BYU Media Day News and Notes

This is the first time I've been aware of BYU's media day and I have to say it's pretty impressive. Having nearly the whole of the LDS Church supporting BYU creates an atmosphere that rivals major professional sports teams' media days. Here are some of the biggest stories from the event.

BYU's updated schedule, click for full size.

BYUtv and The Schedule
As I said above, I was extremely impressed with BYUtv's coverage of Media Day. So when I heard that BYUtv would be broadcasting 15 of the Cougars' 31 regular season games I was pretty darn excited. Eight of the remaining 16 games will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks with four each on ESPN 2 and ESPN U. The two Coaches vs. Cancer Classic games in Brooklyn will be broadcast on truTV. The other six games, all on the road, are still to be determined.

Chris Collinsworth and Scholarships
Chris Collinsworth's injury plagued career was cut short by microfracture ankle surgery in September. Coach Dave Rose said in his press conference that, despite Collinsworth's inability to play any more basketball for the Cougars, the scholarship he was awarded will remain his. Brigham Young operates in a very classy manner that fits perfectly with the West Coast Conference.

Coach Rose's Press Conference
"I know one thing that is (a) very, very good league and I am excited to be in the league. I think that maybe even more excited now than we were a year or two ago." -Coach Dave Rose on the state of the WCC. Listen to his whole press conference here (via Greg Wrubell at KSL).

Marriott Center Renovations
The 41 year old  Marriott Center has undergone renovations this off-season that people in Provo are excited about. From the players' standpoint the locker room and training facility renovations were the most important. Coach Rose's pointed out in his press conference that the team benches have switched to the other side of the arena which will take some time for returning players to get completely accustomed to. Other changes include replacing the bench seating on the lower north side with chairs. That changed lowered the capacity of the arena from 22,700 to 20,900. The student section has also moved, from center court to the west basket.


If this wasn't enough for you BYUtv's website has press conferences with all 15 Cougars as well Coach Rose among other items. Register, it's free, if you haven't already because BYUtv is an exceptional source of Cougar related stories and coverage.