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 BASKET B A L L Game 8 — BYU vs. Michigan State BYU PLAYS NO. 25 MICHIGAN STATE SATURDAY IN DICK’S SPORTING GOODS SPARTAN CLASH 2006-07 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS The Cougars (5-2) will travel to Michigan this weekend to take on the 25th-ranked Michigan State Spartans (8-2) in NOVEMBER the Dick’s Sporting Goods Spartan Clash played at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The 3 p.m. ET game will be televised 2 (Thurs.) Brock Univ./Canada (Exh.) 90-49 W nationally on ESPN2 with Brent Musburger and Steve Lavin making the call. Additionally, the radio broadcast can be 8 (Wed.) Univ. of Montevallo (Exh.) 92-63 W heard on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM out of Salt Lake City or via the internet at ksl.com. The Spartan 15 (Wed.) @ UCLA (FSN-Prime Ticket LA) 82-69 L clash will feature the Michigan State women taking on Hartford at noon before the men take the court. The 18 (Sat.) Idaho State (OT) 84-78 W Cougars have won five of their last six games while the Spartans have won four of five. MSU will be the second 22 (Wed.) Portland 79-50 W ranked team BYU has faced this season. The Cougars suffered a season-opening loss (82-69) at then-No. 5 UCLA. 24 (Fri.) Southern Utah (the mtn.) 80-61 W 29 (Wed.) @ Boise State (KTVB) 72-68 L UP NEXT DECEMBER BYU will once again play away from home as the Cougars travel to Beaumont, Texas, to take on Lamar University on 2 (Sat.) @ Weber State (KJZZ-TV) (OT) 73-69 W Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT. The game will not be televised. 6 (Wed.) San Jose State (the mtn.) 81-69 W 9 (Sat.) vs. Michigan State (ESPN2) 3 p.m. ET COUGAR QUICK HITS 13 (Wed.) @ Lamar 7 p.m. CT — Cougar head coach Dave Rose guided BYU to a 20-9 record and an NIT appearance last season in his first year 16 (Sat.) Utah State (the mtn.) 4 p.m. MT at the helm after eight years as BYU’s lead assistant. He was named the Mountain West Conference and USBWA 22 (Fri.) Western Oregon 7 p.m. MT District VIII Coach of the Year. Rose coached his team to a second-place MWC finish — one game behind league- 28-30 BYU Holiday Classic, Provo, Utah champion San Diego State — while turning a 9-21 team into a 20-9 success that proved to be the second-best 28 (Thurs.) Oral Roberts vs. Seton Hall 5 p.m. MT improvement among all Division I programs. BYU vs. Liberty 7:30 p.m. MT — BYU was picked to finish second in the Mountain West Conference in the preseason MWC media poll behind 29 (Fri.) Liberty vs. Seton Hall 5 p.m. MT reigning champion San Diego State. BYU vs. Oral Roberts 7:30 p.m. MT — BYU’s roster this season includes a solid core of returning players, including six seniors and Trent Plaisted, the 30 (Sat.) Liberty vs. Oral Roberts 5 p.m. MT MWC Freshman of the Year last year. One of nine returning lettermen, Plaisted was named a Freshman All- BYU vs. Seton Hall 7:30 p.m. MT American after leading BYU in both scoring (13.6) and rebounding (6.9) one year ago. 2006 All-MWC Third Team forward Keena Young leads BYU this year in scoring (17.1) and rebounding (6.6). Senior Austin Ainge leads BYU with JANUARY 3.4 assists per game. 6 (Sat.) San Diego State* (VERSUS) 3:30 p.m. MT 10 (Wed.) TCU* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT 13 (Sat.) @ UNLV* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. PT GAME #8 FAST FACTS 16 (Tues.) Wyoming* (the mtn.) 6 p.m. MT 20 (Sat.) @ Colorado State* (the mtn.) 3:30 p.m. MT BYU COUGARS (5-2, 0-0 MWC) 24 (Wed.) @ New Mexico* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT 27 (Sat.) Air Force* (the mtn.) 4 p.m. MT vs. 31 (Wed.) @ Utah* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT MICHIGAN ST. SPARTANS (8-2, 0-0 BIG TEN) FEBRUARY Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006 3 (Sat.) UNLV* (the mtn.) 3:30 p.m. MT The Palace of Auburn Hills (22,076) 6 (Tues.) @ Wyoming* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT Auburn Hills, Mich. 10 (Sat.) @ TCU* 7 p.m. CT 3:05 p.m. ET 14 (Wed.) New Mexico* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT 21 (Wed.) Colorado State* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT Coaches: . BYU, Dave Rose (25-11 in second season; same overall) 24 (Sat.) @ San Diego State* (CSTV) 3 p.m. PT M S U, Tom Izzo (263-111 in 12th season; same overall) 27 (Tues.) @ Air Force* (CSTV) 7 p.m. MT Series: . 8th meeting, BYU leads 4-3 (BYU won the last meeting, 96-88 on Dec. 29, 1986 at the Cable Car MARCH Classic) TV: . ESPN2 (Brent Musburger - play-by-play, Steve Lavin - game analysis) 3 (Sat.) Utah* (CSTV) 5:30 p.m. MT Radio: . KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (2 p.m. ET pregame show — 6-10 MWC Tournament (mtn, CSTV, VS.) Las Vegas Greg Wrubell, play-by-play; Mark Durrant, game analysis) *denotes Mountain West Conference game Web: . Live audio is available on the basketball schedule page 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, TX / South Plains College 17.1 6.6 Has scored in double figures each game, including 27 at Weber St. F/C 44 Trent Plaisted 6-11 245 So. San Antonio, TX / Clark HS 10.7 6.1 Freshman All-American had 20 points and 8 rebounds in last outing G 30 Lee Cummard 6-6 180 So. Mesa, AZ / Mesa HS 9.9 5.0 S h o oting .532 from the fl o o r, .476 on th rees and .818 at the line G 1 Rashaun Broadus 6-0 190 Sr. Mililani, HI / Western Nebraska CC 5.7 1.9 2006 All-MWC honorable mention; ret u rned to sta rting lineup last ga m e G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Sr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 6.4 1.6 Second-year team captain leads BYU with 24 assists and 12 treys BYU OFF THE BENCH: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE G 2 Mike Rose 6-3 185 Sr. Houston, TX / Spring Woods HS 2.2 0.8 Senior has deep range behind the three-point arc, played in 5 games F/C 10 Vuk Ivanovic 6-10 250 Jr. Pancevo, Serbia / Seton Hill Univ. 3.7 3.0 05-06 re d s h i r t; missed last outing with ankle sprain, status pro b a b l e F 15 Fernando Malaman 6-9 220 Sr. Limeira, Brazil / Arizona Western College 3.3 2.3 Led BY U l a st year with .525 shooting; .500 this year in 11 min. per ga m e G 20 Sam Burgess 6-3 190 Jr. Alpine, Utah / Snow College 5.1 1.1 05-06 re d s h i r t; shooting .600 or bet ter from floor and th ree in 13 mp g G 23 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 205 Sr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 10.7 3.7 C o - c a ptain sta rted the fi rst 6 games, had 11 pts off bench in 26 min. We d . G 24 Ben Murdock 6-2 185 Jr. Bountiful, Utah / Dixie State College 0.3 0.5 Transfer point has played in six of seven games, averaging 4 min. F 45 Jonathan Tavernari 6-6 215 Fr. Sao Bernardo, Brazil / Bishop Gorman HS 3.0 1.3 Top HSs c o rer in Nevada; played in last 4 games since college debut vs. SUU F/C 50 Gavin MacGregor 6-9 235 So. Ridgecrest, Calif. / Burroughs HS 1.3 0.0 Newcomer has played in th ree games, logging 2.7 minutes per ga m e G/F 5 Jordan Cameron 6-5 220 Fr. Newbury Park, Calif. / Newbury Park HS -- -- First-team all-state at NPHS last year; expected to redshirt G/F 31 Brock Zylstra 6-6 205 Fr. La Verne, Calif. / Bonita HS -- -- Two-time first-team All-CIF newcomer; expected to redshirt www.byucougars.com Opponent Info 2006-07 BYU Men’s Basketball BYU SERIES RECORD VS. MICHIGAN STATE LOOKING AT MICHIGAN STATE The Spartans are 8-2 this season, with seven of their BYU vs. MSU STATS COMPARISONS Overall Series Record: BYU leads 4-3 Season Averages Overall eight victories coming at home, and ranked No. 25 in this BYU Record in Provo: 3-0 BYU SJSU week’s ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll. MSU returns six let- BYU Record at Michigan State: 0-3 Points Scored/Game 76.3 68.4 termen, including one starter, from last year’s team that BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 1-0 Points Allowed/Game 68.7 51.9 finished the year 22-12 overall and advanced to the first BYU Record Under Dave Rose: 0-0 Rebounds/Game 36.6 40.0 round of the NCAA Tournament.