2008–09 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

2008–09 BYU Cougars men's basketball

Mountain West Regular Season Co–Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Mountain West Conference
2008–09 record	25–8 (12–4 Mountain West)
Head coach	Dave Rose
Assistant coach	Dave Rice
Assistant coach	John Wardenburg
Assistant coach	Terry Nashif
Home arena	Marriott Center

	Conf			Overall
2008-09 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Standings
Team (Rank)	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
BYU	12	4	.750	25	8	.756
#25 Utah	12	4	.750	24	10	.706
New Mexico	12	4	.750	22	12	.647
San Diego State	11	5	.688	26	10	.722
UNLV	9	7	.563	21	11	.656
Wyoming	7	9	.438	19	14	.576
TCU	5	11	.313	14	17	.452
Colorado State	4	12	.250	9	22	.290
Air Force	0	16	.000	10	21	.323
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2008–09 college basketball season. This was head coach Dave Rose's fourth season at BYU. The Cougars competed in the Mountain West Conference and played their home games at the Marriott Center.

Roster

Source^[1]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown
1	Charles Abouo	6'5"	210	G/F	Fr.	Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	Brewster Academy
2	Lamont Morgan Jr.	5'10"	170	G	Jr.	Pomona, California	United States	Diamond Ranch HS Saddleback CC
4	Jackson Emery	6'3"	185	G	So.	Alpine, Utah	United States	Lone Peak HS
5	Archie Rose	6'5"	210	G	Sr.	Nassau	Bahamas	Lee College
15	James Anderson	6'10"	230	F/C	Fr.	Page, Arizona	United States	Page HS
20	Matt Pinegar	6'0"	190	G	Fr.	Provo, Utah	United States	Timpview HS
30	Lee Cummard	6'7"	190	G	Sr.	Mesa, Arizona	United States	Mesa HS
32	Jimmer Fredette	6'2"	195	G	So.	Glens Falls, New York	United States	Glens Falls HS
34	Noah Hartsock	6'8"	215	F	Fr.	Bartlesville, Oklahoma	United States	Bartlesville HS
35	Michael Boswell	6'9"	215	F	Fr.	Aloha, Oregon	United States	Aloha HS
45	Jonathan Tavernari	6'6"	215	G/F	Jr.	São Bernardo do Campo	Brazil	Bishop Gorman HS
53	Gavin MacGregor	6'10"	240	F/C	Sr.	Ridgecrest, California	United States	Burroughs HS
54	Chris Miles	6'11"	235	F/C	Jr.	Provo, Utah	United States	Timpview HS

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

All times are Mountain

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
11/06/2008*		Concordia	W 96–54		Marriott Center (7,223)
11/11/2008*		Georgetown College	W 80–53		Marriott Center (7,302)
Regular Season
11/14/2008*		Long Beach State	W 75–65	1–0	Marriott Center (15,753)
11/18/2008*		at Pepperdine	W 82–53	2–0	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,642)
11/20/2008*		North Florida (Basketball Travelers Invitational)	W 74–41	3–0	Marriott Center (7,778)
11/21/2008*		Rice (Basketball Travelers Invitational)	W 83–52	4–0	Marriott Center (9,277)
11/22/2009*		Cal Poly (Basketball Travelers Invitational)	W 76–64	5–0	Marriott Center (7,782)
11/29/2008*		at Idaho State	W 85–65	6–0	Holt Arena (4,374)
12/03/2008*		at Weber State (Old Oquirrh Bucket)	W 92–62	7–0	Dee Events Center (5,672)
12/6/2008*		vs. Utah State (Oquirrh Bucket Battle)	W 68–63	8–0	EnergySolutions Arena (13,890)
12/10/2008*		Boise State	W 94–56	9–0	Marriott Center (10,506)
12/13/2008*		Portland	W 91–76	10–0	Marriott Center (9,418)
12/20/2008*		vs. #20 Arizona State (Stadium Shootout)	L 75–76	10–1	University of Phoenix Stadium (10,431)
12/30/2008*		at Tulsa	W 74–68	11–1	Reynolds Center (5,545)
01/03/2009*		#6 Wake Forest	L 87–94	11–2	Marriott Center (23,096)
01/06/2009*		Western Oregon	W 85–64	12–2	Marriott Center (8,885)
01/10/2009		at Colorado State	W 86–60	13–2 (1–0)	Moby Arena (2,958)
01/13/2009		TCU	W 73–61	14–2 (2–0)	Marriott Center (11,065)
01/17/2009		at New Mexico	L 62–81	14–3 (2–1)	University Arena (15,277)
01/21/2009		UNLV	L 70–76	14–4 (2–2)	Marriott Center (12,853)
01/24/2009		San Diego State	W 77–71	15–4 (3–2)	Marriott Center (13,871)
01/27/2009		at Utah (Old Oquirrh Bucket)	L 88–94 ^OT	15–5 (3–3)	Huntsman Center (12,250)
01/31/2009		Wyoming	W 84–60	16–5 (4–3)	Marriott Center (16,347)
02/03/2009		at Air Force	W 71–50	17–5 (5–3)	Clune Arena (2,743)
02/11/2009		Colorado State	W 94–60	18–5 (6–3)	Marriott Center (11,772)
02/14/2009		at TCU	W 79–63	19–5 (7–3)	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (4,807)
02/17/2009		New Mexico	W 73–62	20–5 (8–3)	Marriott Center (12,911)
02/21/2009		at UNLV	L 75–74	20–6 (8–4)	Thomas & Mack Center (18,523)
02/24/2009		at San Diego State	W 69–59	21–6 (9–4)	Cox Arena (9,631)
02/28/2009		Utah (Old Oquirrh Bucket)	W 63–50	22–6 (10–4)	Marriott Center (20,120)
03/04/2009		at Wyoming	W 78–68	23–6 (11–4)	Arena-Auditorium (6,749)
03/07/2009		Air Force	W 54–49	24–6 (12–4)	Marriott Center (22,700)
Mountain West Conference Tournament
03/12/2009	#25	vs. Air Force (Quarterfinals)	W 80–69	25–6	Thomas & Mack Center
03/13/2009	#25	vs. San Diego State	L 62–64	25–7	Thomas & Mack Center
NCAA Tournament
03/19/2009*		vs. Texas A&M (First Round)	L 66–79	25–8	Wachovia Center
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ http://www.byucougars.com/Roster.jsp?YEARLY=2009&SP=111&ALLTIME=
↑ "2008-09 Schedule". Retrieved 2010-01-17.

BYU Cougars men's basketball

Venues	Smith Fieldhouse (1951–1971) Marriott Center (1971–present)

Rivalries	Utah In-state Utah schools

Culture & lore	History Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Pep band

People	Head coaches

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