2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball

WAC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2009–10 record	27–8 (14–2 WAC)
Head coach	Stew Morrill
Assistant coach	Tim Duryea
Assistant coach	Chris Jones
Assistant coach	Tarvish Felton
Home arena	Smith Spectrum

2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Utah State	14	–	2	.875	27	–	7	.794
Nevada	11	–	5	.688	21	–	13	.618
New Mexico State†	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Louisiana Tech	9	–	7	.563	24	–	11	.686
Fresno State	7	–	9	.438	15	–	18	.455
San Jose State	6	–	10	.375	14	–	17	.452
Idaho	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Boise State	5	–	11	.313	15	–	17	.469
Hawaii	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333

† 2010 WAC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Stew Morrill's 12th season at Utah State. The Aggies played their home games at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 14–2 to capture the regular season championship for the third consecutive year. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to New Mexico State. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, earning a 12 seed in the South Region, where they lost to 5 seed and AP #23 Texas A&M in the first round.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Utah State was selected to finish first in the coaches poll, receiving 8 first place votes, with Sr. guard Jared Quayle selected to the All-WAC first team and Jr. forward Tai Wesley selected to the All-WAC second team. They were also selected to finish 1st in the media poll, receiving 15 first place votes, with Jared Quayle selected to the All-WAC first team.^[1]

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source^[2]

No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Position	Yr.	Hometown	Previous School(s)
2	Eaton, Preston	5' 10"	170	Guard	FR	Springville, Utah	Srpingville HS
5	Williams, Pooh	6' 3"	200	Guard/Forward	JR	Federal Way, WA	Federal Way HS
12	Green, Brian	6' 1"	195	Guard	JR	Kaysville, UT	Davis HS, Salt Lake CC
13	Medlin, Preston	6' 4"	165	Guard	FR	Carrollton, TX	Hebron HS
15	Niang, Modou	6' 10"	220	Center	SO	Richard Toll, Senegal	Hachioji (Tokyo, Japan)
21	Quayle, Jared	6' 1"	180	Guard	SR	Perry, UT	Box Elder HS, Western Wyoming CC
22	Jardine, Brady	6' 7"	220	Forward	SO	Twin Falls, ID	Twin Falls HS
23	White, Tyrone	6' 6"	175	Forward	FR	Portland, OR	Jefferson HS, Air Force Prep
24	Newbold, Tyler	6' 4"	210	Guard	JR	Payson, UT	Payson HS
25	Myaer, Jaxon	5' 9"	165	Guard	SO	Salt Lake City, UT	Judge Memorial HS
30	Grim, Morgan	6' 8"	220	Forward	JR	Riverton, UT	Riverton HS, Utah
35	Bendall, Nate	6' 9"	245	Forward	JR	Salt Lake City, UT	Skyline HS, Salt Lake CC
42	Wesley, Tai	6' 7"	240	Forward	JR	Provo, UT	Provo HS
44	Formisano, Matt	6' 8"	240	Forward	JR	Centennial, CO	Heritage HS
54	DiLoreto, Anthony	7' 1"	230	Center	FR	Minnetonka, MN	Hopkins HS

Indicates Red Shirt Year

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Utah State	Alma Mater (Year)
Stew Morrill	Head Coach	12th	Gonzaga (1974)
Tim Duryea	Assistant Coach	9th	North Texas (1988)
Chris Jones	Assistant Coach	2nd	Utah (1994)
Tarvish Felton	Assistant Coach	2nd	Southern Utah (1999)
Lance Beckert	Director of Basketball Operations	4th	Daito Bunka (Japan) (1997)

2009-10 Schedule and results

Source^[3]

All times are Mountain

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
Fri, Oct 30 7:05pm	Northwest Nazarene	W 85–51		Smith Spectrum (8,641) Logan, UT
Sat, Nov 7 7:05pm	Trinity Western	W 65–40		Smith Spectrum (8,962) Logan, UT
Regular Season
Fri, Nov 13* 7:35pm	at Weber State	W 66–60	1–0	Dee Events Center (9,272) Ogden, UT
Wed, Nov 18* 6:05pm, The Mtn.	at Utah	L 68–67	1–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (9,699) Salt Lake City, UT
Sat, Nov 21* 10:00am	at Northeastern	L 64–61	1–2	Matthews Arena (1,927) Boston, MA
Tue, Nov 24* 7:05pm	Idaho State	W 77–44	2–2	Smith Spectrum (9,026) Logan, UT
Sat, Nov 28* 7:05pm, CW30	Southern Utah	W 89–49	3–2	Smith Spectrum (9,845) Logan, UT
Wed, Dec 2* 7:05pm, CW30	Brigham Young	W 71–61	4–2	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
Sat, Dec 5* 7:05pm, CW30	Saint Mary's	L 68–63	4–3	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
Sat, Dec 12* 7:05pm, CW30	Utah Valley	W 87–56	5–3	Smith Spectrum (9,147) Logan, UT
Wed, Dec 16* 8:05pm	at Cal State Bakersfield	W 68–51	6–3	Rabobank Arena (4,481) Bakersfield, CA
Fri, Dec 18* 8:05pm	at Long Beach State	L 75–62	6–4	Walter Pyramid (2,656) Long Beach, CA
Mon, Dec 21* 8:05pm	Morehead State Basketball Travelers Invitational	W 79–72	7–4	Smith Spectrum (9,086) Logan, UT
Tue, Dec 22* 8:05pm	Cal State Fullerton Basketball Travelers Invitational	W 83–60	8–4	Smith Spectrum (9,001) Logan, UT
Wed, Dec 23* 8:05pm	Weber State Basketball Travelers Invitational	W 85–73	9–4	Smith Spectrum (9,427) Logan, UT
Tue, Dec 29* 7:05pm	Western Oregon	W 78–42	10–4	Smith Spectrum (9,368) Logan, UT
Sat, Jan 2 9:05pm, ESPNU	at New Mexico State	L 55–52	10–5 (0–1)	Pan American Center (5,070) Las Cruces, NM
Mon, Jan 4 6:05pm	at Louisiana Tech	L 82–60	10–6 (0–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (2,094) Ruston, LA
Mon, Jan 11 7:05pm	Hawai'i	W 98–54	11–6 (1–2)	Smith Spectrum (9,888) Logan, UT
Wed, Jan 13 9:05pm, ESPN2	at Nevada	W 79–72 ^OT	12–6 (2–2)	Lawlor Events Center (7,035) Reno, NV
Sat, Jan 16 7:05pm, CW30	Boise State	W 81–59	13–6 (3–2)	Smith Spectrum (9,769) Logan, UT
Thu, Jan 21 8:05pm, ESPN Plus	at Fresno State	W 69–43	14–6 (4–2)	Save Mart Center (8,302) Fresno, CA
Sat, Jan 23 6:05pm, CW30	at Idaho	W 60–48	15–6 (5–2)	Cowan Spectrum (2,570) Moscow, ID
Sat, Jan 30 7:05pm, CW30	San Jose State	W 77–58	16–6 (6–2)	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
Wed, Feb 3 9:05pm, ESPN2	Idaho	W 80–62	17–6 (7–2)	Smith Spectrum (9,777) Logan, UT
Sat, Feb 6 7:05pm, ESPNU	Nevada	W 76–65	18–6 (8–2)	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
Thu, Feb 11 7:05pm	at Boise State	W 72–67	19–6 (9–2)	Taco Bell Arena (3,064) Boise, ID
Sat, Feb 13 8:05pm	at San Jose State	W 81–65	20–6 (10–2)	The Event Center (2,128) San Jose, CA
Wed, Feb 17 9:05pm, ESPN2	Louisiana Tech	W 67–61	21–6 (11–2)	Smith Spectrum (10,049) Logan, UT
Sat, Feb 20* 10:00pm, ESPN2	Wichita State ESPN BracketBusters	W 68–58	22–6	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
Thu, Feb 25 10:05pm	at Hawai'i	W 61–50	23–6 (12–2)	Stan Sheriff Center (5,446) Honolulu, HI
Mon, Mar 1 7:05pm	Fresno State	W 76–39	24–6 (13–2)	Smith Spectrum (10,257) Logan, UT
Sat, Mar 6 7:05pm, CW30	New Mexico State	W 81–63	25–6 (14–2)	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Thu, Mar 11 1:00pm, ESPNU	vs. Boise State Quarterfinals	W 84–60	26–6	Lawlor Events Center (NA) Reno, NV
Fri, Mar 12 7:00pm	vs. Louisiana Tech Semifinals	W 85–55	27–6	Lawlor Events Center (NA) Reno, NV
Sat, Mar 13 8:00pm, ESPN2	vs. New Mexico State Finals	L 69–63	27–7	Lawlor Events Center (2,748) Reno, NV
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Fri, Mar 19* 2:45pm, CBS	vs. #23 Texas A&M First Round	L 69–53	27–8	Spokane Arena (10,899) Spokane, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Season highlights

The Aggies December 5 loss to Saint Mary's ended their 37 game home winning streak and their 65 game regular season home winning streak in non-conference games.^[4]

On December 28, Jr. Tai Wesley was named the WAC player of the week for the seventh week of the season with weekly averages of 16.7 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 4.0 AST, 1.7 blocks and 65.4 FG%.^[5]

On January 18, Sr. Jared Quayle was named the WAC player of the week for the tenth week of the season with weekly averages of 14.0 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 5.7 AST and 55.2 FG%.^[6]

With their win over Idaho on January 23, head coach Stew Morrill recorded his 500th career victory.^[7]

With their win over Hawai'i on February 25 the Aggies joined Gonzaga and Kansas as the only schools in the country to have 23 wins or more every season since 2000.

On March 7, Jr. Tai Wesley was named the WAC player of the week for the seventeenth week of the season with weekly averages of 22.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 5.5 AST and 82.6 FG%.^[8]

References

Utah State Aggies men's basketball

Venues	George Nelson Fieldhouse (1940–1970) Smith Spectrum (1970–present)

Rivalries	In-state Utah schools

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

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