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 1 — BYU @ UCLA BYU OPENS SEASON AT NO. 5 UCLA WEDNESDAY IN LOS ANGELES 2006-07 BYU SCHEDULE/RESULTS The BYU Cougars will face the 2006 NCAA runner-up UCLA Bruins Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. PT (8:30 p.m. MT) in NOVEMBER Pauley Pavilion in the season opener for both teams. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket in 2 (Thurs.) Brock Univ./Canada (Exh.) 90-49 W Los Angeles and nationally via satellite on DirecTV (Prime/channel 653) and Dish Network (Prime/channel 408 or 8 (Wed.) Univ. of Montevallo (Exh.) 92-63 W 411). The radio broadcast can be heard on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM out of Salt Lake City. The 15 (Wed.) @ UCLA (FSN-Prime Ticket LA) 7:30 p.m. PT Cougars are coming off a 20-9 season and second-place Mountain West Conference finish in the first year under 18 (Sat.) Idaho State 7:30 p.m. MT BYU coach Dave Rose, while the Bruins won the Pac-10 title last year and posted a 32-7 overall record under the 22 (Wed.) Portland 7:30 p.m. MT direction of Ben Howland en route to the NCAA title game. 24 (Fri.) Southern Utah (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT 29 (Wed.) @ Boise State (KBOI-TV) 7 p.m. MT UP NEXT DECEMBER BYU will host Idaho State Saturday at 7:30 p.m. MT in the Marriott Center. The game will not be televised. 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. BYU vs. Liberty 7:30 p.m. MT — BYU’s roster this season includes a solid core of returning players, including six seniors and Trent Plaisted, the 29 (Fri.) Liberty vs. Seton Hall 5 p.m. MT MWC Freshman of the Year last year. One of nine returning lettermen, Plaisted was named a Freshman All- BYU vs. Oral Roberts 7:30 p.m. MT American after leading BYU in both scoring (13.6) and rebounding (6.9) one year ago. 30 (Sat.) Liberty vs. Oral Roberts 5 p.m. MT — Players on the roster who could see their first action for BYU this year include junior redshirt Vuk Ivanovic (Jr., 6- BYU vs. Seton Hall 7:30 p.m. MT 10, C/F) and five newcomers — freshmen Jordan Cameron (6-5, G/F), Jonathan Tavernari (6-6, G/F) and Brock Zylstra (6-6, G/F), sophomore Gavin MacGregor (6-9, F/C) and junior transfer Ben Murdock (6-2, G). JANUARY 6 (Sat.) San Diego State* (VERSUS) 3:30 p.m. MT 10 (Wed.) TCU* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT GAME #1 FAST FACTS 13 (Sat.) @ UNLV* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. PT 16 (Tues.) Wyoming* (the mtn.) 6 p.m. MT BYU COUGARS (0-0) 20 (Sat.) @ Colorado State* (the mtn.) 3:30 p.m. MT 24 (Wed.) @ New Mexico* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT at 27 (Sat.) Air Force* (the mtn.) 4 p.m. MT 31 (Wed.) @ Utah* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT UCLA BRUINS (0-0) Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006 FEBRUARY Pauley Pavilion (12,800) 3 (Sat.) UNLV* (the mtn.) 3:30 p.m. MT Los Angeles, Calif. 6 (Tues.) @ Wyoming* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT 7:33 p.m. PT (8:33 p.m. MT) 10 (Sat.) @ TCU* 7 p.m. CT 14 (Wed.) New Mexico* (the mtn.) 7 p.m. MT Coaches: . BYU, Dave Rose (20-9 in second season; same overall) 21 (Wed.) Colorado State* (the mtn.) 8 p.m. MT U C LA, Ben Howland (61-35 in fourth season; 229-134 in 13th year overall) 24 (Sat.) @ San Diego State* (CSTV) 3 p.m. PT Series: . 22nd meeting, BYU leads 11-10 (UCLA won last outing, 97-87, Dec. 3, 1988 in Provo) 27 (Tues.) @ Air Force* (CSTV) 7 p.m. MT TV: . Fox Sports Net Prime Ticket aired in Los Angeles and nationally via satellite on DirecTV - Prime/chan- MARCH nel 653 and Dish Network - Prime/channel 408 or 411 with delay satellite broadcasts also scheduled 3 (Sat.) Utah* (CSTV) 5:30 p.m. MT Thursday at 2 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET (Bill Macdonald, play-by-play; Don MacLean, color analysis) Radio: . KSL Newsradio (102.7 FM/1160 AM) and the Cougar Sports Network (6:30 p.m. PT 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 stats broadcast is available at www.byucougars.com/basketball_m/ 2006-07 BYU COUGARS * 2005-06 STATS # NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM *PPG *RPG EXHIBITION AVERAGES/PLAYER NOTE 1 *Rashaun Broadus G 6-0 190 Sr. Mililani, HI / Western Nebraska CC 9.0 2.8 7.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.5 assists/Led BYU in assists last year 2 Mike Rose G 6-3 185 Sr. Houston, TX / Spring Woods HS 3 .1 0 . 7 7.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 5-fo r -8 on th rees/Holds BYU re c o rd 8 treys in a ga m e 3 *Keena Young F 6-6 215 Sr. Beaumont, TX / South Plains College 10.3 5.8 12.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 11-for-14 shooting/2006 All-MWC Third Team 5 Jordan Cameron G/F 6-5 220 Fr. Newbury Park, Calif. / Newbury Park HS -- -- 5.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.5 apg/First-team all-state at NPHS last year 10 Vuk Ivanovic F/C 6-10 250 Jr. Pancevo, Serbia / Seton Hill Univ. -- -- 9.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 9-of-14 shooting/Redshirt last year after transfer 13 Austin Ainge G 6-2 180 Sr. Gilbert, AZ / Highland HS 3.6 1.6 2.5 ppg, 3. 5 rpg, 2.5 apg, one start/second year as a team captain 15 Fernando Malaman F 6-9 220 Sr. Limeira, Brazil / Arizona Western College 7.0 3.7 5.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.0 bpg/Led BYU with .525 FG shooting last year 20 Sam Burgess G 6-3 190 Jr. Alpine, Utah / Snow College -- -- 2.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 2.5 apg/Redshirted last season, 2.1 ppg in 04-05 23 *Jimmy Balderson G 6-6 205 Sr. Magrath, Alberta / Magrath HS 10.2 3.3 4.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.0 spg/Team captain was sixth man last year 24 Ben Murdock G 6-2 185 Jr. Bountiful, Utah / Dixie State College -- -- 2.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.5 apg/Transfer point is solid floor leader 30 *Lee Cummard G 6-6 180 So. Mesa, AZ / Mesa HS 4.9 2.3 6.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 4.0 apg/Shot .455—FG, .395—3FG as freshman 31 Brock Zylstra G/F 6-6 205 Fr. La Verne, Calif. / Bonita HS -- -- 1.5 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 0.5 apg/Freshman avg. 5.0 minutes in exhibition 44 *Trent Plaisted F 6-11 245 So. San Antonio, TX / Clark HS 13.6 6.9 16.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg/2006 Freshman All-American 4 5 J o n a than Tave rn a ri G / F 6 - 6 215 Fr. Sao Bern a rdo, Brazil / Bishop Gorman HS - - - - 7.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4-fo r-7 on th re e s / Top HS s c o r er in Nevada last ye a r 5 0 G avin MacGre g o r F / C 6 - 9 2 3 5 S o . R i d ge c re s t, Calif. / Burroughs HS - - - - 2.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 0.5 spg/Newcomer avg. 6.0 minutes in ex h i b i t i o n *denotes players who started in last exhibition game www.byucougars.com Opponent Info 2006-07 BYU Men’s Basketball LOOKING AT UCLA BYU SERIES RECORD VS. UCLA The UCLA Bruins enter the 2006-07 season ranked fifth in the nation and return nine lettermen, including two starters, from last season’s team that advanced to the NCAA Championship game. The defending Pac-10 reg- Overall Series Record: BYU leads 11-10 ular-season and tournament champions tied a school record for total wins as they racked up a 32-7 record BYU Record in Provo: 6-2 BYU Record in Los Angeles: 4-6 enroute to their 16th NCAA Final Four appearance.