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MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONS BYU MEN’S BASKETBALL MWC QUARTERFINAL NOTES Dave Rose Keena Young MWC Coach of the Year Jonathan Tavernari MWC Player of the Year MWC Freshman of the Year All-MWC First Team www.byucougars.com 2007 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY MARCH 6 MARCH 8 MARCH 9 MARCH 10 #1 BYU #8 TCU Noon 7:30 p.m. #8/9 Seed Winner #9 New Mexico 6 p.m. #4 Air Force 2:30 p.m. #5 Wyoming 4 p.m. Men’s Champion #2 UNLV 6 p.m. #7 Utah 8:30 p.m. #3 San Diego State 8:30 p.m. TUESDAY-SATURDAY #6 Colorado State MARCH 6-10, 2007 THOMAS & MACK CENTER All times Pacific LAS VEGAS, NEVADA No. 22 All-Time Victories NCAA Division I • 2 National Titles (NIT 1951, 1966) • 27 Conference Titles • 21 NCAA Tournaments • 10 NIT Appearances 1 National Player of the Year • 2 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees • 41 All-America Citations • 43 NBA Draft Selections • 104 All-Conference Citations BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game 31 — MWC Quarterfinals NO. 23 BYU OPENS MWC QUARTERFINALS THURSDAY AT NOON 2006-07 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS As the No. 1 seed, No. 23 BYU (23-7, 13-3 MWC) will play in the Mountain West Conference quarterfinals on NOVEMBER Thursday at noon PT (1 p.m. MT) against the winner of Tuesday’s play-in game between No. 8-seed TCU (12-16, 4-12 2 (Thurs.) Brock Univ./Canada (Exh.) 90-49 W MWC) and No. 9-seed New Mexico (15-16, 4-12 MWC) and The game, which will be played at UNLV’s Thomas & 8 (Wed.) Univ. of Montevallo (Exh.) 92-63 W Mack Center, will be televised on the mtn. and can be heard live on the radio beginning with the pregame show at 11 15 (Wed.) @ UCLA (FSN-Prime Ticket LA) 69-82 L a.m. PT (12 p.m. MT) on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM out of Salt Lake City or via the Internet at 18 (Sat.) Idaho State (OT) 84-78 W KSL.com. The Cougars earned the top seed in the MWC Tournament after winning their first regular-season out- 22 (Wed.) Portland 79-50 W right title since 1987-88. They have won 18 of their last 21 games and are coming off an 85-62 win over Utah on 24 (Fri.) Southern Utah (the mtn.) 80-61 W Saturday to conclude the regular season. 29 (Wed.) @ Boise State (KTVB) 68-72 L UP NEXT DECEMBER If BYU wins, the Cougars will advance to the MWC semifinals and play the winner of Thursday’s second quarterfinal 2 (Sat.) @ Weber State (KJZZ-TV) (OT) 73-69 W between fourth-seeded Air Force and fifth-seeded Wyoming. BYU’s semifinal game will be Friday at 6 p.m. and will be 6 (Wed.) San Jose State (the mtn.) 81-69 W televised nationally on CSTV. 9 (Sat.) vs. Michigan State (ESPN2) 61-76 L 13 (Wed.) @ Lamar (OT) 77-86 L COUGAR QUICK HITS 16 (Sat.) Utah State (the mtn.) 75-62 W — BYU won its first outright league title since 1987-88 with a 13-3 MWC record this season. 22 (Fri.) Western Oregon 102-40 W — Two-time MWC Coach of the Year Dave Rose is 43-16 overall at BYU and 25-7 in MWC play. 28-30 BYU Holiday Classic, Provo, Utah — The Cougars are ranked No. 23 in both the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 Poll and the AP Top 25 Poll. BYU 28 (Thurs.) Oral Roberts 76, Seton Hall 74 entered the national rankings on Feb. 19 for the first time since 1993 at No. 21 in the AP Top 25 rankings and No. BYU vs. Liberty 73-59 W 22 in the Coaches Poll. Previously, BYU was last ranked on March 8, 1993 at No. 25 (AP). 29 (Fri.) Seton Hall 85, Liberty 81 — Coming off a win over Utah on Saturday, BYU has won 10 of its last 11 games, including three wins over ranked BYU vs. Oral Roberts 72-62 W teams. BYU currently owns the nation's longest active home winning streak (31 games). 30 (Sat.) Oral Roberts 90, Liberty 58 — MWC Player of the Year Keena Young leads BYU this year in scoring (17.1) and rebounding (6.2). All-MWC Second BYU vs. Seton Hall 77-68 W Team selection Trent Plaisted is second on the boards (6.1) and in scoring (12.2), while All-MWC honorable mention JANUARY recipient senior Austin Ainge leads BYU with 4.27 assists per game. 6 (Sat.) San Diego State* (VERSUS) 80-58 W — The Cougars lead the MWC in scoring (77.8), rebounding average (37.0), rebounding margin (+5.8) and assists 10 (Wed.) TCU* (the mtn.) 89-65 W (16.2) in overall play. In league games, in addition to finishing first in the standings, BYU led the conference in scor- 13 (Sat.) @ UNLV* (the mtn.) 75-83 L ing (78.9), scoring margin (+9.7), field-goal percentage (.516), three-point shooting (.457), assists (16.75) and 16 (Tues.) Wyoming* (the mtn.) 89-81 W assist/turnover ratio (1.32). 20 (Sat.) @ Colorado State* (the mtn.) 78-90 L — BYU has an RPI rating of 20 in the various RPI rankings. BYU is ranked No. 8 in the nation in three-point shooting, 24 (Wed.) @ New Mexico* (the mtn.) 70-49 W No. 20 in field-goal percentage, No. 25 in rebound margin, No. 29 in scoring and No. 30 in scoring margin. 27 (Sat.) Air Force* (the mtn.) 61-52 W — The Cougars are 17-0 at home this season, 6-6 on the road and 0-1 on a neutral court. 31 (Wed.) @ Utah* (the mtn.) 76-66 W BYU GAME #31 FAST FACTS FEBRUARY 3 (Sat.) UNLV* (the mtn.) 90-63 W NO. 23 BYU COUGARS – #1 SEED (23-7, 13-3 MWC) 6 (Tues.) @ Wyoming* (the mtn.) 77-73 W 10 (Sat.) @ TCU* 85-72 W vs. 14 (Wed.) New Mexico* (the mtn.) 96-83 W 21 (Wed.) Colorado State* (the mtn.) 76-67 W TCU – #8 SEED / NEW MEXICO – #9 SEED 24 (Sat.) @ San Diego State* (CSTV) 74-86 L Thursday, March 8, 2007 27 (Tues.) @ Air Force* (CSTV) 62-58 W Thomas & Mack Center (18,500) MARCH Las Vegas 3 (Sat.) Utah* (CSTV) 85-62 W Noon PT (1 p.m. MT) 6-10 MWC Tournament (mtn, CSTV, VS.) Las Vegas 8 (Thurs) vs. TCU/New Mexico noon PT (the mtn.) TV: . the mtn. (James Bates - play-by-play, Blaine Fowler - color) Radio:. KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (11 a.m. PT pregame show — Greg Wrubell, play-by-play; Mark Durrant, game analysis) *denotes Mountain West Conference game Web: . Live video, live audio and live stats links are available at www.byucougars.com/basketball_m/ BYU’S PROBABLE STARTERS: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE F 3 Keena Young 6-6 215 Sr. Beaumont, Texas / South Plains College 17.1 6.2 Named MWC Player of the Year and NABC All-District 13 First Team F/C 44 Trent Plaisted 6-11 245 So. San Antonio, Texas / Clark HS 12.2 6.1 All-MWC Second Team honoree; 19 double-figure scoring outings G 30 Lee Cummard 6-6 180 So. Mesa, Ariz. / Mesa HS 9.2 5.4 All- MWC Third Team; also averaging 2.9 apg, 1.5 spg and 0.9 bpg G 23 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 205 Sr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 8.2 3.2 Co-captain has scored in double figures 12 times, including 11pts. at AFA G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Sr. Gilbert, Ariz. / Highland HS 7.8 3.0 All-MWC Honorable Mention; shooting 525 3FG% (1st) in MWC games BYU OFF THE BENCH: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE G 2 Mike Rose 6-3 185 Sr. Houston, Texas / Spring Woods HS 6.0 1.3 Shooting .553 (21-for-38) from three-point range in last eight games F/C 10 Vuk Ivanovic 6-10 250 Jr. Pancevo, Serbia / Seton Hill Univ. 2.2 2.3 05-06 redshirt is averaging 8.1 minutes in 22 games F 15 Fernando Malaman 6-9 220 Sr. Limeira, Brazil / Arizona Western College 2.3 2.0 Averages 9.5 minutes in 24 games; had career-high 10 rebs. at Lamar G 20 Sam Burgess 6-3 190 Jr. Alpine, Utah / Snow College 4.0 1.4 Shooting .567 from floor in 10.8 minutes; career-best 15 points vs. Utah G 24 Ben Murdock 6-2 185 Jr. Bountiful, Utah / Dixie State College 1.6 0.8 Transfer point is averaging 7.3 minutes in 27 outings; 2.15 A/TO ratio F 45 Jonathan Tavernari 6-6 215 Fr. Sao Bernardo, Brazil / Bishop Gorman HS 7.2 2.8 Named MWC Freshman of the Year after scoring 8.3 ppg in MWC play F/C 50 Gavin MacGregor 6-9 235 So. Ridgecrest, Calif. / Burroughs HS 1.2 0.5 Newcomer has played in 11 games, logging 4.2 minutes per game www.byucougars.com Tournament Pairings/Media Information and Policies 2006-07 BYU Men’s Basketball MEDIA INTERVIEWS All interviews with BYU players or coaches must be scheduled BYU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS through a BYU Athletic Communications contact. Postgame CONTACTS IN LAS VEGAS interviews will take place as noted below.