No. 21 All-Time Victories NCAA Division I • 2 National Titles (NIT 1951, 1966) • 27 Conference Titles • 22 NCAA Tournaments • 10 NIT Appearances 1 National Player of the Year • 2 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees • 42 All-America Citations • 43 NBA Draft Selections • 102 All-Conference Citations BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game 29 – BYU vs. Air Force NO. 25 BYU HOSTS AIR FORCE SATURDAY 2007-08 SCHEDULE No. 25 BYU (22-6, 11-2 MWC) returns to the Marriott Center to host Air Force (14-12, 6-7 MWC) on Saturday at 7 p.m. MT. The Cougars are coming off a 70-69 overtime victory at New Mexico on Tuesday, their 10th win in NOVEMBER 11 games. The Falcons have won two of their last three games, including a 61-59 victory at Colorado State on 2 (Fri.) Laval University (Exhibition) 91-60 W Saturday. Saturday’s game will be not televised. The radio broadcast can be heard on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM 7 (Wed.) Bryant University (Exhibition) 83-53 W /1160 AM out of Salt Lake City and on the Internet at KSL.com beginning with the pregame show at 6 p.m. MT. 10 (Sat.) @ Long Beach State 74-34 W 14 (Wed.) Idaho State 90-69 W UP NEXT 16 (Fri.) Jackson State (BYUTV) 100-61 W 20 (Tues.) Hartford (BYUTV/KBYU) 97-73 W The Cougars host Wyoming on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in their home finale. The game will be televised on The Mtn. 23 (Fri.) vs. No. 6 Louisville (BYUTV/KBYU) 78-76 W (Orleans Arena in Las Vegas) COUGAR QUICK HITS 24 (Sat.) vs. No. 1 North Carolina (ESPN2) 63-73 L — No. 25 BYU is in first place in the MWC standings at 11-2, followed by UNLV (10-3) and New Mexico (9-5). (Orleans Arena in Las Vegas) — Only three BYU teams have ever topped this year’s 22-6 start. The last Cougar team with a better record through 28 games was in 1987-88 (24-4). DECEMBER — BYU owns the nation’s longest active home win streak with a school-record 45 straight wins in the Marriott 1 (Sat.) @ Portland (BYUTV) 78-54 W Center. BYU went 17-0 at home last year and is 14-0 at home this season. 5 (Wed.) Weber State 72-57 W — BYU is 5-2 on the road in conference play, winning four straight between losses at UNLV and San Diego State. 8 (Sat.) vs. No. 9 Michigan St. (BYUTV) 61-68 L The Cougars bounced back from Saturday’s loss at SDSU with a win at New Mexico on Tuesday. Overall, BYU is 7-4 (EnergySolutions Arena in SLC) in away games this season and 1-2 on a neutral floor. 12 (Wed.) Lamar (The Mtn.) 88-66 W — Two-time reigning MWC Coach of the Year Dave Rose helped make BYU the second-most improved program in 15 (Sat.) Pepperdine (The Mtn.) 86-67 W the nation in his first season with a 20-9 record and guided the Cougars to the outright MWC title and a top-25 21 (Fri.) Southern Utah (The Mtn.) 70-55 W ranking in his second campaign in Provo as the Cougars went 25-9 last season. 29 (Sat.) @ Boise State (BYUTV) 70-73 L — This year’s BYU squad returns two starters among seven lettermen from last year’s outright league leaders (13-3 MWC record) as well as returned missionary Chris Miles, who made six starts as a freshman in 2004-05. JANUARY Headlining BYU’s top returners are 2008 MWC Player of the Year candidates Trent Plaisted, a two-time All-MWC 3 (Thurs.) Loyola Marymount (The Mtn.) 91-62 W Second Team selection in his first two seasons, and Lee Cummard, a versatile junior guard who earned All-MWC 8 (Tues.) @ Wake Forest 62-79 L Third Team honors one year ago. Sophomore forward Jonathan Tavernari and senior guards Sam Burgess and Ben 12 (Sat.) Colorado State (The Mtn.) 92-73 W Murdock are all full-time starters for the first time this season. Burgess and Murdock have contributed solid play 15 (Tues.) @ UNLV (The Mtn.) 41-70 L at the guardline while Tavernari has provided a solid scoring punch. Last year Tavernari followed Plaisted’s lead the 19 (Sat.) @ Utah (VERSUS) 55-52 W prior season by being named the 2007 MWC Freshman of the Year. 23 (Wed.) San Diego State (The Mtn.) 59-56 W 26 (Sat.) New Mexico (The Mtn.) 83-66 W 30 (Wed.) @ Air Force 69-53 W BYU GAME #29 FAST FACTS FEBRUARY BYU COUGARS (22-6, 11-2 MWC) 2 (Sat.) @ Wyoming (The Mtn.) 73-63 W 6 (Wed.) TCU 83-72 W vs. 13 (Wed.) @ Colorado State 79-65 W 16 (Sat.) UNLV (CSTV) 74-48 W AIR FORCE (14-12, 6-7 MWC) 20 (Wed.) Utah (The Mtn.) 67-59 W Saturday, March 1, 2008 23 (Sat.) @ San Diego State (CSTV) 65-69 L Marriott Center (22,700) 26 (Tues.) @ New Mexico (The Mtn.) 70-69 OT W Provo, Utah 7 p.m. MT MARCH 1 (Sat.) Air Force 7 p.m. Coaches: .....BYU, Dave Rose (67-24 in third season; same overall) 5 (Wed.) Wyoming (The Mtn.) 8 p.m. AFA, Jeff Reynolds (14-12 in first season; 96-46 in fifth year overall) 8 (Sat.) @ TCU (The Mtn.) 7 p.m. Series: ..........BYU leads, 46-12, after the Cougars’ 69-53 win at Air Force on Jan. 30 12-15 MWC Tournament TBD TV: .................. None (Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas) Radio: ........... KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (6 p.m. MT pregame show — Greg Wrubell, play-by-play; Mark Durrant, game analyst) Web: .............Live audio and live stats links are available on the basketball schedule page at www.byucougars.com BYU PROBABLE STARTERS POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE F/C 44 Trent Plaisted 6-11 245 Jr. San Antonio, Texas / Clark HS 15.8 8.2 Preseason All-MWC pick; three-time MWC Player of the Week this year F 45 Jonathan Tavernari 6-6 215 So. Sao Bernardo, Brazil / Bishop Gorman HS 13.1 5.5 2007 MWC Freshman of the Year; has made team-high 70 threes G 30 Lee Cummard 6-7 185 Jr. Mesa, Ariz. / Mesa HS 16.1 6.5 Leads MWC shooting .578; reached 20 pts in five of last nine games G 20 Sam Burgess 6-3 190 Sr. Alpine, Utah / Snow College 8.5 3.5 Hit 4-of-5 shots at SDSU; career-high 8 rebounds vs. Utah, at UNM G 24 Ben Murdock 6-2 185 Sr. Bountiful, Utah / Dixie State College 4.3 2.4 21st nationally in a/to ratio; suffered ankle injury at UNM, day-to-day OFF THE BENCH G 1 Michael Loyd, Jr. 6-1 170 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. / Palo Verde HS 1.8 0.8 Avg 8.5 min/game; 2-for-2 for 4 pts with 2 rebs and 2 assists at SDSU G 5 Archie Rose 6-5 205 Jr. Nassau, Bahamas / Lee College 0.9 0.8 JC transfer (Lee College) has played in 17 of 28 games as reserve wing G 14 Nick Martineau 5-11 170 Fr. Fruit Heights, Utah / Davis HS 0.8 0.5 Has appeared in 17 games, averaging 6.2 minutes per game G 32 Jimmer Fredette 6-2 190 Fr. Glens Falls, N.Y. / Glens Falls HS 6.9 0.8 Has hit a three in 20 games; has seen more time at the point recently F 41 Chris Collinsworth 6-9 205 Fr. Provo, Utah / Provo HS 3.1 4.9 Has started six games this season; team-high 6 rebounds at SDSU F/C 54 Chris Miles 6-11 235 So. Provo, Utah / Timpview HS 2.6 1.6 Averaging 11 minutes in MWC play; played in 04-05 before LDS mission REDSHIRTS/OUT DUE TO INJURY F/C 10 Vuk Ivanovic 6-10 250 Sr. Pancevo, Serbia / Seton Hill Univ. 3.3 2.4 Out indefinitely—foot injury; avg. 7.7 minutes in 15 games before injury F/C 53 Gavin MacGregor 6-10 235 Jr. Ridgecrest, Calif. / Burroughs HS -- -- Out—foot injury; has not played this season; played in 11 games last year G 2 Lamont Morgan, Jr. 5-10 170 Jr. Pomona, Calif. / Saddleback CC G 21 Matt Pinegar 6-0 185 Fr. Provo, Utah / Timpview HS F/C 50 James Anderson 6-10 220 Fr. Page, Ariz. / Page HS www.byucougars.com Opponent Info 2007-08 BYU Men’s Basketball LOOKING AT AIR FORCE BYU SERIES RECORD VS. AIR FORCE BYU vs. AFA Air Force returns nine lettermen and one starter Overall Series Record: BYU leads 46-12 STATISTICAL COMPARISON (MWC Rank Overall) from last year’s 26-9 team that advanced to the BYU Record in Provo: 23-4 (24-2 in the Marriott Center) Season Averages Overall BYU AFA BYU Record in Colorado Springs: 20-7 (20-7 in Clune Arena) NIT semifinals after finishing tied for third in the Points Scored/Game 74.4 (2nd) 59.7 (9th) BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 3-1 Mountain West Conference with a 10-6 record. Points Allowed/Game 63.6 (5th) 58.0 (1st) BYU Record under Dave Rose: 4-1 Under the direction of new coach Jeff Reynolds, BYU Record in Overtime Games: 2-0 the Falcons have earned a 14-12 record overall Rebounds/Game 40.1 (1st) 26.2 (9th) Last Overtime Game: 1989, won at AFA, 89-88 and 6-7 mark in the MWC.