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2008-09 Mountain West Conference Season Summary

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Record: 170-125, .576 W-L% (7th of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 6.45 (7th of 32) ▪ SOS: 4.03 (7th of 32)

Regular Season Champion: Brigham Young, New Mexico and Utah
Tournament Champion: Utah

NCAA Tournament: 2 (Brigham Young and Utah)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Utah)

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Brigham Young* R 12 4 .750 25 8 .758 76.9 66.0 15.1 4.2
2 Utah* RT 12 4 .750 24 10 .706 71.0 64.1 12.6 5.7
3 New Mexico R 12 4 .750 22 12 .647 73.8 66.1 11.4 3.6
4 San Diego State  11 5 .688 26 10 .722 67.1 60.3 11.5 4.7
5 Nevada-Las Vegas  9 7 .563 21 11 .656 68.8 64.4 8.7 4.3
6 Wyoming  7 9 .438 19 14 .576 72.3 75.2 0.7 3.5
7 Texas Christian  5 11 .313 14 17 .452 63.3 65.0 2.2 4.0
8 Colorado State  4 12 .250 9 22 .290 68.9 73.9 -1.2 3.9
9 Air Force  0 16 .000 10 21 .323 57.0 62.3 -3.0 2.4

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 12/29 1/5 1/12 1/19 1/26 2/2 2/9 2/16 2/23 3/2 3/9 Final
Utah                                     25
Brigham Young                                   25  

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Brigham Young lost (79-66) versus Texas A&M (West Regional)
Utah lost (84-71) versus Arizona (Midwest Regional)

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Richie Williams-SDGST 36
  D.J. Gay-SDGST 36
  Matt Thomas-SDGST 36
  Kyle Spain-SDGST 36
5. Mehdi Cheriet-SDGST 35
6. Tim Shelton-SDGST 34
  Roman Martinez-NM 34
  Lawrence Borha-UT 34
  Luke Nevill-UT 34
  Daniel Faris-NM 34
  Chad Toppert-NM 34
  Jonathan Wills-NM 34
  Tony Danridge-NM 34
  Carlon Brown-UT 34
  Nate Garth-NM 34
  Shaun Green-UT 34
  Dairese Gary-NM 34
  Tyler Kepkay-UT 34
Field Goals
1. Luke Nevill-UT 201
2. Lee Cummard-BYU 199
3. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 195
4. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 184
5. Tony Danridge-NM 176
6. Brandon Ewing-WY 165
7. Marcus Walker-COST 163
8. Afam Muojeke-WY 154
9. Sean Ogirri-WY 152
10. Kyle Spain-SDGST 150
Field Goal Attempts
1. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 451
2. Marcus Walker-COST 397
3. Wink Adams-NVLV 389
4. Lee Cummard-BYU 385
5. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 383
6. Brandon Ewing-WY 373
  Kyle Spain-SDGST 373
8. Tony Danridge-NM 364
9. Sean Ogirri-WY 343
10. Afam Muojeke-WY 333
Field Goal Percentage
1. Luke Nevill-UT .607
2. Lee Cummard-BYU .517
3. Tony Danridge-NM .483
4. Jimmer Fredette-BYU .480
5. Brandon Ewing-WY .442
6. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU .432
7. Marcus Walker-COST .411
3-Point Field Goals
1. Sean Ogirri-WY 109
2. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 85
3. Chad Toppert-NM 82
4. Joe Darger-NVLV 78
5. Shaun Green-UT 75
6. Andrew Henke-AF 71
7. Roman Martinez-NM 69
  Lawrence Borha-UT 69
9. Matt Holland-AF 68
10. Kyle Spain-SDGST 67
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Sean Ogirri-WY 258
2. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 223
3. Joe Darger-NVLV 211
4. Chad Toppert-NM 203
5. Shaun Green-UT 192
6. Edvinas Ruzgas-TXX 174
7. Lawrence Borha-UT 173
8. Kyle Spain-SDGST 171
9. Andrew Henke-AF 166
10. Roman Martinez-NM 165
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Sean Ogirri-WY .422
2. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU .381
Free Throws
1. Brandon Ewing-WY 233
2. Luke Nevill-UT 169
3. Kevin Langford-TXX 161
4. Tyson Johnson-WY 156
5. Tony Danridge-NM 150
6. Kyle Spain-SDGST 137
7. Anwar Johnson-AF 125
8. Tre'Von Willis-NVLV 123
9. Lee Cummard-BYU 122
10. Daniel Faris-NM 120
Free Throw Attempts
1. Brandon Ewing-WY 280
2. Luke Nevill-UT 215
3. Kevin Langford-TXX 209
4. Tony Danridge-NM 201
5. Tyson Johnson-WY 187
6. Anwar Johnson-AF 175
7. Daniel Faris-NM 168
8. Tre'Von Willis-NVLV 167
9. Wink Adams-NVLV 165
10. Kyle Spain-SDGST 164
Free Throw Percentage
1. Lee Cummard-BYU .871
2. Jimmer Fredette-BYU .847
3. Kyle Spain-SDGST .835
4. Tyson Johnson-WY .834
5. Brandon Ewing-WY .832
6. Luke Nevill-UT .786
7. Marcus Walker-COST .785
8. Kevin Langford-TXX .770
9. Tony Danridge-NM .746
10. Tre'Von Willis-NVLV .737
Total Rebounds
1. Luke Nevill-UT 307
2. Tyson Johnson-WY 247
3. Zvonko Buljan-TXX 243
4. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 239
5. Daniel Faris-NM 218
6. Roman Martinez-NM 217
7. Rene Rougeau-NVLV 215
8. Lee Cummard-BYU 205
9. Kyle Spain-SDGST 189
10. Carlon Brown-UT 176
Assists
1. Brandon Ewing-WY 166
2. Dairese Gary-NM 140
3. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 135
4. Richie Williams-SDGST 126
5. Jason Ebie-TXX 116
6. Carlon Brown-UT 112
7. Lee Cummard-BYU 111
8. Oscar Bellfield-NVLV 108
9. Luka Drca-UT 107
10. Nate Garth-NM 106
Steals
1. Richie Williams-SDGST 77
2. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 50
3. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 49
4. Jackson Emery-BYU 47
5. Rene Rougeau-NVLV 46
6. Kyle Spain-SDGST 45
7. Wink Adams-NVLV 43
8. Tony Danridge-NM 41
9. Dairese Gary-NM 39
10. Roman Martinez-NM 37
  Shaun Green-UT 37
Blocks
1. Luke Nevill-UT 92
2. Rene Rougeau-NVLV 64
3. Daniel Faris-NM 52
4. Shaun Green-UT 32
5. Lee Cummard-BYU 30
6. Billy White-SDGST 26
  Chris Miles-BYU 26
8. Djibril Thiam-WY 25
9. Adam Waddell-WY 21
10. Andy Ogide-COST 19
  Tyson Johnson-WY 19
Turnovers
1. Afam Muojeke-WY 106
2. Zvonko Buljan-TXX 91
3. Brandon Ewing-WY 88
4. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 85
5. Luke Nevill-UT 82
  Richie Williams-SDGST 82
7. Luka Drca-UT 80
8. Tre'Von Willis-NVLV 77
  Andrew Henke-AF 77
  Dairese Gary-NM 77
Points
1. Brandon Ewing-WY 612
2. Luke Nevill-UT 571
3. Lee Cummard-BYU 556
4. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 536
5. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 517
6. Tony Danridge-NM 508
7. Kyle Spain-SDGST 504
8. Sean Ogirri-WY 475
9. Marcus Walker-COST 462
10. Afam Muojeke-WY 454
Points Per Game
1. Brandon Ewing-WY 18.5
2. Marcus Walker-COST 17.1
3. Lee Cummard-BYU 16.8
4. Luke Nevill-UT 16.8
5. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 16.2
6. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 15.7
7. Tony Danridge-NM 14.9
8. Sean Ogirri-WY 14.4
9. Wink Adams-NVLV 14.3
10. Kyle Spain-SDGST 14.0
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Luke Nevill-UT 9.0
2. Zvonko Buljan-TXX 7.8
3. Tyson Johnson-WY 7.5
4. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 7.2
5. Rene Rougeau-NVLV 6.7
6. Daniel Faris-NM 6.4
7. Roman Martinez-NM 6.4
8. Lee Cummard-BYU 6.2
9. Andy Ogide-COST 5.8
10. Afam Muojeke-WY 5.3
Assists Per Game
1. Brandon Ewing-WY 5.0
2. Dairese Gary-NM 4.1
3. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 4.1
4. Jason Ebie-TXX 3.7
5. Richie Williams-SDGST 3.5
6. Luka Drca-UT 3.5
7. Oscar Bellfield-NVLV 3.4
8. Lee Cummard-BYU 3.4
9. Carlon Brown-UT 3.3
10. Tre'Von Willis-NVLV 3.3
Steals Per Game
1. Richie Williams-SDGST 2.1
2. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 1.5
3. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 1.5
4. Rene Rougeau-NVLV 1.4
5. Jackson Emery-BYU 1.4
6. Wink Adams-NVLV 1.4
7. Kyle Spain-SDGST 1.2
8. Tony Danridge-NM 1.2
9. Dairese Gary-NM 1.1
10. Tre'Von Willis-NVLV 1.1
Blocks Per Game
1. Luke Nevill-UT 2.7
2. Rene Rougeau-NVLV 2.0
3. Daniel Faris-NM 1.5
4. Djibril Thiam-WY 1.0
5. Shaun Green-UT 0.9
6. Lee Cummard-BYU 0.9
7. Chris Miles-BYU 0.8
  Billy White-SDGST 0.8
9. Adam Waddell-WY 0.6
10. Andy Ogide-COST 0.6
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Luke Nevill-UT .607
2. Lee Cummard-BYU .564
3. Jimmer Fredette-BYU .548
4. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU .527
5. Brandon Ewing-WY .508
6. Tony Danridge-NM .492
7. Marcus Walker-COST .476
True Shooting Percentage
1. Luke Nevill-UT .659
2. Matt Holland-AF .640
3. Sean Ogirri-WY .630
4. Shaun Green-UT .628
5. Chad Toppert-NM .624
6. Lee Cummard-BYU .616
7. Lawrence Borha-UT .605
8. Brandon Ewing-WY .605
9. Andrew Henke-AF .603
10. Jimmer Fredette-BYU .598
Offensive Win Shares
1. Luke Nevill-UT 4.9
2. Brandon Ewing-WY 3.9
3. Lee Cummard-BYU 3.9
4. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 3.4
5. Sean Ogirri-WY 3.4
6. Andrew Henke-AF 3.1
7. Matt Holland-AF 2.9
8. Billy White-SDGST 2.8
9. Kevin Langford-TXX 2.8
10. Shaun Green-UT 2.7
Defensive Win Shares
1. Rene Rougeau-NVLV 3.6
2. Richie Williams-SDGST 2.8
3. Daniel Faris-NM 2.6
4. Billy White-SDGST 2.6
5. Kyle Spain-SDGST 2.6
6. Lee Cummard-BYU 2.5
7. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 2.2
8. Lorrenzo Wade-SDGST 2.1
9. Luke Nevill-UT 2.1
10. Tim Shelton-SDGST 2.0
Win Shares
1. Luke Nevill-UT 7.0
2. Lee Cummard-BYU 6.4
3. Rene Rougeau-NVLV 5.7
4. Billy White-SDGST 5.4
5. Kyle Spain-SDGST 5.3
6. Jimmer Fredette-BYU 5.0
7. Daniel Faris-NM 4.9
8. Brandon Ewing-WY 4.4
9. Kevin Langford-TXX 4.3
10. Jonathan Tavernari-BYU 4.3