 Jr . 15 . 1 7. 2 Feb. 23* Utah (ESPN+Plus) 1 p.m. G 31 Matt Montague 6- 0 19 0 Sr . 6. 5 7. 4 ap g Feb. 28* at Wyoming (SWP) 7:30 p.m. BYU Reserves: Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Ma r . 2* at Colorado State (SWP) 7 p.m. G 20 Daniel Bobik 6-6 205 So. 8.1 2.6 Ma r . 7-9 at MWC Tournament in Las Veg a s G 22 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 200 Fr. 4. 7 1. 6 C 42 Jon Carlisle 6-10 250 So. 2.2 2.0 F 32 Bart Jepsen 6-9 235 So. 1. 0 1. 7 *Mountain West Conference game C 40 Dan Howard 7-0 225 So. 0.6 1.0 All times local to site G 10 Terry Nashif 5-10 165 Fr. 0. 4 0.6 apg F 4 Jesse Pinegar 6-9 225 Fr. 0.4 0.6 w w w . b y u c o u g a r s . c o m 2001-02 BYU Basketball OPPONENT INFO/page 2 Scouting Colorado State Colorado State Quick Facts: Colorado State is 9-11 overall and 1-5 in conference play after a 67-62 loss at Utah Saturday night. The Rams return one starter and five lettermen from last year’s 15-13 team. CSU’s General Info conference win was over Air Force in Fort Collins. Brian Greene leads the Rams at 16.2 ppg Location: Fort Collins, Colo. and has scored in double figures in 16 straight games for the Rams, including a 29-point Founded: 1870 effort at Utah Saturday. Through the first 14 games of the year, only Baylor shot 50 percent Enrollment: 22,600 or better against the Rams but in conference play five of six teams have reached 50 percent. Nickname: Rams Colors: Green and Gold COLORADO STATE’S PROBABLE STARTERS Home Arena: Moby Arena (8,754) Conference: Mountain West No. Name Info PPG RPG Note Athletic Director: Jeffrey Hathaway 33 Brian Greene F 6-8 225 Jr. 16.2 8.1 Leads team in scoring and rebounding 25 Matt Brown F 6-9 215 Sr. 5.4 3.5 Scored 12 points vs. Morris Brown Basketball Info 2 Joe Macklin G 5-11 175 Jr. 3.6 3.2 Scored career-high 10 points at Utah 10 Jon Rakiecki G 6-3 195 Fr. 5.6 3.2 Among MWC leaders in 3-point shooting Head Coach: Dale Layer 11 Andy Birley G 6-4 190 Jr, 12.5 2.7 Scored team-high 20 points vs. New Mexico Alma Mater: Eckerd College (1980) Best time to call: Mornings CSU RESERVES Office Phone: (970) 491-6232 Overall Record (Years): 182-100 (10) No. Name Info PPG RPG Note Record at School (Years): 14-13 (1) 3 Quantone Smith F 6-8 250 Jr . 4.3 2.1 Scored 11 points in game at UNLV Assistant Coaches: Pat Eberhart, Bill Peterson, 4 Delbert Young G 6-2 180 Fr . 0.8 0.0 Scored two points in game vs. MBC Buzz Williams 12 Todd Chapman G/F 6-5 190 So. 0.6 0.4 Scored career-best five points vs. Morris Brown 13 Freddy Robinson G/F 6-5 180 Fr. 4.0 2.0 Scored nine points as a reserve at Utah 2000-2001 20 Ronnie Clark G 6-5 210 So. 14.2 4.0 15 points, made 6-7 field goals at Wyoming Overall Record: 15-13 34 Darian Burke F/ C6-10 250 So. 3.2 2.0 Made first career start at Utah Conf. Record/Finish: 15-13/T5th 42 Matt Williams F 6-6 210 Fr. 6.2 4.6 4 points, 5 rebounds vs. New Mexico Final Ranking/Post Season Finish: NA 54 Matt Nelson C 7-0 220 Fr. 12.8 4.5 Returned to lineup vs. AFA for 1st time in 6 games 2001-2002 Coaches: Head Coach Dale Layer (Eckerd College ‚80); 2nd year, 24-24; 11th year overall, 191-111. Letterman Returning/Lost: 5/5 Assistant Coaches: Pat Eberhart (Adams State College ‚86); Bill Peterson (Eckerd College ‚79); Buzz Starters Returning/Lost: 1/5 Williams (Oklahoma City University ‚94). Returning Starters (last year’s stats) Series Information Brian Greene, 6-8, 225, So., F (7.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg) This will be the 115th meeting between the two schools. BYU leads the series 72-42. The teams have each won at home the past two years since CSU swept the sereis in 1998. They Media Relations did not play in 1999. BYU won the last meeting, a 68-51 Cougar win in Provo on Feb. 17, Basketball Contact: Gary Ozzello 2001. CSU won 60-55 in Fort Collins last season. The Cougars have won two straight in Office: (970) 491-5067 Provo, with last year’s win and a 68-47 win in 2000. BYU has won eight of the last 10 games Home: (970) 493-5574 in Provo dating back to 1990, with CSU last winning in the Marriott Center on Jan. 22, 1998 Email: [email protected] (55-44).