BYU Men’s Basketball Game Notes – @ Memphis (NIT Second Round) 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 Plays at Memphis Wednesday in NITSecond Round 2001-02 Schedule/Results After its 78-55 first-round NIThome win over UCIrvine, BYU (18-11, 7-7 MWC) Overall: 18-11 H: 16-0 A: 1-10 N: 1-1 goes on the road to face the Memphis Tigers (23-9, 12-4 C-USA) Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. CST (5:30 p.m. MST) in the second round of the 2002 National Invitation MWC: 7-7 H: 7-0 A: 0-7 Tournament. The Cougars are making their third consecutive postseason tournament appearance and their second NITbid in the past three seasons. The Tigers, the reg u - Da t e Opponent (TV) Tim e lar season champions of Conference USA’s National Division, defeated UNC Gre e n s b o r o, 82-62, in their first-round NIT contest. Wednesday’s game will be tele- No v . 17 at Univ. of San Diego 70 - 5 9 W vised on ESPN2. The live radio broadcast can be heard on KSLNewsradio 1160 (and No v . 24 Arizona State (SWP/Fox Sports Ariz.) 82 - 7 0 W on the web at KSL.com), beginning with an hour pregame show. No v . 28 at UC Santa Barbara 58 - 6 8 L Up Next Dec. 1 at Utah State (SWP) 81-90 (OT) L The BYU-Memphis winner will play the winner of Yale (21-10)-Tennessee Tech (26- Dec. 5 Weber State 65 - 4 7 W 6). Yale is hosting the second-round game on Tuesday. Yale won at Rutgers 67-65 in the first round to win its first-ever postseason game. Tennessee Tech, the Ohio Dec. 8 Creighton (SWP) 61 - 5 2 W Valley Conference regular season champions, won its opening round game over Dec. 12 Fort Lewis (KBYU) 10 1 - 5 3 W Georgia State, 64-62, before its first-round victory at Dayton Friday, 68-59. Dec. 15 University of Idaho (KBYU) 70 - 4 8 W GAME FACTS (BYU Game 30) Dec. 22 v. Stanford in Las Vegas (ESPN) 81 - 7 6 W Dec. 27 Cal State Northridge 84 - 7 0 W We d n e s d a y , March 20, 2002 Dec. 29 Southern Utah 79 - 5 8 W Jan. 2 Un i v . of San Francisco 65 - 5 1 W BY U (18-11, 7-7 MWC) at Memphis (23-9, 12-4 C-USA) Jan. 5 at Pepperdine (SWP, FSW2) 79-82 (OT) L The Pyramid • Memphis, Tennessee • 6:30 p.m. CST (5:30 p.m. MST) Jan. 12* San Diego State (SWP) 75 - 6 4 W Coaches: . .BYU, Steve Cleveland (85-68 in fifth year; same overall) Jan. 15* UN L V (SWP) 60 - 4 7 W Memphis, John Calipari (44-24 in 2nd year; 247-95 in 10th year overall) Jan. 19* at New Mexico (ESPN+Plus) 58 - 7 3 L Series: . .Memphisleads, 2-1 Jan. 21* at Air Force (SWP) 64 - 7 4 L TV: . .ESPN2 Jan. 28* at Utah (ESPN) 66 - 7 1 L Feb. 2* Wyoming (ESPN+Plus) 85 - 7 0 W Radio: . .KSL Newsradio 1160 AM (Cougar Sports Network) Pregame Air Time: 6 p.m. MST Feb. 4* Colorado State (SWP/WB, delay^) 57 - 5 2 W Play-by-Play: Greg Wrubell Feb. 9* at UNLV (SWP, WB, Live) 70 - 7 3 L Game Analyst: Mark Durrant Feb. 11* at San Diego State (SWP, WB, delay^) 73 - 7 7 L Web: . .Live audio on KSL.com Feb. 16* New Mexico (ESPN+Plus) 68 - 6 2 W BYU’s Probable Starters: Feb. 18* Air Force (SWP, WB, delay^) 67 - 5 1 W Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG F 3 Mark Bigelow 6- 7 19 0 So . 14 . 8 2. 8 Feb. 23* Utah (ESPN+Plus) 63 - 6 1 W F 25 Eric Nielsen 6- 9 21 5 Sr . 10 . 1 5. 1 Feb. 28* at Wyoming (SWP, WB, delay^) 60 - 7 6 L C 40 Dan Howard 7-0 225 So. 1.9 2.3 G 2 Travis Hansen 6- 6 21 0 Jr . 15 . 6 6. 3 Ma r . 2* at Colorado State (SWP, KSL) 75 - 7 9 L G 31 Matt Montague 6- 0 19 0 Sr . 6. 4 7. 3 ap g Ma r . 7-9 at MWC Tournament in Las Veg a s BYU Reserves: Ma r . 7 vs. San Diego State (ESPN+Plus) 51 - 6 2 L Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG C 52 Ja r ed Jensen 6- 9 24 5 Fr . 8.8 3. 6 Ma r . 14- National Invitation Tou r n a m e n t G 20 Daniel Bobik 6-6 205 So. 6.5 2.2 Ma r . 14 UC Irvine 78 - 5 5 W G 22 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 200 Fr. 4. 1 1. 5 C 42 Jon Carlisle 6-10 250 So. 2.1 1.6 Ma r . 18 at Memphis F 32 Bart Jepsen 6-9 235 So. 0. 9 1. 4 G 10 Terry Nashif 5-10 165 Fr. 0. 6 0.5 apg *Mountain West Conference game F 4 Jesse Pinegar 6-9 225 Fr. 0.6 0.4 w w w . b y u c o u g a r s . c o m 2001-02 BYU Basketball BYU NIT & OPPONENT INFO/page 2 Scouting Memphis BYUin the NIT: The Memphis Tigers was the No. 3 seed at the Conference USA Tournament after going 12-4 BYUis making its ninth NITappearance and has and winning C-USA’s National Division, but was upset by Houston (80-74) in its opening- a 12-6 record, including two NIT titles (1951 and round game. The Tigers nearly won the league’s regular season title at No. 5-ranked 1966). After its 78-55 win over UCIrvine Cincinnati to finish the regular season but lost to the Bearcats in overtime, 80-75. The Tigers Thursday, the Cougars are 3-1 in NITgames in defeated UNCGreensboro (82-62) Thursday in its first-round NIT contest in Memphis. The two appearances under Steve Cleveland. BYU Tigers are 17-2 at home this year, with the two defeats coming at the hands of Arkansas (90- 73 on Jan. 2) and Houston (76-73 on Feb. 16). Memphis had a season-long 10-game victory advanced to the quarterfinals in 2000 with home streak after its loss to Arkansas until suffering its next loss on Feb. 8 at UAB (64-46). During wins over Bowling Green and Southern Illinois the win streak the Tiger victories included home wins vs. USM, South Florida, UAB, before a loss at Notre Dame. BYUhas advanced Louisville, TCU and Tulane and road triumphs over TCU, Tulane and Southern Miss. The past the first round in six of nine NIT appear- Tigers have gone 5-5 in their last 10 games, including a season-worst three-game skid in ances and played at least three games four times. Mid-February. Memphis freshman Dajuan Wagner, who scored 27 vs. Cincinnati in the reg- BYU will play its fourth road NITcontest ular season finale, has been the Tiger scoring leader all season. The 6-foot-3 guard was Wednesday when it faces Memphis at The named Honorable Mention All-America by the Associated Press, becoming the first Pyramid. BYUis 0-3 in road NITgames while Memphis freshman to garner APAll-America honors since Keith Lee was named to AP's boasting a 6-2 neutral court record and a 6-1 second team in 1982. Wagner ranks 21st nationally in scoring, averaging 21.0 points per home record. In their three road losses, the game to go along with 2.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.3 steals. The Camden, N.J., native was Cougars lost by 11 at Ohio State in the 1986 quar- named All-Conference USAFirst Team as well as selected the league's Freshman of the Year. terfinals, had a two-point setback at Fresno State The2002 All-Conference USAFirst Team included five guards of the six members, including in the 1994 second round and fell by 12 points at Cincinnati senior Steve Logan, Charlotte senior Jobey Thomas, Louisville junior Reece Notre Dame in the 2000 quarterfinals in BYU’s Gaines, Marquette sophomore Dwyane Wade and Wagner. Memphis senior Kelly Wise rounded out the first team as the only frontcourt player on the squad. Wise, a 6-foot-10 last NIT road game. senior, is C-USA's all-time leader in double-doubles with 42, including a league-best 14 this season. Wise tops C-USAin rebounding at 10.8 per game and, combined with his 12.0 points per game scoring average, will average a double-double for the second straight season. A Appearances: . .9 (including this year) three-time all-conference selection, Wise led all C-USAplayers in field goal percentage at NIT Overall Record: . .12-6 .589 and was eighth in blocked shots with 41. He did not play in the Tigers’ loss to Houston Neutral Record: . .6-2 in the C-USA Tournament or in their NITvictory Thursday over UNCGreensboro due to a Home Record: . .6-1 strained knee. Sophomore foward Arthur Barclay has not played in the last 13 games due to Road Record: . .0-3 patella tendonitis in his left knee. Five Tigers average more than nine points per game and two pull down more than eight rebounds per contest.