2003 MWC Co-Champions • 2003 MWCCoach of the Year • 26 Conference Titles • 29 Postseason Invitations • 42 NBA Draft Selections • 81 Winning Seasons BYU COUGAR BASKETBALL Game #15 – BYU vs. Colorado State BYU PLAYS MWC HOME OPENER SATURDAY AGAINST CSU 2003-04 BYU SCHEDULE BYU (10-4, 0-1) hosts Colorado State (8-6, 0-1) Saturday at 7 p.m. (MST) in the Marriott Center. The game is a SportsWest Productions telecast on KSL-TV, channel 5, in Salt Lake City. The radio broadcast can be heard on KSL NOVEMBER TIME/RESULT Newsradio 1160, beginning with a one-hour pregame show. KSL’s Greg Wrubell will call the play-by-play action 6 (Thurs.) EA Sports All-Stars (exh.) 75-72 W with Mark Durrant providing analysis. Live audio and stats are available by selecting the basketball schedule page 11 (Tues.) Northwest Sports (exh.) 104-58 W of the official BYU athletics website, byucougars.com. Live audio is also available on KSL.com, via BYU Radio on 21 (Fri.) Southern Utah 88-54 W the Dish Network and at byuradio.org. 26 (Wed.)@ California (SWP-KJZZ) 46-47 L 29 (Sat.) UVSC 84-65 W UP NEXT BYU hosts Wyoming Monday at 8:30 p.m. (MST). DECEMBER 2 (Tues.) @ Boise State (SWP-KSL) 75-69 W COUGAR CAPSULE 6 (Sat.) Oklahoma St. @ Delta Center 76-71 W The Cougars (10-4) finished nonconference play with a 10-3 record including the Cable Car Classic title and wins 10 (Wed.) Western Oregon 92-56 W over No. 25 Oklahoma State and the Pac-10’s USC. The preseason favorite to win the Mountain West Conference, 13 (Sat.) Southern California 85-61 W BYU is 0-1 in league play with its loss at SDSUMonday and has dropped two straight games for the first time this 20 (Sat.) Weber State (SWP-KSL) 86-65 W year. BYU returns four starters from last year’s 23-9 co-championship team that advanced to the NCAA 23 (Tues.) @ Utah State (KJZZ) 74-76 L Tournament. Four-year starter Mark Bigelow and fellow senior Rafael Araujo were both named to the Preseason 29-30 @ Cable Car Classic, Santa Clara, Calif. All-MWC Team. Senior guard Kevin Woodberry and junior forward Jared Jensen also were starters last season for 29 (Mon.)vs. Idaho State 90-66 W BYU coach Steve Cleveland. Key newcomers include junior transfer Mike Hall and freshmen Mike Rose and Garner 30 (Tues.) @ Santa Clara 68-66 W Meads. Araujo is averaging 20.2 points and 10.9 rebounds to lead BYU this year. Bigelow adds 13.0 points and 3.8 rebounds while Hall contributes 12.9 points and 3.9 rebounds. First-year starter Luiz Lemes leads the team in JANUARY assists (5.1). As a team, the Cougars shoot .498 from the floor, including .373 on threes, and .726 from the line 2 (Fri.) Saint Mary's (SWP-KSL) 70-55 W while scoring 75.5 points per game. BYU allows 64.6 points while the opposition has shot .444 from the field and 7 (Wed.) @ North Carolina State (ESPN2) 62-89 L .341 from behind the arc. BYU has an average rebounding advantage of 6.5. 12 (Mon.)*@ San Diego State (SWP-KSL)^61-65 L 17 (Sat.) *Colorado State (SWP-KSL)^ 7 p.m. 19 (Mon.)*Wyoming (SWP-KSL)^ 8:30 p.m. GAME #15 FAST FAC T S 24 (Sat.) *@ Air Force(SWP-KSL)^ 4 p.m. 26 (Mon.)*@ New Mexico (ESPN) 10 p.m. BYU COUGARS (10-4, 0-1 MWC) vs. COLORADO STATE RAMS (8-6, 0-1 MWC) 31 (Sat.) *@ Utah (ESPN+)^ 1 p.m. SAT U R D A Y, JAN. 17, 2004 FEBRUARY MA R R I O T T CENTER (22,700) 7 (Sat.) *UNLV (ESPN+)^ 1 p.m. PR O V O , UTAH 9 (Mon.) *San Diego State ( ESPN) 10 p.m. 7:07 p.m. (MST) 14 (Sat.) *@ Wyoming (ESPN+)^ 1 p.m. 16 (Mon.)*@ Colorado State (ESPN) 10 p.m. Coaches: .BYU, Steve Cleveland (118-82 in seventh year; same overall) 21 (Sat.) *New Mexico (SWP-KSL)^ 7 p.m. CSU, Dale Layer (54-51 in fourth year; 221-138 in 13th year overall) 23 (Mon.)*Air Force (SWP-TBA)^ 8:30 p.m. Series: . .BYU leads, 75-44 Last year: BYUswept the season series before CSU’sOTwin at MWC Tourney TV: . .SportsWest Productions (KSL-TV 5 in Salt Lake City; KTVD in Colorado; ESPN Full Court) MARCH Air Time: 7 p.m. (MST) 1 (Mon.) *Utah (ESPN) 10 p.m. Play-by-Play: Tom Kirkland 6 (Sat.) *@ UNLV (ABC)^ 12:30 p.m. Game Analyst: Craig Hislop 11-13 MWC Tournament @ Pepsi Center, Denver, Colo. Radio: . .KSL Newsradio 1160 AM (Cougar Sports Network) ESPN, ESPN+ Pregame Air Time: 6 p.m. (MST) -------------- Play-by-Play: Greg Wrubell Times are local to site and subject to change Game Analyst: Mark Durrant ESPN+Plus games broadcast in Utah on KJZZ-TV Web: . .Live audio and stats links are available at byucougars.com/basketball_m/ (select 2003-04 schedule); ^Game available via ESPN Full Court live audio also available on KSL.com, via BYU Radio on Dish Network and at byuradio.org. BYU’S PROJECTED STARTERS (BASED ON L AST GAME): POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (LAST TEAM) PPG RPG NOTE F 3 Mark Bigelow 6-7 200 Sr. Olympia, WA/Olympia HS 13 . 0 3. 8 Four-year starter is No. 10 career BYU scorer F 41 Garner Meads 6-8 230 Fr. Salt Lake City, UT / Brighton HS 3.2 2.2 Has 3 starts, McDonald’s All-American back from mission C 55 Rafael Araujo 6-11 280 Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil /Arizona Western College 20.2 10.9 Two-year starter having All-American-caliber season G 1 Mike Hall 6-3 205 Jr. San Bernardino, CA / Dixie State College 12.9 3.9 NJCAA All-American at Dixie State adjusting well to DI G 4 Luiz Lemes 6-3 180 Sr. Sao Paulo, Brazil / E. Okla. St. College 7. 7 3. 0 First-year starter adds team-best 5.1 assists per game BYU OFF THE BENCH: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN (LAST TEAM) PPG RPG NOTE G 0 Kevin Woodberry 6-0 170 Sr. Phoenix, AZ / Dixie State College 6. 4 1. 9 Has made five starts; has 19 threes this year (.404 percentage) G 2 Mike Rose 6-2 180 Fr. Houston, TX/Spring Woods HS 5. 3 1. 0 Set BYU record of 8 treys vs. SUU in first college game F 5 Jake Shoff 6-9 265 Sr. Alpine, UT / Weber State 1.7 2.8 Missed 2 games (injury); career-best 12 rbs at Santa Clara G 10 Terry Nashif 5-10 165 Jr.Vancouver, WA / Evergreen HS 1. 1 1. 0 Backup point is questionable for Saturday’s game (ankle) G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Fr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 0.7 0.3 Missed first 9 games (injury); late action in 3 of last 5 G/F 15 Mike Dresser 6-5 195 Fr. Sacramento, CA / Casa Roble HS 1.5 0.0 Walk-on added to roster since USC game; limited play F 52 Jared Jensen 6-9 250 Jr.West Haven, UT / Fremont HS 4. 4 1. 6 Has seen more limited time this season, partly because of injury G 14 Ricky Bower 6-4 185 Sr. Meridian, ID / Wisconsin -- -- Out with injury (back); was last year’s top reserve F 34 Joshua Burgess 6-8 230 So. Irvine, CA / Irvine Valley College -- -- Sitting out as transfer from Irvine Valley C 43 Derek Dawes 6-11 265 So. Salt Lake City, UT / Cottonwood HS -- -- Redshirting; returned in August from two-year mission www.byucougars.com Opponent Information 2003-04 BYU Men’s Basketball COLORADO STATE RAMS BYU vs. CSU SERIES BREAKDOWN Colorado State returns eight lettermen and three starters from last year’s 19-14 team that finished sixth in Overall Series Record: BYU leads 75-44 the Mountain West Conference regular season before winning the MWC Tournament to advance to the BYU Record in Provo: 50-10 BYU Record in Fort Collins: 24-31 NCAA Tournament. The Rams are 8-6 this year after dropping its MWC opener at home to Air Force, 65- BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 1-3 57, on Monday. CSUhas lost its last two games after winning four straight, including a 71-69 win over BYU Record under Steve Cleveland: 5-6 Purdue. Colorado State continues to be smitten with the injury bug. Rams’ all-league center Matt Nelson BYU Record in OT Games: 4-3* (1-1 R, 3-1 H, 0-1 N) suffered a minor right knee sprain during the team’s game at Montana State on Jan. 5, and did not play *1-0 in 2OT (1971, won 98-92 in Ft. Collins) against Air Force on Monday. He remains questionable for the game Saturday. Guard Micheal Morris Last Overtime Game: 2003, lost 80-86 in Las Vegas missed the AFA game while nursing a hamstring that he strained at Montana State. Colorado State has Longest BYU Win Streak: 9 (two times 1985-89, 1991-94) used eight different starting lineups in 14 games. With its 3-3 road mark this year, Colorado State has Longest CSU Win Streak: 7 (1960-70) Largest BYU Margin of Victory: 39, 91-52 in 1939 already matched the team’s road win total of a season ago when the Rams were 3-9 on the road.