PHOENIX -- Northwest Sports & Entertainment has announced that the 2008 Stadium Shootout, featuring the BYU men's basketball team, has been set for Saturday, Dec. 20 -- coincidentally, the same day as the 2008 Las Vegas Bowl, a game the Cougars have been in for three consecutive seasons.

Game times for the event are still to be determined as are television broadcast plans. Tickets will officially go on sale Sept. 27.¬ 

The event will mark a homecoming for 2008 Mountain West Conference Co-Player of the Year Lee Cummard, who prepped at Mesa High School in Mesa, Ariz. Cummard received AP All-America honorable mention in 2007-08 after leading the Cougars to a 27-8 overall record and a second straight MWC regular-season title. BYU has earned NCAA Tournament invitations and top-25 rankings the past two seasons.¬ 

All four teams playing in the Stadium Shootout won at least 20 games last season. In addition to the Cougars, Big East power Louisville earned a No. 3 seed in the East Regional and finished 27-9 overall and ranked No. 6. The Cardinals will be taking on the Minnesota Golden Gophers out of the Big Ten Conference. In his first season at the helm, Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith engineered an 11-game turnaround en route to a 20-14 overall record. BYU will be taking on the hometown Arizona State Sun Devils, who were NIT quarterfinalists last year out of the Pac-10 Conference after a 13-game turnaround that saw them finish with a 21-13 overall record.¬ 

University of Phoenix Stadium is the home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals and hosted the 2007 BCS National Championship college football game in January of 2007 and Super Bowl XLII in February 2008.It opened on Aug. 1, 2006. The venue will host the 2009 Division I Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament West Regional.

The Dec. 20 date of the Stadium Shootout occurs during Week 16 of the NFL season, when the Arizona Cardinals will be on the road at New England.¬ 

For more information on the Stadium Shootout, visit www.stadiumshootout.com.