No. 22 All-Time Victories NCAA Division I • 2 National Titles (NIT 1951, 1966) • 26 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 • 100 All-Conference Citations BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game 27 — BYU vs. Colorado State BYU HOSTS COLORADO STATE WEDNESDAY AT 8 P.M. 2006-07 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS No. 21 BYU (20-6, 10-2 MWC) will host the Colorado State Rams (15-10, 5-8 MWC) Wednesday at 8 p.m. MT in NOVEMBER the Marriott Center. The game will be televised on the MountainWest Sports Network (the mtn.) and can be heard 2 (Thurs.) Brock Univ./Canada (Exh.) 90-49 W live on the radio beginning with the pregame show at 7 p.m. on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM out of Salt 8 (Wed.) Univ. of Montevallo (Exh.) 92-63 W Lake City or via the Internet at KSL.com. The first-place Cougars have won seven straight and are coming off an 96- 15 (Wed.) @ UCLA (FSN-Prime Ticket LA) 69-82 L 83 win over New Mexico last Wednesday while winning 15 of their last 17 games. After a stretch of 13 wins in 15 games, Colorado State has lost six of its last seven contests since handing BYU its last defeat, 90-78, on Jan. 20 in 18 (Sat.) Idaho State (OT) 84-78 W Fort Collins, Colo. The Rams are coming off a loss at nationally ranked Air Force on Saturday. 22 (Wed.) Portland 79-50 W 24 (Fri.) Southern Utah (the mtn.) 80-61 W UP NEXT 29 (Wed.) @ Boise State (KTVB) 68-72 L BYU will travel to San Diego to take on San Diego State Saturday at 3 p.m. PT. The game will be televised on CSTV. DECEMBER 2 (Sat.) @ Weber State (KJZZ-TV) (OT) 73-69 W COUGAR QUICK HITS 6 (Wed.) San Jose State (the mtn.) 81-69 W — BYU entered the national rankings Monday for the first time since 1993. BYU is ranked No. 21 in the AP Top 25 rankings and No. 22 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. BYU was last ranked on March 8, 1993 at No. 25 (AP). 9 (Sat.) vs. Michigan State (ESPN2) 61-76 L — BYU has won its last seven games, tying its longest win streak of the season and ranking 11th in the nation, 13 (Wed.) @ Lamar (OT) 77-86 L including road wins at TCU, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming and home victories over then-No. 13 Air Force, then- 16 (Sat.) Utah State (the mtn.) 75-62 W No. 25 UNLV and New Mexico. With 29 straight wins in the Marriott Center, the Cougars rank second behind Air 22 (Fri.) Western Oregon 102-40 W Force (30) for the nation's longest active home winning streak. 28-30 BYU Holiday Classic, Provo, Utah — MWC Player of the Year candidate Keena Young leads BYU this year in scoring (17.1) and is second on the team 28 (Thurs.) Oral Roberts 76, Seton Hall 74 in rebounding (6.3). 2006 Freshman All-American Trent Plaisted leads the Cougars on the boards (6.5) and is sec- BYU vs. Liberty 73-59 W ond in scoring (12.5), while senior Austin Ainge leads BYU with 4.2 assists per game. 29 (Fri.) Seton Hall 85, Liberty 81 — The Cougars currently lead the MWC in scoring (78.3), rebounding average (37.8), rebounding margin (+5.9) and BYU vs. Oral Roberts 72-62 W assists (16.5) in overall play. In league games, in addition to owning first place in the standings, BYU paces the con- 30 (Sat.) Oral Roberts 90, Liberty 58 ference in scoring (80.5), scoring margin (+10.9), field-goal percentage (.521), three-point shooting (.470), rebound- BYU vs. Seton Hall 77-68 W ing average (tie with Wyoming, 35.2), assists (17.6) and assist/turnover ratio (1.46). — BYU has shot above 50 percent from the floor and above 40 percent from behind the arc in seven of its last JANUARY eight games. 6 (Sat.) San Diego State* (VERSUS) 80-58 W — BYU has RPI ratings of 19 and 20 in the various RPI rankings. BYU is ranked No. 9 in the nation in three-point 10 (Wed.) TCU* (the mtn.) 89-65 W shooting, No. 12 in field goal percentage, No. 21 in scoring, No. 28 in scoring margin and No. 29 in assists. 13 (Sat.) @ UNLV* (the mtn.) 75-83 L -- BYU is 15-0 at home this season, 5-5 on the road and 0-1 on a neutral court. 16 (Tues.) Wyoming* (the mtn.) 89-81 W 20 (Sat.) @ Colorado State* (the mtn.) 78-90 L 24 (Wed.) @ New Mexico* (the mtn.) 70-49 W BYU GAME #27 FAST FACTS 27 (Sat.) Air Force* (the mtn.) 61-52 W (20-6, 10-2 MWC) 31 (Wed.) @ Utah* (the mtn.) 76-66 W No. 21 BYU COUGARS FEBRUARY vs. 3 (Sat.) UNLV* (the mtn.) 90-63 W 6 (Tues.) @ Wyoming* (the mtn.) 77-73 W COLORADO ST. RAMS (15-10, 5-8 MWC) 10 (Sat.) @ TCU* 85-72 W Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007 14 (Wed.) New Mexico* (the mtn.) 96-83 W Marriott Center (22,700) 21 (Wed.) Colorado State* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT Provo, Utah 24 (Sat.) @ San Diego State* (CSTV) 3 p.m. PT 8 p.m. MT 27 (Tues.) @ Air Force* (CSTV) 7 p.m. MT MARCH Coaches:. BYU, Dave Rose (40-15 in second season; same overall) 3 (Sat.) Utah* (CSTV) 5:30 p.m. MT CSU, Dale Layer (101-103 in seventh season; 268-190 in 16 years overall) 6-10 MWC Tournament (mtn, CSTV, VS.) Las Vegas Series: . BYU leads, 80-46, after losing the first meeting this year in Fort Collins, 90-78, on Jan. 20 TV: . MountainWest Sports Network (the mtn.) (James Bates - play-by-play, Blaine Fowler - color) *denotes Mountain West Conference game Radio:. KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (7 p.m. pregame show — Greg Game times are local to site and subject to change Wrubell, play-by-play; Mark Durrant, game analysis) Web: . 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 6.3 Averaging 25.7 ppg in last three games on .674 shooting from the floor F/C 44 Trent Plaisted 6-11 245 So. San Antonio, Texas / Clark HS 12.5 6.5 Shooting .685 (50-for-73) from the floor in the last eight games G 30 Lee Cummard 6-6 180 So. Mesa, Ariz. / Mesa HS 9.3 5.7 Also averaging 3.0 apg, 1.6 spg and 0.9 bpg while shooting .550/floor G 23 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 205 Sr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 8.7 3.1 Co-captain has scored in double figures 11 times, including 4 of last 8 games G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Sr. Gilbert, Ariz. / Highland HS 6.9 2.8 Second-year captain tops MWC with 2.42 A/TO, 556 3FG% 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 6.5 1.2 Shooting .621 (18-for-29) from three-point range in last four games F/C 10 Vuk Ivanovic 6-10 250 Jr. Pancevo, Serbia / Seton Hill Univ. 2.3 2.4 05-06 redshirt is averaging 8.6 minutes in 20 games; 4 rebounds at TCU F 15 Fernando Malaman 6-9 220 Sr. Limeira, Brazil / Arizona Western College 2.4 2.0 Averages 9.7 minutes in 23 games; had career-high 10 rebs. at Lamar G 20 Sam Burgess 6-3 190 Jr. Alpine, Utah / Snow College 3.6 1.3 05-06 redshirt; shooting .571 from floor and .538 on threes (14-of-26) G 24 Ben Murdock 6-2 185 Jr. Bountiful, Utah / Dixie State College 1.7 0.8 Transfer point is averaging 2.8 assists per game in last four outings F 45 Jonathan Tavernari 6-6 215 Fr. Sao Bernardo, Brazil / Bishop Gorman HS 6.9 2.5 True freshman is averaging 9.1 ppg during current seven-game win streak F/C 50 Gavin MacGregor 6-9 235 So. Ridgecrest, Calif. / Burroughs HS 1.4 0.6 Newcomer has played in nine games, logging 4.3 minutes per game www.byucougars.com Opponent Information 2006-07 BYU Men’s Basketball LOOKING AT COLORADO STATE BYU SERIES RECORD VS. COLORADO STATE BYU vs. COLORADO ST. STATS COMPARISONS The Rams are 15-10 overall and currently in Overall Series Record: BYU leads 80-46 Season Averages Overall (MWC rank overall) sixth place in the MWC with a 5-8 record. CSU BYU Record in Provo: 52-10 (30-6 in the Marriott Center) BYU CSU defeated the Cougars in the first meeting in BYU Record in Fort Collins: 27-33 (19-17 in Moby Arena) Points Scored/Game 78.3 (1st) 73.5 (5th) Fort Collins (90-78), which was BYU’s last BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 1-3 Points Allowed/Game 68.0 (5th) 70.8 (7th) defeat. The Rams also recorded a nonconfer- Rebounds/Game 37.8 (1st) 35.2 (3rd) BYU Record under Dave Rose: 2-1 ence home win over Boise State, who defeated Rebounds Allowed/Game 31.9 (4th) 29.9 (3rd) BYU Record in Overtime Games: 4-3* (1-1 Hm, 3-1 Rd, 0- the Cougars in Boise.