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2003 MWC Co-Champions • 2003 MWCCoach of the Year • 26 Conference Titles • 29 Postseason Invitations • 42 NBA Draft Selections • 81 Winning Seasons BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game #28 – BYU vs. Wyoming BYU FACES WYOMING THURSDAY IN MWC TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND 2003-04 BYU SCHEDULE Riding a season-best eight-game winning streak, BYU (20-7, 10-4 MWC) enters the 2004 Mountain West Conference Men’s Basketball Championship in Denver as the No. 2 seed facing No. 7-seed Wyoming (11-16, 4-10 NOVEMBER TIME/RESULT MWC) Thursday in the event’s second game tipping at 3:30 p.m. (MST) in the Pepsi Center. The game is being tele- 21 (Fri.) Southern Utah 88-54 W vised regionally on ESPN+Plus and is available nationally via ESPN Full Court. The radio broadcast of the game 26 (Wed.) @ California (SWP-KJZZ) 46-47 L can be heard on KSLNewsradio 1160, beginning with a one-hour pregame show. Live audio and live stats are 29 (Sat.) UVSC 84-65 W available online by selecting the basketball schedule page of the official BYU athletics website, byucougars.com. Live audio is also available on KSL.com, via BYU Radio on the Dish Network and at byuradio.org. DECEMBER 2 (Tues.) @ Boise State (SWP-KSL) 75-69 W UP NEXT 6 (Sat.) Oklahoma St. @ Delta Center 76-71 W The winner of the BYU vs. Wyoming game will face the winner of Thursday’s 1 p.m. quarterfinal matchup between 10 (Wed.) Western Oregon 92-56 W No. 3-seed Utah and No.-seed San Diego State in the 7 p.m. (MST) semifinal Friday (ESPN+Plus). 13 (Sat.) Southern California 85-61 W 20 (Sat.) Weber State (SWP-KSL) 86-65 W COUGAR CAPSULE 23 (Tues.) @ Utah State (KJZZ) 74-76 L The Cougars (20-7, 10-4) has won a season-best eight straight games to finish second in the MWC at 10-4. The 29-30 @ Cable Car Classic, Santa Clara, Calif. preseason favorite to win the conference, BYU finished nonconference play with a 10-3 record, including the Cable 29 (Mon.)vs. Idaho State 90-66 W Car Classic title and wins over nationally ranked Oklahoma State and the Pac-10’s USC. BYU has the MWC’s top 30 (Tues.) @ Santa Clara 68-66 W RPIand strength of schedule ratings. BYU returns four starters from last year’s 23-9 co-championship team that advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Senior center Rafael Araujo is the league’s Co-Player of the Year and an All- JANUARY MWC First Team pick, while four-year starter Mark Bigelow earned second-team honors and JC transfer Mike Hall 2 (Fri.) Saint Mary's (SWP-KSL) 70-55 W garnered third-team recognition and was named MWCDefensive Player of the Year. Senior guard Kevin Woodberry 7 (Wed.) @ North Carolina State (ESPN2) 62-89 L and junior forward Jared Jensen were starters last season but primarily come off the bench this year. Newcomers 12 (Mon.)*@ San Diego State (SWP-KSL)^61-65 L 17 (Sat.) *Colorado State (SWP-KSL)^ 82-53 W Hall and freshmen Garner Meads have earned starting assignments. Araujo is averaging 18.4 points and 10.0 19 (Mon.)*Wyoming (SWP-KSL)^ 78-64 W rebounds to lead BYU this year. Bigelow adds 13.7 points and 3.7 rebounds while Hall contributes 12.8 points and 24 (Sat.) *@ Air Force(SWP-KSL)^ 52-74 L 3.5 rebounds. First-year starter Luiz Lemes, a senior combo guard in his second year in Provo, leads the team in 26 (Mon.)*@ New Mexico (ESPN) 63-65 L assists (4.5). As a team, the Cougars shoot .489 from the floor, .349 on threes, and .724 from the line while scor- 31 (Sat.) *@ Utah (ESPN+)^ 56-64 L ing 73.9 points per game. BYUallows 65.1 points while the opposition has shot .449 from the field and .343 from behind the arc. BYU has an average rebounding advantage of 5.9. FEBRUARY 7 (Sat.) *UNLV (ESPN+)^ 64-61 W 9 (Mon.) *San Diego State ( ESPN) 83-69 (OT) W GAME #28 FAST FACTS (MWC TOURNAMENT GAME #1) 14 (Sat.) *@ Wyoming (ESPN+)^ 67-53 W BYU COUGARS (20-7, 10-4 MWC) vs. WYOMING COWBOY S (11-16, 4-10 MWC) 16 (Mon.)*@ Colorado State (ESPN) 79-73 W TH U R S D A Y, MARCH 11, 2004 21 (Sat.) *New Mexico (SWP-KSL)^ 88-71 W PEPSI CENTER (19,099) 23 (Mon.)*Air Force (SWP-TBA)^ 67-61 W DENVER, COLO. MARCH 3:30 p.m. (MST) 1 (Mon.) *Utah (ESPN) 70-57 W 6 (Sat.) *@ UNLV (ABC)^ 89-88 W Coaches: . .BYU, Steve Cleveland (128-85 in seventh year; same overall) 11-13 MWC Tourney @ Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo. Wyoming, Steve McClain (111-68 in sixth year; same overall) 11 (Thurs.) vs. Wyoming (ESPN+)^ 3:30 p.m. Series: . .BYU leads, 91-67; This year BYUswept the season series TV: . .ESPN+Plus (KJZZ-TV-14 in Salt Lake City; available nationally on ESPN Full Court) Air Time: 3:30 p.m. (MST) -------------- Play-by-Play: Rich Waltz Game Analyst: Irv Brown Times are local to site and subject to change Radio: . .KSL Newsradio 1160 AM (Cougar Sports Network) ESPN+Plus games broadcast in Utah on KJZZ-TV Pregame Air Time: 2:30 p.m. (MST) ^Game available via ESPN Full Court Play-by-Play: Greg Wrubell * MWC Game Game Analyst: Mark Durrant Web: . .Live stats and audio links are available at byucougars.com/basketball_m/ (select 2003-04 schedule); audio also available on KSL.com and via BYU Radio on the Dish Network and at byuradio.org. BYU’S PROJECTED STARTERS: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (LAST TEAM) PPG RPG NOTE F 3 Mark Bigelow 6-7 200 Sr. Olympia, WA/Olympia HS 13 . 7 3. 7 Four-year starter is All-MWC Second Team selection F 41 Garner Meads 6-8 230 Fr. Salt Lake City, UT / Brighton HS 4.6 2.9 Averages 6.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg in MWC games C 55 Rafael Araujo 6-11 280 Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil /Arizona Western College 18.4 10.0 MWC Co-Player of the Year, All-MWCFirst Team G 1 Mike Hall 6-3 205 Jr. San Bernardino, CA / Dixie State College 12.8 3.5 MWC Defensive Player of the Yea r , All-MWC Third Tea m G 4 Luiz Lemes 6-3 180 Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil / E. Okla. St. College 8. 3 3. 1 First-year starter adds team-best 4.5 assists per game BYU OFF THE BENCH: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (LAST TEAM) PPG RPG NOTE G 0 Kevin Woodberry 6-0 170 Sr. Phoenix, AZ / Dixie State College 5. 4 1. 9 Has five starts; scored 13 points vs. UNLV in last outing G 2 Mike Rose 6-2 180 Fr. Houston, TX/Spring Woods HS 4. 1 0. 8 Good shooter, set BYU record of 8 treys in his first game F 5 Jake Shoff 6-9 265 Sr. Alpine, UT / Weber State 2.4 2.7 Has made solid contributions during current winning streak G 10 Terry Nashif 5-10 165 Jr.Vancouver, WA / Evergreen HS 1. 0 1. 1 Limited time since return from being out with mononucleosis G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Fr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 1.3 0.4 Missed first 9 games (injury); has appeared in 8 games G/F15/33Mike Dresser 6-5 195 Fr. Sacramento, CA / Casa Roble HS 1.0 0.2 Walk-on added to roster since USC game; limited play F 52 Jared Jensen 6-9 250 Jr.West Haven, UT / Fremont HS 3. 9 2. 1 Injured during 3-game losing streak, BYU 8-0 since his return G 14 Ricky Bower 6-4 185 Sr. Meridian, ID / Wisconsin -- -- Out for year (injured back); was last year’s top reserve F 34 Joshua Burgess 6-8 230 So. Irvine, CA / Irvine Valley College -- -- Sitting out as transfer from Irvine Valley C 43 Derek Dawes 6-11 265 So. Salt Lake City, UT / Cottonwood HS -- -- Redshirting; returned in August from two-year mission www.byucougars.com MWC Tournament Information 2003-04 BYU Men’s Basketball 2004 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP After its first four years in Las Vegas, this year’s Mountain West Conference BYU IN THE CONFERENCE TOURNEY The Cougars have a 18-16 record in conference tourna- Basketball Championship will be played at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo. Single ment games, which includes a 6-3 Mountain West tourna- session tickets for the Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Championship are ment record and a 12-13 record in WAC tournament on sale now at the Pepsi Center box office and all Ticketmaster locations. Lower level games. BYU advanced to the finals in the first two years of tickets are $40 per session and upper level tickets $20. Student tickets are $10. Log the MWC tournament, winning the title over UNM in 2001 on a www.ticketmaster.com or call (303) 405-1111 to order by phone. after losing to UNLV in 2000. The last two years BYU lost to the eventual MWC champion. In 2002, BYU lost in the THURSDAY, March 11 (Quarterfinals) opening round to eventual tournament champion San Diego 1 p.m. Game 1 – No. 3 Utah (21-8, 9-5) vs. No. 6 San Diego St. (14-5, 5-9) ESPN+Plus State. Last year, BYU lost in overtime in the semifinals to 3:30 p.m.