2010 UTAH STATE BASKETBALL Utah State Quick Facts UTAH STATE NCAA TOURNAMENT QUICK NOTES Location: Logan, Utah Founded: 1888 UTAH STATE AGGIES Enrollment: 24,421 (27-7 overall, 14-2 in Western Athletic Conference/First) Nickname: Aggies Colors: Navy Blue & White Getting Here u Utah State finished first in the Western Athletic Conference during the regular season with Arena: Dee Glen Smith Spectrum a 14-2 record. It was its third-straight regular season WAC title. Capacity: 10,270 u Utah State won 17-straight games before losing to New Mexico State, 69-63, in the cham- Conference: Western Athletic pionship game of the WAC Tournament. That 17-game winning streak was tied for the third- President: Dr. Stan L. Albrecht longest in school history and was the second-longest active winning streak in the nation be- Athletics Director: Scott Barnes hind Butler who has won 20 straight games. u Utah State has won 20 of its last 23 games since starting the year with a 6-4 record. Basketball Staff u Utah State is currently ranked 26th in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll with 24 votes Stew Morrill (Gonzaga, 1974) and 28th in the latest Associated Press poll with 12 votes. Record at USU: 294-98 (12 yrs) u Utah State has played in the championship game of the WAC Tournament four times in Career Record: 512-236 (24 yrs) its five years in the league and nine times in its last 11 years overall when including its time in Associate Coach: Tim Duryea the Big West Conference. Assistant Coach: Chris Jones WAC Tournament Assistant Coach: Tarvish Felton u Utah State defeated Boise State, 84-60, in the quarterfinals, Louisiana Tech, 85-55, in the Operations Dir.: Lance Beckert semifinals and lost to New Mexico State, 69-63, in the championship game. u Senior guard Jared Quayle and junior forward Tai Wesley were both named to the all- Media Relations tournament team. Director: Doug Hoffman Work: (435) 797-3714 Utah State Key Wins Cell: (435) 881-8011 W 66-60 at Weber State (Big Sky Conference Regular Season Champion) Email: [email protected] W 71-61 vs. BYU (Mountain West Conference runner-up) Assistant: Zach Fisher W 85-73 vs. Weber State (Big Sky Conference Regular Season Champion) Work: (435) 797-2066 W 79-72 (OT) at Nevada (WAC runner-up) Assistant: Kara Fisher W 76-65 vs. Nevada (WAC runner-up) W 68-58 vs. Wichita State (Missouri Valley Conference runner-up) Work: (435) 797-1361 W 81-63 vs. New Mexico State (WAC Tournament Champions) Fax: (435) 797-2615 USU Web Site: Utah State Key Losses www.UtahStateAggies.com L 61-64 at Northeastern (Colonial Conference runner-up) L 63-68 vs. Saint Mary’s (West Coast Conference Tournament Champion) L 52-55 at New Mexico State (WAC Tournament Champions) L 60-82 at Louisiana Tech L 63-69 vs. New Mexico State (WAC Tournament Champions) Utah State At The NCAA Tournament u Utah State is making its second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, its seventh in the last 11 years under head coach Stew Morrill and the school’s eighth in its last 13 years. USU has gone to the NCAA Tournament (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010) or the NIT (2002, 2004,2007, 2008) 12 times in the last 13 years. Overall, it is USU’s 19 NCAA Tournament appearance in school history (1939, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010). u Utah State has received an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in its five years in the WAC as it was also an at-large selection for the 2006 NCAA Tournament. USU also received an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament in 1983 as a member of the Big West Conference. u Utah State is playing in the postseason for the 11th straight year, extending its current school record, as it has gone to the NCAA Tournament seven times and the NIT four times. u Utah State’s last NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009 saw the Aggies drop a 58-57 decision to sixth-seeded Marquette in the first round in Boise, Idaho. u Utah State is 6-20 in its previous 18 NCAA Tournament appearances. The last time USU won a game in the NCAA Tournament was in 2001 when it defeated fifth-seeded Ohio State, 77-68, in overtime in the first round. u Utah State played in the first NCAA Tournament back in 1939 and lost to Oklahoma, 50-39, in the first round. u Utah State has played in the NCAA Tournament 10 previous times since seedings started in 1980 and the Aggies were listed as the 11th seed in the West in 1980, 10th in the Midwest in 1983, 10th in the Midwest in 1988, 12th in the West in 1998, 12th in the South in 2000, 12th in the East in 2002, 15th in the West in 2003, 14th in the Chicago region in 2005, 12th in the Washing- ton, D.C. region in 2006, and 11th in the West in 2009. Utah State Note-Ables u Utah State has won 23 or more games in each of the last 11 seasons, which is a school record. Only Gonzaga and Kansas have matched USU’s current streak of 11-straight 23 win seasons. u Utah State owns a 279-85 (.766) record in the 2000s, which ranks as the fourth-best winning percentage in the nation behind Duke, Kansas and Gonzaga. Head Coach Stew Morrill Utah State At The NCAA Tournament u Stew Morrill has guided Utah State to the NCAA Tournament seven times (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010) which is the most by any coach in 1939 (First Round * West) school history (Ladell Andersen took five USU teams to the NCAA Tournament). L 39-50 vs. Oklahoma at San Francisco, Calif. He has also guided the Aggies to four NIT appearances (2002, 2004, 2007, 2008). W 51-49 vs. Texas at San Francisco, Calif. u Morrill also led Montana to the NCAA Tournament in 1991 and Colorado State to the NIT in 1996 and 1998. He is 1-7 as a coach in the NCAA Tourna- 1962 (Regional Semifinals * West) ment and 0-6 in the NIT. W 78-73 vs. Arizona State at Corvallis, Ore. u Morrill is the winningest coach in Utah State history as he is 294-98 in 12 L 62-73 vs. UCLA at Provo, Utah years at USU. He is also first all-time at USU in games coached (392), and is L 71-75 vs. Pepperdine at Provo, Utah the second-longest tenured coach in school history. Overall, he is 512-236 in 24 years as a head coach. 1963 (First Round * West) u Morrill has led Utah State to a school record 11-straight 20-win seasons L 75-79 vs. Arizona State at Eugene, Ore. and he has won at least 20 games in 13 of his last 14 years as a collegiate head coach. 1964 (Regional Semifinals * West) u Morrill was named the Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year W 92-90 vs. Arizona State at Eugene, Ore. in 2009 and 2010. He was also named the Big West Conference Coach of L 58-64 vs. San Francisco at Corvallis, Ore. the Year in 2000 and 2002 while at USU, and the Big Sky Conference Coach L 78-88 vs. Seattle at Corvallis, Ore. of the Year in 1991 while at Montana. u Under Morrill, Utah State has had at least one player earn first-team all-con- 1970 (Regional Finals * West) ference honors in each of the last 11 years. Overall, he has coached 13 play- W 91-81 vs. Texas-El Paso at Provo, Utah ers at USU who have earned first-team all-league honors a total of 18 times. W 69-68 vs. Santa Clara, Seattle, Wash. u Morrill has coached the WAC’s Player of the Year twice as Jaycee Car- L 79-101 vs. UCLA roll won the award in 2008 and Gary Wilkinson won the award in 2009.

1971 (First Round * West) Utah State In The WAC L 82-91 vs. Brigham Young at Logan, Utah u In its fifth year of membership in the Western Athletic Conference, Utah State has quickly become one of the top teams in the league as it has won 1975 (First Round * West) back-to-back-to-back regular season crowns and owns a 60-20 record in L 63-69 vs. Montana at Pullman, Wash. the conference, which ranks second only to Nevada (61-19).

1979 (First Round * West) The Western Athletic Conference At The NCAA Tournament L 67-86 vs. Southern California at Los Angeles u The WAC has sent at least two teams to the NCAA Tournament 20 times in the last 23 years and a WAC team has advanced to at least the second 1980 (First Round * West * 11th Seed) round 10 times in the last 13 years. L 73-76 vs. Clemson at Ogden, Utah u WAC teams are a combined 35-68 in the NCAA Tournament, and Utah State’s 19 NCAA appearances are the most by any current member of the league. 1983 (First Round * Midwest * 10th Seed) L 59-64 vs. Iowa at Louisville, Ky. UTAH STATE’S PROBABLE STARTERS F #35 Nate Bendall (6-9, 245, Jr., Salt Lake City, Utah) - Named to the WAC’s 1988 (First Round * Midwest * 10th Seed) all-newcomer team in 2010... Has started 32 games this year for Utah State. L 77-80 vs. Vanderbilt at Lincoln, Neb. F #42 Tai Wesley (6-7, 240, So., Provo, Utah) - Earned first-team all-WAC hon- 1998 (First Round * West * 12th Seed) ors in 2010... Named first-team all-WAC bySporting News and by NetScouts L 68-82 vs. Maryland at Sacramento, Calif. Basketball... Named to the WAC’s all-tournament team for the second- straight year... Has started 74 straight games and 93 of his last 94 games. 2000 (First Round * South * 12th Seed) G #5 Pooh Williams (6-3, 200, Jr., Federal Way, Wash.) - Named to the WAC’s L 67-76 vs. Connecticut at Birmingham, Ala. all-defensive team in 2010... Was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year by Sporting News... Has started 64 games in his career. 2001 (Second Round * East Region * 12th Seed) W 77-68 OT vs. Ohio State at Greensboro, N.C. G #21 Jared Quayle (6-1, 180, Sr., Perry, Utah) - Earned first-team all-WAC L 50-75 vs. UCLA at Greensboro, N.C. honors in 2010 and second-team all-WAC honors in 2009... Was named the WAC’s Most Valuable Player by NetScouts Basketball... Named first-team 2003 (First Round * West Region * 15th Seed) all-WAC by Sporting News... Named to the U.S. Basketball Writers Associ- L 61-64 vs. Kansas at Oklahoma City, Okla. ation All-District VIII team... Named to the WAC’s all-tournament team in each of the last two years... Earned academic all-WAC honors in 2009... Has 2005 (First Round * Chicago Region * 14th Seed) started 67 straight games at USU. L 53-66 vs. Arizona at Boise, Idaho G #24 Tyler Newbold (6-4, 210, Jr., Payson, Utah) - Has started 94 straight 2006 (First Round * Washington D.C. Region * 12th Seed) games in his career... Earned academic all-district honors as a junior from L 61-75 vs. Washington at San Diego, Calif. CoSIDA... A two-time academic all-WAC selection.

2009 (First Round * West Region * 11th Seed) Head Coach Stew Morrill - Named the WAC’s Coach of the Year for the L 57-58 vs. Marquette at Boise, Idaho second straight season... Named the National Association of Basketball Coaches co-Coach of the Year in District VIII... Named a finalist for the Skip Prosser Award for the second straight season... One of 19 active coaches with 500 career wins.