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Utah State Aggies

Utah State Aggies Summary

The Utah State Aggies Men’s Basketball program represents Utah State University in Logan, UT, and is in the NCAA‘s Division I. Wearing a navy blue, white, and pewter gray, Utah currently competes in the Mountain West Conference.

Their current head coach is Ryan Odom, who is in his first season and has a 10-7 record as coach of the Aggies. The team plays their home games at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, located on the Utah State campus in Logan, UT.

They finished the 2020 season with a 20-9 overall record and were 15-4 in the Mountain West, finishing second in the conference. However, the Aggies were defeated in the Mountain West Conference Tournament finals, losing to San Diego State, 68-57.

The Aggies entered the Mountain West Conference in the 2013 season after being a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 2005-2012. From 1988 to 2004, they were members of the Big West Conference.

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Utah State Aggies History

Utah State started playing in the 1903-1904 season. It was an independent program until the 1923 season when they joined the Mountain States Athletic Conference, also known as the Skyline Conference, and the NCAA Division I. They finished that season with a 6-6 record and were 3-5 in the conference under head coach Dick Romney.

The team made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1939 and has played in a total of twenty-two tournaments to date, making it to the Sweet Sixteen on three different occasions. In their last tournament appearance in 2021, they lost to Texas Tech in the first round, 65-53.

There have been twenty coaches in Utah State Men’s basketball history, with the first being Peter Campbell in the 1904 season. He led the team through 1907, finishing with a 6-15 record three seasons as head coach.

2022 Key Stats

The Utah State Aggies are 10-7 in 2022 and are ninth in the Mountain West Conference with a 1-3 mark. Justin Bean is the top player for Utah State this season, averaging 19.6 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 1.8 steals per game. G Rylan Jones leads the team in assists with 5.4 per game. F Brandon Horvath is second in scoring with 12.5 points per game and also averages 6.2 rebounds per matchup.

The Utah State Aggies are averaging 69.5 points per game, ranking sixth in the Mountain West Conference, and are eighth in points allowed, giving up 71 points per game.

Championships Won by the Team

Utah State has won a total of ten conference tournament championships and sixteen regular-season conference championships. Their last conference tournament victory was in 2020, and the last regular-season championship was in 2019 when they also won the conference tournament.

Important Team Events

The Utah State Aggies have played in thirty-two post-season tournaments in their history in the NCAA’s Division I. They have twenty-two NCAA Tournament appearances, which is the most for any team in the Mountain West Conference. However, their combined record is 6-24, making it as far as the Sweet Sixteen in 1962, 1964, and 1970. Their last appearance was in 2021 when they lost in the first round to Texas Tech, 65-53.

The Aggies have also played in nine National Invitational Tournaments (NIT), with their best performance being in 1960 when they lost to Providence 68-62 in the semifinals. However, the team ended up finishing in third place after winning in the third-place game against St. Bonaventure by a score of 94-81.

Utah State also competed in the Collegeinsider.com Tournament (CIT) in 2012. They made it all the way to the championship game, where they lost to Mercer 70-67.

Top Players

The Utah State Aggies have had numerous outstanding players in their history, many that have gone on to play in the NBA. Nine former players in total went on to have careers in the league.

The best known of these is probably Nate Miller, who played for nine seasons on several NBA teams. His NBA career finished with him averaging 12 points and four rebounds per game. The most recent former Aggie to be drafted into the NBA was Neemius Queta, who was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 2021.

Jaycee Carroll is the all-time leading scorer for the Aggies, finishing his career at the school with 2522 points between 1982-1983 and 1985-1986. He also holds the Aggies’ career records for minutes played and field goal attempts.

The former player with the highest career points per game is Wayne Estes, who had 26.7 points per game average for Utah State between 1962 and 1965. He is also the only Consensus All-American to ever play for the Aggies, making the second team in 1965.

The Aggies have retired five numbers in their history. Estes’ number 33 was retired after the 1965 season. The last number to be retired was that of Greg Grant, whose number five jersey was retired after his career between 1983 and 1986.

Top Coaches

The coach with the most wins for Utah State is Stew Morrill, who led the team for seventeen seasons from 1999 to 2015. He won a total of 402 games, and his teams won seven regular-season conference championships and six conference tournament championships.

With Morrill at the helm, the team made eight NCAA Tournament appearances. He ended his career at Utah State with a .720 winning percentage. He is second only to Craig Smith, who finished his career with a .755 winning percentage in 98 games.