BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL 2009-10 Season Review
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No. 21 All-Time Victories NCAA Division I • 2 National Titles (NIT 1951, 1966) • 28 Regular Season Conference Titles • 25 NCAA Tournaments • 10 NIT Appearances 1 National Player of the Year • 2 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees • 44 All-America Citations • 44 NBA Draft Selections • 113 All-Conference Citations BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL 2009-10 Season Review 2009-10 SCHEDULE SEASON REVIEW — COUGARS POST SCHOOL RECORD 30 WINS, ADVANCE IN NCAA TOURNAMENT A recording-setting regular season and a victory in the NOVEMBER NCAA Tournament highlighted one of the most success- 5 (Thu.) Trinity Western (Exh-BYUTV) W, 74-56 ful campaigns in BYU men’s basketball history. 10 (Tue.) Central Wash. (Exh-BYUTV) W, 82-46 13 (Fri.) Bradley^ (The Mtn.) W, 70-60 17 (Tue.) Idaho State W, 87-53 The 2009-10 Cougars posted school records with 30 20 (Fri.) @ Hawai’i (KFVE - TV) W, 83-65 victories and an .833 winning percentage while defeat- 24 (Tue.) Southern W, 107-51 ing Florida 99-92 in a thrilling double-overtime game 27 (Fri.) Weber State (The Mtn.) W, 87-70 to advance in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1993. Other firsts achieved in 2009-10 include DECEMBER earning a fourth-straight NCAA Tournament bid, winning 2 (Wed.) @ Utah State (The CW30) L, 61-71 25-plus games for a fourth-straight season and being 5 (Sat.) vs. San Francisco (BYUTV/KJZZ) W, 69-43 (Energy Solutions Arena) ranked in the top-25 for the fourth-straight season. 8 (Tue.) Arizona State (The Mtn.) W, 81-68 12 (Sat.) @ Fresno State (KJZZ) W, 72-67 “This was a special year,” BYU head coach Dave Rose 17 (Thu.) Wagner* (BYUTV) W, 77-61 said. “It was a special year for me to be able to coach 19 (Sat.) Eastern Washington* (BYUTV) W, 91-34 these guys, and I’m really, really proud of them. They 22 (Tue.) vs. Nevada~ (BYUTV) W, 110-104 deserve to be thought of as one of the great teams in 23 (Wed.) vs. Nebraska~ (BYUTV) W, 88-66 BYU history.” 28 (Mon.) @ Arizona# (FCS) W, 99-69 JANUARY The season had extra meaning for Rose and his family 2 (Sat.) Eastern New Mexico W, 95-49 as he was diagnosed with pancreatic neuroendocrine 6 (Wed.) UNLV (The Mtn.) W, 77-73 tumor during the summer of 2009. After emergency 9 (Sat.) @ UTEP (CBS C) W, 83-77 surgery to remove his spleen and a portion of his pan- 13 (Wed.) @ Air Force (The Mtn.) W, 67-49 creas, Rose made a full recovery, allowing him to return 16 (Sat.) Colorado State (The Mtn.) W, 91-47 to coach the 2009-10 season. 20 (Wed.) Wyoming (The Mtn.) W, 81-66 23 (Sat.) @ San Diego State (The Mtn.) W, 71-69 After Jimmer Fredette’s scoring clinic at Arizona where Jimmmer Fredette earned five All-America honors in 2009-10 and 27 (Wed.) @ New Mexico (The Mtn.) L, 72-76 led BYU to its first NCAA Tournament win since 1993 with 37 30 (Sat.) Utah (The Mtn.) W, 82-69 he set BYU records with 49 points and nine threes, the points in a 99-92 double-overtime win over Florida. Cougars entered the top-25 for the first time on Jan. 4. FEBRUARY BYU was ranked as high as No. 10 in the ESPN/USA 2 (Tue.) TCU (The Mtn.) W, 76-56 Today Coaches Poll and No. 12 in the AP Poll — the highest rankings since the 1987-88 season — and finished No. 17 in 6 (Sat.) @ UNLV (VERSUS) L, 74-88 the AP and No. 22 in the Coaches Poll. 13 (Sat.) Air Force (The Mtn.) W, 91-48 17 (Wed.) @ Colorado State (The Mtn.) W, 92-70 Other numbers that stood out during the season include a 5-0 start, a 15-game winning streak — the second-best in pro- 20 (Sat.) @ Wyoming (The Mtn.) W, 85-63 24 (Wed.) San Diego State (CBS C) W, 82-68 gram history — and a 15-1 home record. The winning streak is second only to the 17-0 start in 1987-88 and the 15-1 27 (Sat.) New Mexico (VERSUS) L, 81-83 home record marked the fourth in five seasons under Rose with one or zero home losses. MARCH Despite failing to win the league regular season for the first time in four years, BYU finished 13-3 in the MWC to give the 3 (Wed.) @ Utah (CBS C) W, 71-51 Cougars a fifth-straight season with at least 12 league victories under Rose. He is now 64-16 in MWC games, second 6 (Sat.) @ TCU (The Mtn.) W, 107-77 all-time in league history in victories and first in winning percentage (.800). At 127-40, Rose is BYU’s all-time leader in win- 10-13 @ MWC Basketball Tournament ning percentage (.760) and is just the third Cougar coach to win at least 20 games in his first five seasons and leads all 11 vs. TCU (The Mtn.) W, 95-85 12 @ UNLV (CBS C) L, 66-70 BYU coaches with four 25-win seasons. 18-20 NCAA Tournament 18 vs. No. 10 Flolrida W, 99-92 2OT Four Cougars earned All-MWC honors in 2009-10, with Fredette making the first team, Jackson Emery the second 20 vs. No. 2 Kansas State L, 72-84 team and Tyler Haws and Jonathan Tavernari the third team. Tavernari was named the Sixth Man of the Year and Emery ^ Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge earned a spot on the all-defensive team. Fredette and Emery earned All-District honors from the United State Basketball * Las Vegas Classic - Marriott Center Writers Association and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The USBWA named Fredette the District VIII ~ Las Vegas Classic - Orleans Arena Player of the Year. # Fiesta Bowl Classic 2009-10 ROSTER POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HoMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE F/C 15 James Anderson 6-10 230 So. Page, Ariz. / Page HS 1.2 1.0 Had season highs of 7 points and 5 rebounds G/F 1 Charles Abouo 6-5 210 So. Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire/ Brewster Academy 4.6 3.1 Shot .467 on FG, .407 from three and had a season high of 22 points F 0 Brandon Davies 6-9 230 Fr. Provo, Utah / Provo HS 5.4 3.0 Shot .539 from the field, scored in double figures six times G 4 Jackson Emery 6-3 185 Jr. Alpine, Utah / Lone Peak HS 12.5 4.5 Named second-team All-MWC and MWC All-Defensive G 32 Jimmer Fredette 6-2 195 Jr. Glens Falls, N.Y. / Glens Falls HS 22.1 3.1 Earned five All-America honors, named USBWA District VIII POY F 34 Noah Hartsock 6-8 215 So. Bartlesville, Okla. / Bartlesville HS 6.5 5.1 Shot .554 from the field and .864 from the free throw line G 23 Tyler Haws 6-5 200 Fr. Alpine, Utah / Lone Peak HS 11.3 4.2 Named third-team All-MWC, made BYU record 48-straight free throws G 10 Michael Loyd, Jr. 6-1 170 So. Las Vegas, Nev. / Palo Verde HS 5.1 1.2 Scored 17-plus points four times, including 26 vs. Florida in NCAA Tourney F 12 Logan Magnusson 6-6 210 Jr. Heber City, Utah / Salt Lake CC 0.6 1.0 Had season highs of 6 points and 5 rebounds F/C 54 Chris Miles 6-11 235 Sr. Provo, Utah / Timpview HS 4.6 3.4 Started 35 games, shot .521 from the field and .673 on free throws G 2 Lamont Morgan, Jr. 5-10 170 Sr. Pomona, Calif. / Saddleback CC 1.9 0.6 Shot .633 from the field and .692 on threes, a team captain F 45 Jonathan Tavernari 6-6 215 Sr. Sao Bernardo, Brazil / Bishop Gorman HS 10.1 4.4 Named third-team All-MWC and MWC Sixth Man of the Year G/F 13 Brock Zylstra 6-6 205 Fr. La Verne, CA / Bonita HS 1.0 0.7 Played in 20 games, had season highs of 5 points and 5 boards 2007, 08 and 09 MWC Regular Season Champs 1 Season Review 2009-10 BYU Men’s Basketball Fredette also received multiple All-America 2009-10 BYU MEN’S BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS honors, including second team from Basketball Times, third team from Sporting News and State Overall Success Farm Coaches’ and honorable mention from the - 30-6 overall record — fourth-straight 25-win season for Associated Press. He also earned a spot on the the first time in program history Lute Olsen All-America team. In addition to the All- - 30 victories — most in program history - 28 regular season victories — most in program history America, All-MWC and All-Districts, Fredette tied - .833 winning percentage ranks first in program history the league record by being named MWC Player of - 33rd 20-win season in program history, including fifth the Week five times and was named MVP of the straight HoopTV Las Vegas Classic and the Fiesta Bowl - Nationally ranked in four-consecutive seasons for the first Classic. time in program history - Ranked as high as No. 12 in the AP Poll and No. 10 in For the season Fredette led the Cougars in scoring the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, the program’s highest (22.1), assists (4.7) and three-point field goal per- rankings since 1987-88 centage (.440). He was also second in threes (77) - Final ranking of No.