Next game- BU at BYU, Friday, Nov. 13

[Da Coach]

Bradley plays at Brigham Young University on Friday, Nov. 13 in Provo, Utah.
Game time is 8:30 pm Central time.
The game is televised by The Mountain Network (Direct TV channel 616), and will also be on WMBD radio 1470.

BYU played an exhibition game last Thursday againsy Trinity Western University (Canadian college) and won 74-56-

http://www.byucougars.com/Filing.jsp?ID=12987

stats-

http://www.byucougars.com/uploads/pdf/0000012987-1.pdf

They play a second exhibition Tuesday, Nov. 10 against Central Washington University, an NCAA Division II school.

BYU website-

http://www.byucougars.com/basketball_m/

BYU schedule-

http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=111&YR=2009

BYU roster-

http://www.byucougars.com/Roster.jsp?SP=111

Last year's stats-

http://www.byucougars.com/uploads/stats/basketball_m/stats.pdf

BYU returns 6 of their top 7 scorers. The 2 key players for BYU are:
Jimmer Fredette, a 6'2" junior guard who scored 24 points in their first exhibition, and averaged 16.2 ppg as a sophomore.

Jonathan Tavernari, a 6'6" senior forward from Brazil. He was the 2nd leading scorer in their first exhibition game with 18 points. He averaged 15.7 ppg as a junior.

Their other 3 starters are-
Charles Abouo, a 6'5" sophomore forward from the Ivory Coast. He averaged 2.9 ppg last year as a freshman.
Chris Miles, a 6'11" senior center from Provo, Utah. He started all 33 games last year and averaged 7.1 ppg.
Jackson Emery, a 6'3" junior guard. He was a starter last year and averaged 7.8 ppg.

[FlipEmTheBird]

If i'm not mistaken, this is game 1 of the MVC/MWC challenge. Go get em!

11/13/09 Bradley at BYU (BYU, 2-1, last met 12/17/77)
11/20/09 Colorado State at Indiana State (tied, 1-1, last met 12/30/81)
11/21/09 Southern Illinois at UNLV (UNLV, 2-1, last met 12/23/83)
12/05/09 Air Force at Missouri State (first meeting)
12/12/09 TCU at Wichita State (WSU, 5-2, last met 12/8/08
12/19/09 Creighton at New Mexico (UNM, 2-1, last met 11/16/08
12/19/09 Illinois State at Utah (first meeting)
12/22/09 San Diego State at Drake (DU, 4-2, last met 11/25/77)
12/23/09 Wyoming at Northern Iowa (UW, 3-0, last met 12/13/08

[Da Coach]

The way things line up for this year's challenge games, most of the stronger teams in each conference are at home, except Creighton and Illinois State. I would expect the home teams to be favored to win every game, with the chance for maybe one upset. I have to admit, Bradley faces the toughest opponent (BYU favored to win the MWC) and seems like one of the least likely to pull an upset.

[jasonpeoria911]

Yeah this will be a tough one indeed, BYU has only lost 3 home games in the last 4 seasons, 2 of those losses were last season. Still gotta play the games though and see what happens.

Don't forget that BYU's exhibition game is online tonight at http://www.byutv.org/streaming/

Jason

[SaintLouBrave22]

If i'm not mistaken, this is game 1 of the MVC/MWC challenge. Go get em!

11/13/09 Bradley at BYU (BYU, 2-1, last met 12/17/77)
11/20/09 Colorado State at Indiana State (tied, 1-1, last met 12/30/81)
11/21/09 Southern Illinois at UNLV (UNLV, 2-1, last met 12/23/83)
12/05/09 Air Force at Missouri State (first meeting)
12/12/09 TCU at Wichita State (WSU, 5-2, last met 12/8/08
12/19/09 Creighton at New Mexico (UNM, 2-1, last met 11/16/08
12/19/09 Illinois State at Utah (first meeting)
12/22/09 San Diego State at Drake (DU, 4-2, last met 11/25/77)
12/23/09 Wyoming at Northern Iowa (UW, 3-0, last met 12/13/08

Shall we do a pick em for this?

[LoneStar_Brave]

Seems a little unbalanced for the MWC/MVC challenge. The other conferences (ACC/Big10) tend to balance the matchups based on last years order of finish. Maybe this challenge was thrown together quickly and were forced into specific scheduling due to availability.

Also, didn't BYU and BU already have an agreement to play before these conferences decided to matchup?

If it were balanced based on 2008-09, then the matchups would be approximately:

UNI-BYU
CU -Utah
IllSU -UNM
BU-San Diego st.
UE - UNLV
Wichita St - Wyoming
SIU - TCU
Drake/InSt - colorado St.
MS - Air Force

Gonna be a tough one at BYU. It will take a near flawless performance to get a win... tough thing to do Game 1.

[LoneStar_Brave]

On second thought - the only unbalanced games (according to last year's finish) is the UNI - Wyoming and the BU-BYU matchups. That is a 1st vs 6th and a 1st vs 4th.

[ph]

Seems a little unbalanced for the MWC/MVC challenge. The other conferences (ACC/Big10) tend to balance the matchups based on last years order of finish. Maybe this challenge was thrown together quickly and were forced into specific scheduling due to availability.

Also, didn't BYU and BU already have an agreement to play before these conferences decided to matchup?

If it were balanced based on 2008-09, then the matchups would be approximately:

UNI-BYU
CU -Utah
IllSU -UNM
BU-San Diego st.
UE - UNLV
Wichita St - Wyoming
SIU - TCU
Drake/InSt - colorado St.
MS - Air Force

Gonna be a tough one at BYU. It will take a near flawless performance to get a win... tough thing to do Game 1.

I'm thinking that we might of been at or near the top of the MVC standings at the time this was announced. Even if it was announced post-season, the matchups may not of been perfect because others had already scheduled matchups (but I do not think we were on of those)...

[SFP]

Gonna be a tough one at BYU. It will take a near flawless performance to get a win... tough thing to do Game 1.

It's their first one also, not that it will be any easier!

[Normal Paul]

on the internet

Is the BYU game going to be on BU TV?

[Da Coach]

Is the BYU game going to be on BU TV?

No.

[jasonpeoria911]

For some reason BYUTV is down tonight but BYU is slaughtering Central Washington, up 34 to 16 at the half. Central W is just a very baaaad team. Some halftime stats below...

BYU (starters played half of the 1st half)....
45% FG shooting
11% on 3's (1 for 9)
+7 on the boards
-2 on turnovers (8 to 6)

Central Washington...
16% FG shooting :0
16% on 3's (2 for 12)
36% on FT's (4 for 11)


Jason

Yeah this will be a tough one indeed, BYU has only lost 3 home games in the last 4 seasons, 2 of those losses were last season. Still gotta play the games though and see what happens.

Don't forget that BYU's exhibition game is online tonight at http://www.byutv.org/streaming/

Jason

[jasonpeoria911]

Update to previous stats, Central Washington shot just 24% in its last game which Washington clobbered them by 29 points.

Jason

[jasonpeoria911]

Well the final results are in and they aren't pretty. BYU slaughtered Central Washington by 36 points (82-46). Stats are below...

BYU (Starters played half the game, 22 minutes or so) ...
50% FG shooting
27% on 3's (5 for 1
64% FT's (9 for 14)
+12 on the boards
+1 on turnovers (19 to 1

4 of the 5 starters scored double figures with Fredette leading the way at 15 points, 6 boards and 5 assists.

The starters only committed 7 personal fouls and 8 of the 18 turnovers. Their going to be 1 tough bunch to beat.

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Central Washington (only 2 starters played over 20 minutes)...
24% FG shooting for 2nd straight game
26% on 3's (6 for 23)
47% FT's (10 for 21)

Jason

[Da Coach]

Here is the official report on the BYU - Central Washington game-

http://www.byucougars.com/Filing.jsp?ID=13010

box score-

http://www.byucougars.com/uploads/pdf/0000013010-1.pdf