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 6 — BYU @ Weber State BYU PLAYS AT WEBER STATE SATURDAY 2006-07 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS Coming off a 72-68 loss at Boise State, BYU (3-2) returns to Utah but stays on the road with an in-state matchup NOVEMBER in Ogden against Weber State on Saturday. The 7 p.m. game will be televised live from the Dee Events Center on 2 (Thurs.) Brock Univ./Canada (Exh.) 90-49 W KJZZ, channel 14, in Utah while the radio broadcast can be heard on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM out 8 (Wed.) Univ. of Montevallo (Exh.) 92-63 W of Salt Lake City and via the Internet at KSL.com. The Cougars bounced back from their only other loss of the year, a 15 (Wed.) @ UCLA (FSN-Prime Ticket LA) 82-69 L season-opening road defeat at now top-ranked UCLA, with three straight wins. The Wildcats (4-3) are coming off 18 (Sat.) Idaho State (OT) 84-78 W consecutive road losses at Utah State and at Utah. 22 (Wed.) Portland 79-50 W 24 (Fri.) Southern Utah (the mtn.) 80-61 W UP NEXT 29 (Wed.) @ Boise State (KTVB) 72-68 L BYU returns to the Marriott Center on Wednesday for a contest against San Jose State. The 7 p.m. game will be DECEMBER televised live on the MountainWest Sports Network (the mtn.). 2 (Sat.) @ Weber State (KJZZ-TV) 7 p.m. MT 6 (Wed.) San Jose State (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT COUGAR QUICK HITS 9 (Sat.) vs. Michigan State (ESPN2) 3 p.m. ET — Cougar head coach Dave Rose guided BYU to a 20-9 record and an NIT appearance last season in his first year 13 (Wed.) @ Lamar 7 p.m. CT at the helm after eight years as BYU’s lead assistant. He was named the Mountain West Conference and USBWA 16 (Sat.) Utah State (the mtn.) 4 p.m. MT District VIII Coach of the Year. Rose coached his team to a second-place MWC finish — one game behind league- 22 (Fri.) Western Oregon 7 p.m. MT champion San Diego State — while turning a 9-21 team into a 20-9 success that proved to be the second-best 28-30 BYU Holiday Classic, Provo, Utah improvement among all Division I programs. 28 (Thurs.) Oral Roberts vs. Seton Hall 5 p.m. MT — BYU was picked to finish second in the Mountain West Conference in the preseason MWC media poll behind BYU vs. Liberty 7:30 p.m. MT reigning champion San Diego State. 29 (Fri.) Liberty vs. Seton Hall 5 p.m. MT 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 (15.4) while Plaisted is pulling down a team-best 5.8 rebounds. JANUARY Senior Austin Ainge leads BYU with 3.6 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 #6 FAST FACTS 16 (Tues.) Wyoming* (the mtn.) 6 p.m. MT 20 (Sat.) @ Colorado State* (the mtn.) 3:30 p.m. MT BYU COUGARS (3-2, 0-0 MWC) 24 (Wed.) @ New Mexico* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT 27 (Sat.) Air Force* (the mtn.) 4 p.m. MT at 31 (Wed.) @ Utah* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT FEBRUARY WEBER STATE WILDCATS (4-3, 0-0 Big Sky) 3 (Sat.) UNLV* (the mtn.) 3:30 p.m. MT Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006 6 (Tues.) @ Wyoming* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT Dee Events Center (12,000) 10 (Sat.) @ TCU* 7 p.m. CT Ogden, Utah 14 (Wed.) New Mexico* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT 7:07 p.m. MT 21 (Wed.) Colorado State* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT Coaches: . BYU, Dave Rose (23-11 in second season; same overall) 24 (Sat.) @ San Diego State* (CSTV) 3 p.m. PT WSU, Randy Rahe (4-3 in first season; same overall) 27 (Tues.) @ Air Force* (CSTV) 7 p.m. MT Series: . 32nd meeting, BYU leads 21-10 (BYU won last year, 80-54, in Provo on Dec. 17, 2005) MARCH TV: . KJZZ, Channel 14, in Salt Lake City (Dave Fox, play-by-play; Thurl Bailey, game analysis) 3 (Sat.) Utah* (CSTV) 5:30 p.m. MT Radio: . KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (6 p.m. pregame show — Greg 6-10 MWC Tournament (mtn, CSTV, VS.) Las Vegas Wrubell, play-by-play; Mark Durrant, game analysis) Web: . Live audio is available on the basketball schedule page at www.byucougars.com/basketball_m/ *denotes Mountain West Conference game 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 15.4 5.6 2006 All-MWC Third Team; has scored in double figures each game F/C 44 Trent Plaisted 6-11 245 So. San Antonio, TX / Clark HS 9.2 5.8 Freshman All-American leads the team in rebounds per game G 23 Jimmy Balderson 6-6 205 Sr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 11.4 4.2 Team captain has led BYU in scoring twice, including 23 pts vs. ISU G 30 Lee Cummard 6-6 180 So. Mesa, AZ / Mesa HS 9.2 4.8 Had career-high 14 points vs. Portland, career-best 8 rebounds vs. SUU G 13 Austin Ainge 6-2 180 Sr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 8.6 1.8 Second-year team captain leads BYU with 18 assists and 12 treys BYU OFF THE BENCH: POS. # NAME HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM PPG RPG NOTE G 1 Rashaun Broadus 6-0 190 Sr. Mililani, HI / Western Nebraska CC 4.0 1.4 2006 All-MWC Honorable Mention; logging 21.8 minutes with 2 starts 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 F/C 10 Vuk Ivanovic 6-10 250 Jr. Pancevo, Serbia / Seton Hill Univ. 3.6 3.2 05-06 redshirt; started for injured Plaisted vs. Portland (7 pts, 9 rebs.) F 15 Fernando Malaman 6-9 220 Sr. Limeira, Brazil / Arizona Western College 4.2 2.4 Led BYU with .525 FG percentage last year G 20 Sam Burgess 6-3 190 Jr. Alpine, Utah / Snow College 5.8 1.6 05-06 redshirt; had career highs of 13 pts vs. Portland, 5 assists vs. SUU G 24 Ben Murdock 6-2 185 Jr. Bountiful, Utah / Dixie State College 0.5 0.3 Transfer point has played in four of five games, averaging 3.8 min. F 45 Jonathan Tavernari 6-6 215 Fr. Sao Bernardo, Brazil / Bishop Gorman HS 3.0 1.0 Top HS scorer in Nevada last year; made college debut vs. SUU F/C 50 Gavin MacGregor 6-9 235 So. Ridgecrest, Calif. / Burroughs HS 2.0 0.0 Newcomer played in two games, scoring 2 points in each contest 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 LOOKING AT WEBER STATE BYU vs. WSU STATS COMPARISONS Weber State has two lettermen and one starter back BYU SERIES RECORD VS. WEBER STATE Season Averages Overall Overall Series Record: BYU leads 21-10 from last year’s 10-17 team. This year the Wildcats are BYU WSU BYU Record in Provo: 16-0 under the direction of new head coach Randy Rahe, who Points Scored/Game 76.0 68.4 BYU Record in Ogden: 5-10 was hired last March to succeed Joe Cravens. An experi- BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 0-0 Points Allowed/Game 68.6 64.1 BYU Record under Dave Rose: 1-0 enced assistant coach, Rahe takes over the Weber State Rebounds/Game 35.4 34.4 BYU Record in OT Games: 2-2* (0-2 Rd, 2-0 Hm) program after serving the past two seasons as an assis- Rebounds Allowed/Game 32.2 29.6 *BYU is 0-1 in 2OT games, lost in Ogden in 1983 tant to Ray Giacoletti at the University of Utah and previ- Assists/Game 15.0 13.3 Last Overtime Game: 1992, lost at Weber St, 77-83 ously worked for 13 years as an assistant under Stew Steals/Game 6.0 5.7 Longest BYU Win Streak: 3, five times Morrill (six at Utah State and seven at Colorado State).