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
Seasons
« 2008–09 2010–11 »
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
Hawaiʻi 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. The 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.

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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]

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

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]

See also

References

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