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AGGIES ENTER 2012-13 SEASON WITH SEVERAL UNKNOWNS ““I am excited about our team because it is always fun to start a new season and to look at the potential. I told our players in a meeting this year that we have a chance. I will be the first to admit that we have a chance, but that is what we have right now. It’s not like when we had been to the NCAA twice in a row and we had pretty much everybody back. Then the expectations that are out there are justified. The expectations that are out there right now are just Utah State. It is just the nature of 13 straight postseasons and lots of championships and 20 game winners and all of that. So, that is why the expectations are always what they are because of the past and the tradition of this basketball program while I have been here and long before I got here. That goes without saying and is something that is good. A lot of people would like to have what we have, so we are appreciative of that. That is where the expectations come from, just the nature of the beast.” --- USU head coach Stew Morrill Mathematicians, psychologists, physicists and other scientists work One of the unknowns that Morrill won’t have to worry about is vet- with and try to figure out the unknown. Utah State men’s basketball eran leadership and talent, as among the returning starters is junior head coach Stew Morrill can be added to that group as he enters guard Preston Medlin and senior forward Kyisean Reed, who both the season with several unknowns, including personnel on the Aggies’ earned honors last year and are expected to have good years. roster, as well as dealing with everything that comes with USU’s eighth “Preston Medlin was a first-team all-league player last year and and final season in the Western Athletic Conference, which includes we’re fortunate to have him back, and Kyisean Reed was on the all- five teams that are new to the conference and bring with them all newcomer team and had a solid first year.” sorts of unknowns. For the 13th straight season, USU had at least one player earn first- “It is a little bit of an odd situation for us. We came to the WAC from team all-league honors as Medlin was named to the WAC’s first team the Big West and this is our eighth and final year in the WAC before we in 2012, marking just the second time in school history that a sopho- move to the Mountain West next year. In all the years I’ve coached, this more earned first-team all-conference honors along with Nate Harris is as unusual situation as you’ll find. There’s all kinds of teams coming in (2004). Reed was named to the league’s all-newcomer team, and that we’re unfamiliar with and just as you’re figuring some out, you’re is the Aggies’ lone senior this season and is expected to have a big going to leave. There are a lot of new teams in the league that we don’t year, along with several of USU’s newcomers. know much about,” said Morrill, who enters his 15th season at the helm “We’ve got some guys that were sitting out that we’ve got some of the Aggies’ program and his 27th overall season as a head coach. high hopes for. Our fortunes in the league will be based a lot on how “We have been fortunate to win four WAC Championships during our it all meshes and what all these new guys are able to get done and short time in the conference. We are looking forward to the Mountain how the veterans are able to improve. It is probably one of the most West because it is a very challenging league, but we’ll also have some unknown years I’ve had here at Utah State. We’ve had some years nostalgia about leaving the WAC. The conference has been very good where we weren’t sure what we had and this is certainly one of those to our basketball program and we’re going to feel sad because we’ve years and is in that category; we’re kind of an unknown commodity. had a lot of good things happen while a part of this league,” Morrill said. We’re excited about it, we think we’ve got some potential, but we Morrill and the Aggies aren’t completely unfamiliar with the entire also realize that we don’t know about a lot of things,” Morrill said. list of incoming teams, which includes Denver, Seattle, Texas State, UT One thing that is known for USU is Morrill’s success, as he is the win- Arlington and UTSA. ningest coach in the Aggies’ tradition-rich history. During Morrill’s ten- “We played UT Arlington in our home tournament last year and ure on the USU bench, the Aggies have amassed an impressive 345- we’ve played both Denver and Seattle home and home, so we are 119 (.745) record including 175-55 (.761) in conference games as well familiar with some of them, but others I’ve not seen play in person nor as a 25-8 (.758) ledger in conference tournament action. Entering its on tape, so don’t really have a feel yet. We’ll just have to get edu- eighth and final season in the WAC, Utah State has compiled a 144-84 cated as we go,” Morrill said. (.632) mark in WAC games under Morrill. He has also earned confer- In addition to getting educated on their opponents, the Aggies ence coach of the year honors on five separate occasions during his will be getting educated about each other as the 2012-13 roster time at Utah State, including being named the 2009, 2010 and 2011 features three returning starters as part of five returning lettermen WAC Coach of the Year. with the addition of two players who redshirted last season along While at Utah State, Morrill has guided the Aggies to 13 straight 21- with seven newcomers. win seasons and 13 straight postseason appearances (NCAA-8, NIT-4, “Everyone counts some kids that were here last year practicing as CIT-1), both of which are school records. Prior to Morrill’s current run, new, but I view them as returnees for having been in the system. We USU had never posted more than three straight 20-win seasons and

20 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 9 NIT APPEARANCES • 16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 8 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS • 1 GOAL - WIN have a lot of new guys and there’s a lot of unknowns, but we do re- participated in more than three-straight postseason tournaments. turn some guys that have experience,” Morrill said. During the last 13 years, Utah State is one of just five teams in the na- 20 2012-13 UTAH STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL • UTAHSTATEAGGIES.COM aggie outlook QUICK FACTS tion to win at least 21 games in each of those seasons, along with Duke, Gonzaga, Junior guard Preston Medlin Kansas and Syracuse. In order to have another 21-win season, Utah State will look toward the leadership of Medlin, both on and off the court, according to Morrill. “He’s just so versatile. He can score, he can definitely shoot the basketball, and he makes a lot of plays for his teammates,” Morrill said about Medlin. “We need to put him in a lot of positions to make plays. He needs to have the ball in his hands a lot.” Medlin had the ball in his hands a lot last year, finishing his sophomore season leading the team and ranking third in the WAC in scoring at 17.0 points per game. In fact, Medlin finished the year with 628 points to rank as the 10th-most OUTLOOK in a single-season in school history and the second-most in a single-season by an underclassman. Furthermore, Medlin became just the sixth sophomore in school history to lead his team in scoring. Medlin also finished the 2011-12 season ranking second in the WAC and 16th in the nation in three-point shooting at 42.8 percent. He also ranked fourth in the league in free throw shooting (.801), seventh in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.70), ninth in assists (3.35) and 10th in overall shooting (.496). Statistical Breakdown Off the court, Medlin has improved on his physical physique in the offseason, and it did not go unnoticed. Here’s a breakdown of what is coming back in 2012-13: GI ISCAHSOPPONENTS COACHES AGGIE BIOS “He’s worked hard in the offseason to try and gain some weight, I think that Points (1,421/2,551)...... 55.7% strength is an area that would certainly help him at the Division I level. His slightness Rebounds (662/1,154)...... 57.3% has not been something that has kept him from producing, but we all know that Offensive (170/298)...... 57.0% strength is a good thing in terms of rebounding and defending. I’d like to see him Defensive (492/856)...... 57.5% continue to grow as a defender. I actually think if he doesn’t have to do as much Minutes (3,922/7,422)...... 52.8% as he did last year, that would probably indicate that we have more balance and Assists (235/497)...... 47.2% have a little better basketball team. I’ve spoken with him about that. We need him Steals (80/146)...... 54.8% to do a lot, but we don’t need him to be the only guy doing a lot,” Morrill added. Blocked Shots (68/119)...... 57.1% Besides Medlin, the Aggies can also rely on Reed, who is the team’s second- Field Goals Made (487/896)...... 54.4% leading scorer returning at 10.0 points per game. Overall, he finished his junior 3-Point Field Goals Made (138/208)...... 66.3% season leading the WAC in field goal percentage at 61.4 percent (135-of-220) Free Throws Made (309/551)...... 56.1% which also ranks eighth all-time at Utah State for a single-season. Reed also ranked sixth in the WAC in blocked shots (1.14) as his 41 total blocks during the Squad Breakdown year are tied for the ninth-most in a single-season in school history. Reed also ranked 14th in the WAC in rebounding (5.1) and ended the season with a team- Letterwinners Returning (5) leading 40 dunks. Player (Pos., Ht., Wt., Cl.) PPG RPG “I expect Kyisean to be better in all phases of the game,” Morrill said. “He shot Danny Berger (F/G, 6-6, 205, Jr.) 6.6 3.4 a very, very high percentage. He got a lot of easy baskets and dunks, he was Ben Clifford (F, 6-7, 220, So.) 4.4 3.5 a junior college kid that did some really good things, but wasn’t consistent in all Preston Medlin (G, 6-4, 185, Jr.) 17.0 4.4 areas of the game. For us to be good, his work ethic and work habits need to be Kyisean Reed (F, 6-6, 215, Sr.) 10.0 5.1 consistent, his ability to pass the basketball, his ability to play hard all the time, to Jordan Stone (C, 6-10, 270, So.) 2.1 2.5 defend, are all areas that he needs to improve. He is a spectacular athlete, he Letterwinners Lost (5) just needs to become a spectacular player in all phases of the game. If he can Player (Pos., Ht., Wt.) PPG RPG be as tough and well-rounded as he is athletic, we’d really have something.” Mitch Bruneel (F, 6-5, 205) 4.1 1.8 In addition to Medlin and Reed, Morrill and the Aggies also have a third return- E.J. Farris (G, 6-2, 185) 2.8 1.2 ing starter back in junior Danny Berger, who can play both forward positions. Last Morgan Grim (F, 6-7, 230) 9.1 6.1 season Berger sat out the first six games of the year as a potential redshirt, but Brockeith Pane (G, 6-1, 195) 12.6 4.3^ then started in 25 of 31 games played. Berger netted double-digit points 10 times Adam Thoseby (G/F, 6-4, 190) 1.6 0.4 SEASON REVIEW last season, including three of the final six games, highlighted by tying a school record with five three-pointers in a postseason game as part of his career-high tying Starters Returning (3) 17 points in the CollegeInsiders.com Tournament semifinal win over Oakland. Fin- Player (Pos., Ht., Wt., Cl.) PPG RPG ishing the year with a 6.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game average, Danny Berger (F, 6-6, 205, Jr.) 6.6 3.4 Berger also shot 37.2 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from three-point Preston Medlin (G, 6-4, 185, Jr.) 17.0 4.4 range to go with a 76.9 percent free throw shooting. Kyisean Reed (F, 6-6, 215, Sr.) 10.0 5.1 “Danny should be and we think he will be an important cog for our team this year,” Morrill said. Redshirts (2) Other returning Aggie lettermen are the sophomore duo of forward Ben Clif- Player (Pos., Ht., Wt., Cl.) PPG RPG ford and center Jordan Stone, who both gained valuable playing time as fresh- Matt Lopez (C, 6-11, 245, So.) 0.9! 0.9! men last year and are expected to pick up where they left off in their progress Jarred Shaw (C, 6-10, 235, Jr.) 1.2! 1.2! UNIVERSITY RECORDS from a season ago, as Clifford played in 36 games and Stone saw action in 31 Newcomers (7) games. Clifford averaged 4.4 points to go with 3.5 rebounds per game, while Player (Pos., Ht., Wt., Cl.) PPG RPG Stone tallied 2.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest, and both were solid de- Quincy Bair (F, 6-5, 180, Fr.) 13.0* 4.1* fenders in the post for USU. Spencer Butterfield (F/G, 6-3, 205, Jr.) 16.3$ 8.3$ “Ben has been working hard to improve his strength, which is a factor at this Marcel Davis (G, 6-2, 180, Fr.) 10.5* 5.7^* level for him. Like all of our young guys who got time last year, he needs to take Sean Harris (F, 6-7, 220, Jr.) 9.0$ 7.2$ the next step and show that he has improved,” Morrill said. “Jordan is a big, physi- Marvin Jean (F, 6-4, 190, Jr.) 13.1$ 6.7$ cal presence that has to continue to improve his skill level to earn the minutes TeNale Roland (G, 6-0, 170, Jr.) 20.7$ 4.5^$ that are available at that position.” Quinn Taylor (F, 6-6, 170, Fr.) 11.5* 5.6* The Aggies have 10 new additions to the playing roster with two players who redshirted a year ago plus eight newcomers. ^ - Assists per game “Your freshman guys you are going to give a little more slack and give them a * - High School stats little more time, they are young and they are trying to find there way,” Morrill said. ! - Previous school stats “However our two players that redshirted plus our junior college guys, their clock $ - Junior College stats is ticking and they have got to step up.” Most, if not all, of the newcomers are expected to contribute right away, as

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USU looks to make it 14 years in a row of reaching the postseason. Senior forward Kyisean Reed “I expect them all to try and compete for time, to say ‘hey I am not just going to be a new guy, I am going to really help.’ We have two brands of new guys because we have the new guys that were here that haven’t played yet. Jarred Shaw and Matt Lopez are two guys that have a little bit of an advantage compared to the brand new guys,” Morrill said. Shaw redshirted last season after transferring to USU from Oklaho- ma State, while Lopez came to USU mid-year from LaSalle and will miss the first seven games. Both Shaw and Lopez give Morrill and the Aggies size and talent in the post, as well as veteran experience. As a sophomore at OSU, Shaw appeared in 26 games and averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds. Lopez played in nine games and averaged 0.9 points and 0.9 rebounds as a freshman at LaSalle. “When you have a guy like Jarred Shaw who is in his fourth year after redshirting last year transferring from Oklahoma State, you are counting on him to be productive. He is older and more experienced,” Morrill said. ship. He averaged 13.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.4 steals Besides Shaw and Lopez, Morrill will also have seven newcomers, per game as a senior, while shooting 54.7 percent from the field (70- with a near-even split of four junior college players in junior forward/ 128), 33.8 percent from three-point range (26-77) and 68.3 percent at guard Spencer Butterfield, junior forward Sean Harris, junior forward the free throw line (69-101). Marvin Jean and junior guard TeNale Roland. Taylor joins the Aggies from Lanham Creek (Texas) High School, “You are counting on your junior college guys, you recruit junior where he earned first-team all-district 17-5A honors as well as all-Hous- college guys to help you,” said Morrill about his four junior college ton area honors, averaging 11.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.1 newcomers. steals and 0.6 blocks per game. Butterfield comes to USU from Yuba CC where as a sophomore, Davis earned first-team all-region and all-state honors as a prep se- he was named the California Junior College Co-Player of the Year nior at American Fork (Utah) High School, as he averaged 10.5 points, as he averaged 16.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.7 steals 5.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game, while shooting 57.1 percent per game, while shooting 54.1 percent from the field (186-344), 47.6 from the field (72-126), 20.4 percent from three-point range (10-49) percent from three-point range (70-147) and 81.7 percent at the free and 70.0 percent at the free throw line (56-80). throw line (125-153). “I am excited about our team because it is always fun to start a Harris played in just five games due to injury during his sophomore new season and to look at the potential. I told our players in a meet- season at Yuba (Calif.) College as he averaged 9.0 points and 7.2 re- ing this year that we have a chance. I will be the first to admit that we bounds per game. As a freshman at Yuba, during the 2008-09 season, have a chance, but that is what we have right now. It’s not like when he averaged 14.9 points and 11.7 rebounds per game and was the we had been to the NCAA twice in a row and we had pretty much runner-up for the Bay Valley Conference Player of the Year. everybody back. Then the expectations that are out there are justi- Jean earned first-team Mid-Hudson conference honors during both fied. The expectations that are out there right now are just Utah State. years at Sullivan (N.Y.) Community College, helping lead the Generals It is just the nature of 13 straight postseasons and lots of champion- to a 27-4 record and to the semifinals of the National Junior College ships and 20 game winners and all of that. So, that is why the expecta- Athletics Association Region XV Division III Tournament this past year. tions are always what they are because of the past and the tradition During his sophomore season, he averaged 13.1 points, 6.7 rebounds of this basketball program while I have been here and long before I and 2.7 assists, while shooting 40.8 percent from the field (143-350), got here. That goes without saying and is something that is good. A lot 40.3 percent from three-point range (54-134) and 72.6 percent at the of people would like to have what we have, so we are appreciative free throw line (53-73). of that. That is where the expectations come from, just the nature of Roland earned National Junior College Athletic Assocation Division the beast,” Morrill said. II second-team All-American honors as a sophomore at Rend Lake (Ill.) College as he averaged 20.7 points, 4.5 assists and 3.7 steals per game. SCHEDULE The other part of the newcomers are made up of freshmen, who USU has two exhibition contests plus its first four games of the regu- Morrill will also look toward for contributions. lar-season that will be played in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, where “With the older, more experienced guys, there is probably more the Aggies have won 100 of their last 107 games, and have amassed expectations on them to be a factor on this team, but you certainly a 210-18 (.921) record at home under Morrill, including a 53-9 (.855) don’t rule out that some freshmen could help as well,” Morrill said. home ledger in WAC games, as well as 105-8 (.929) in non-confer- The three-player freshman class consists of forwards Quincy Bair ence games. and Quinn Taylor, along with guard Marcel Davis. “The first thing that is a big change from last year is only 12 non- Bair comes to USU from American Fork (Utah) High School, where league games compared to 17 in 2011-12 season,” Morrill said. “Ob- he was named the Region 4 Co-MVP and earned first-team all-state viously that is due to a larger WAC schedule with 18 league games honors from both the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News as he versus 14 last season.” helped the Caveman to a 19-3 record and a co-region champion- Highlighting Utah State’s 2012-13 non-conference schedule will Junior forward be a home game against Saint Mary’s, the defending West Coast Conference champions and an NCAA Tournament team from a year ago, as well as a home game against in-state foe Weber State, who played in last year’s CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. “There are the usual challenges and opportunities in the schedule. We play WCC favorite Saint Mary’s at home early and that will cer- D tainly give us an idea of where we are,” Morrill said. anny Berger The Aggies have three non-conference road games, including two in the state, as they’ll travel south to take on Brigham Young, an NCAA Tournament participant, and Utah Valley, who played in last season’s Collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament after winning its second-straight Great West Conference regular-season championship. Utah State’s lone non-conference out-of-state trip will be its first road game of the year, heading to Santa Clara. USU will host the World Vision Challenge sponsored by Gossner 20 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 9 NIT APPEARANCES • 16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 8 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS • 1 GOAL - WIN Foods, welcoming Southern Illinois, Nicholls State and UC Davis right

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before Christmas in addition to hosting an ESPNU BracketBusters game QUICK FACTS Preseason in February. “We have the in-state games with all the normal emphasis on those rivalries, our annual pre-Christmas Tournament that includes Missouri Valley Conference power Southern Illinois, in addition to a swan song Notes BracketBuster game in February that will finish up the non-confer- • Utah State returns three starters among five lettermen from last year’s ence,” Morrill said. team that finished the season with a 21-16 record, advancing to the USU’s eighth and final season in the WAC will also include two post- championship game of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT). season teams, facing defending conference champion and NCAA Headlining the returners is junior guard Preston Medlin, who averaged Tournament participant New Mexico State as well as WAC newcomer 17.0 points per game to go with 4.4 rebounds per contest, and was UT Arlington, who played in last year’s National Invitational Tourna-

named first-team all-Western Athletic Conference in 2012, marking the OUTLOOK ment after winning the Southland Conference regular-season title. 13th-straight year that Utah State has had at least one player earn The Aggies will also be taking on four other new WAC foes in Denver, first-team all-conference honors. For Medlin, he was just the second Seattle, Texas State and UTSA, as well as traditional league match-ups sophomore in school history to earn first-team all-league honors along against Idaho, Louisiana Tech and San Jose State. with Nate Harris (2004). “Our last year in the WAC will be sentimental for me and a big challenge. With many new players, I’m sure we won’t be a favorite, and • USU head coach Stew Morrill is the winningest coach in school his- yet we hope to challenge for a fifth conference championship in our tory and has now won at least 20 games 17 times in his career and eight years of WAC play,” Morrill said. “All in all, it should be lots of fun. at least 17 games 23 times. In his 14 years at USU, he has posted an We look forward to getting better as we go.” amazing 345-119 (.744) record, including a 175-55 (.761) league mark GI ISCAHSOPPONENTS COACHES AGGIE BIOS The Aggies open with exhibition games against Grand Canyon and and a 25-8 (.758) record in conference tournaments. Morrill is the Simon Fraser on Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 3, respectively, be- second-longest tenured coach at USU behind E. Lowell Romney who fore hosting Idaho State on Saturday, Nov. 10 in the 2012-13 season- coached basketball for 22 seasons (1920-41). opener, the first of four-straight home games. USU will then host a pair of out-of-state foes in the same weekend when it hosts Saint Mary’s on • Utah State went 17-5 at home during the 2011-12 season and set a Thursday, Nov. 15 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday, Nov. 17. new single-season school record for games played with 22. USU also A Beehive State battle is in store for Thanksgiving weekend when tied the single-season school record for home wins with 17 as it has Morrill and the Aggies host in-state foe Weber State, under the direc- now won 17 home games in each of its last five years. In fact, prior to its current run USU had never won more than 15 home games in a tion of former USU assistant coach Randy Rahe on Saturday, Nov. 24. single year. USU also led the WAC in attendance in 2012 averaging Utah State will hit the road for the first time to close out the month of 8,406 fans per game, including three sellouts during the season. November, heading to Santa Clara on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Utah State returns to the state of Utah but continues road action by • The Aggies finished the 2011-12 season ranking 24th in the nation playing at BYU on Wednesday, Dec. 5. USU will then host Western Or- in field goal percentage (.475), 59th in fewest turnovers per game egon on Saturday, Dec. 8 before its final non-conference road game (12.1), 66th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.11), 67th in three-point field of the season, heading to Utah Valley on Saturday, Dec. 15. goal percentage (.367), 80th in free throw shooting (.719) and 96th in The Aggies will then host the 2012 World Vision Challenge sponsored field goal percentage defense (.415). by Gossner Foods which runs from Thursday, Dec. 20 through Saturday, Dec. 22, featuring Southern Illinois, Nicholls State and UC Davis. • As for the WAC, Utah State led the league in scoring defense for Utah State will close out December by opening its eighth and final the fifth-straight year allowing 64.9 points per game. USU also ranked season of WAC action by heading to Texas to face conference new- second in the WAC in field goal percentage (.475), second in field comers UTSA and Texas State on Saturday, Dec. 29 and Monday, Dec. goal percentage defense (.415), third in scoring margin (+4.1), third 31, respectively, in USU’s first-ever match-ups against both schools. in free throw shooting (.719), third in three-point field goal percent- The Aggies will kick off the new year by hosting another first-year WAC age (.367), third in three-point field goal percentage defense (.330), member in Seattle on Thursday, Jan. 3 before hosting Idaho and for- fourth in assists (13.43), fifth in rebounding margin (+0.7) and sixth in mer USU assistant coach Don Verlin on Saturday, Jan. 5. Utah State will blocks (3.22). round out its longest WAC homestand of the season by hosting San Jose State on Friday, Jan. 11. • Despite its early exit in the WAC Tournament and fourth-place fin-

After playing at New Mexico State on Thursday, Jan. 17, USU will play ish in the league during the regular season, Utah State’s year was far SEASON REVIEW at another first-year WAC team, Denver, on Saturday, Jan. 19. The Ag- from over as it accepted a bid to participate in the fourth-annual gies return home to host first-year WAC foe UT Arlington on Thursday, CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT), extending its post- Jan. 24, in the Mavericks’ second year in a row playing in the Spec- season run to 13 straight years. trum after playing in last year’s World Vision Challenge sponsored by Gossner Foods, before USU faces Louisiana Tech on Saturday, Jan. 26. • USU returns two players who earned WAC honors last season in ju- USU completes January action and opens February play by heading nior guard Preston Medlin who earned first-team honors as well as to the Northwest, with a match-up at Idaho on Thursday, Jan. 31 and senior forward Kyisean Reed, who was named to the league’s all- at Seattle on Saturday, Feb. 2. The Aggies’ longest road stretch of the newcomer team. regular-season concludes on Friday, Feb. 8 at San Jose State. A three-game homestand opens on Thursday, Feb. 14 with a Valen- UTAH STATE STATISTICS IN THE MORRILL ERA (1999-2012) EOD UNIVERSITY RECORDS tine’s Day match-up with Denver, before an all-Aggie clash between (Utah State/Opponents) USU and New Mexico State on Saturday, Feb. 16. For the eighth year Year FG Pct. 3FG Pct. Pts. Margin Reb. Margin in row, Utah State will be participating in the ESPNU BracketBusters, 1999 .477/.431 .350/.333 71.6/68.0 +3.6 36.9/31.5 +5.4 and will host an opponent to be determined on Friday, Feb. 22 or 2000 .466/.403 .362/.352 70.5/61.2 +9.3 36.3/33.0 +3.3 Saturday, Feb. 23. 2001 .485/.394 .390/.307 70.7/57.4 +13.1 34.6/30.9 +3.7 The Aggies’ final regular-season road trip will take them to Louisiana 2002 .471/.393 .347/.286 67.0/58.1 +8.9 36.0/29.5 +6.5 Tech on Thursday, Feb. 28 and play at UT Arlington for the first time in 2003 .463/.435 .343/.346 66.6/60.0 +6.6 35.0/28.0 +7.0 school history on Saturday, March 2. To conclude the regular-season 2004 .509/.424 .401/.329 69.3/58.1 +11.2 32.8/26.3 +6.5 portion of the ledger, Utah State will host Texas State on Thursday, 2005 .525/.396 .391/.320 72.3/57.8 +14.6 34.2/27.6 +6.6 March 7 and UTSA on Saturday, March 9 in both teams’ first-ever visits 2006 .498/.419 .401/.353 72.1/64.7 +7.4 33.8/31.1 +2.6 to the Spectrum. 2007 .467/.452 .373/.349 70.5/67.1 +3.4 32.7/31.3 +1.4 The 2013 WAC Tournament will once again be held at the Orleans 2008 .514/.438 .401/.365 73.9/68.1 +5.8 32.6/28.7 +3.9 Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., from Mar. 12-16, utilizing the traditional 10- 2009 .496/.419 .394/.363 72.4/62.0 +10.4 34.3/27.7 +6.7 team tournament format, with the No. 10 seed meeting No. 7 and 2010 .488/.405 .414/.322 73.1/59.9 +13.2 35.4/29.4 +6.0 No. 8 will face No. 9 in the first round, with the winners advancing to 2011 .470/.383 .367/.302 72.0/58.7 +13.4 37.2/29.6 +7.6 the quarterfinals. 2012 .475/.415 .367/.330 68.9/64.9 +4.0 33.4/32.7 +0.7

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Front Row: Riley Bradshaw, Marcel Davis, Quincy Bair, Preston Medlin, Marvin Jean, Spencer Butterfield, TeNale Roland. Back Row: Quinn Taylor, Sean Harris, Ben Clifford, Matt Lopez, Jarred Shaw, Jordan Stone, Danny Berger, Kyisean Reed.

ALPHABETICAL Roster No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 32 Quincy Bair G/F 6-5 180 Fr. HS American Fork, Utah (American Fork HS) 12 Danny Berger F 6-6 205 Jr. 1L Medford, Ore. (North Medford HS/Chemeketa CC) 21 Spencer Butterfield G/F 6-3 205 Jr. JC Loomis, Calif. (Del Oro HS/Yuba CC) 1 Ben Clifford F 6-7 220 So. 1L South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) 0 Marcel Davis G 6-2 180 Fr. HS American Fork, Utah (American Fork HS) 30 Sean Harris F 6-7 220 Jr. JC Rocklin, Calif. (Rocklin HS/Yuba CC) 15 Marvin Jean F 6-4 190 Jr. JC Harriman, N.Y. (Mt. Zion [N.C.] Christian Academy/Sullivan CC) 4 Matt Lopez C 6-11 245 So. TR Erial, N.J. (Washington Township/Lasalle) 13 Preston Medlin G 6-4 185 Jr. 2L Carrollton, Texas (Hebron HS) 34 Kyisean Reed F 6-6 215 Sr. 1L Palmdale, Calif. (Highland HS/Antelope Valley JC) 20 TeNale Roland G 6-0 170 Jr. JC Louisville, Ky. (New Albany [Ind.] HS/Rend Lake College) 5 Jarred Shaw C 6-10 235 Jr. RS Dallas, Texas (Carter HS/Oklahoma State) 25 Jordan Stone C 6-10 270 So. 1L Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) 2 Quinn Taylor F 6-6 170 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Langham Creek HS)

NUMERICAL Roster No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 0 Marcel Davis G 6-2 180 Fr. HS American Fork, Utah (American Fork HS) 1 Ben Clifford F 6-7 220 So. 1L South Jordan, Utah (Bingham HS) 2 Quinn Taylor F 6-6 170 Fr. HS Houston, Texas (Langham Creek HS) 4 Matt Lopez C 6-11 245 So. TR Erial, N.J. (Washington Township/Lasalle) 5 Jarred Shaw C 6-10 235 Jr. RS Dallas, Texas (Carter HS/Oklahoma State) 12 Danny Berger F 6-6 205 Jr. 1L Medford, Ore. (North Medford HS/Chemeketa CC) 13 Preston Medlin G 6-4 185 Jr. 2L Carrollton, Texas (Hebron HS) 15 Marvin Jean F 6-4 190 Jr. JC Harriman, N.Y. (Mt. Zion [N.C.] Christian Academy/Sullivan CC) 20 TeNale Roland G 6-0 170 Jr. JC Louisville, Ky. (New Albany [Ind.] HS/Rend Lake College) 21 Spencer Butterfield G/F 6-3 205 Jr. JC Loomis, Calif. (Del Oro HS/Yuba CC) 25 Jordan Stone C 6-10 270 So. 1L Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) 30 Sean Harris F 6-7 220 Jr. JC Rocklin, Calif. (Rocklin HS/Yuba CC) 32 Quincy Bair G/F 6-5 180 Fr. HS American Fork, Utah (American Fork HS) 34 Kyisean Reed F 6-6 215 Sr. 1L Palmdale, Calif. (Highland HS/Antelope Valley JC)

Head Coach: Stew Morrill (Gonzaga, 1974), 15th Season Associate Coach: Tim Duryea (North Texas, 1988), 12th Season Assistant Coach: Chris Jones (Utah, 1994), Fifth Season How To Say It Assistant Coach: Tarvish Felton (Southern Utah, 1999), Fifth Season 34 Kyisean Reed ...... Key-shawn Director of Operations: Cody Fueger (Utah, 2006), First Season 20 TaNale Roland ...... Ta-Neal Trainer: Mike Williams (Utah State, 1996), 14th Season Stew Morrill ...... MORE-L Tim Duryea ...... DUR-e-A Tarvish Felton ...... Tar-vis

20 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 9 NIT APPEARANCES • 16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 8 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS • 1 GOAL - WIN

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MARCEL DAVIS BEN CLIFFORD QUINN TAYLOR MATT LOPEZ jarred shaw G•6-2•180•Fr.-HS F•6-7•220•So.-1L G•6-6•170•Fr.-HS C•6-11•245•So.-TR C•6-10•235•Jr.-RS American Fork, Utah South Jordan, Utah Houston, Texas Erial, N.J. Dallas, Texas

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DANNY BERGER PRESTON MEDLIN MARVIN JEAN TeNale roland Spencer butterfield F•6-6•205•Jr.-1L G•6-4•185•Jr.-2L F•6-4•190•Jr.-JC G•6-0•170•Jr.-JC F/G•6-3•205•Jr.-JC Medford, Ore. Carrollton, Texas Harriman, N.Y. Louisville, Ky. Loomis, Calif.

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JORDAN STONE SEAN HARRIS QUINCY BAIR kyisean reed C•6-10•270•So.-1L F•6-7•220•Jr.-JC F•6-5•180•Fr.-HS F•6-6•215•Sr.-1L Smithfield, Utah Rocklin, Calif. American Fork, Utah Palmdale, Calif. EOD UNIVERSITY RECORDS

stew Morrill TIM DURYEA CHRIS JONES TARVISH FELTON CODY FUEGER Head Coach Associate Coach Assistant Coach Assitant Coach Director of Operations

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2012-13 UTAH STATE MEN’s BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

dATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Series Record Fri., Oct. 26 GRAND CANYON (Ex.) Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m.

Sat., Nov. 3 SIMON FRASER (Ex.) Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10 IDAHO STATE Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU leads 35-13 Thur., Nov. 15 SAINT MARY’S Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU leads 5-3 Sat., Nov. 17 TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU trails 0-1 Sat., Nov. 24 WEBER STATE Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU leads 38-26 Wed., Nov. 28 Santa Clara Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m. USU leads 4-3

Wed., Dec. 5 Brigham Young Provo, Utah 7:05 p.m. USU trails 92-136 Sat., Dec. 8 WESTERN OREGON Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU leads 1-0 Sat., Dec. 15 Utah Valley Orem, Utah 7:05 p.m. USU leads 7-0 Thur.-Sat., Dec. 20-22 WORLD VISION CHALLENGE (Sponsored by Gossner Foods) Thur., Dec. 20 UC Davis vs. Southern Illinois dee Glen Smith Spectrum 5:30 p.m. NICHOLLS STATE vs. UTAH STATE dee Glen Smith Spectrum 8:05 p.m. USU trails 0-2 Fri., Dec. 21 Southern Illinois vs. Nicholls State dee Glen Smith Spectrum 5:30 p.m. UC DAVIS vs. UTAH STATE Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 8:05 p.m. USU leads 1-0 Sat., Dec. 22 Nicholls State vs. UC Davis Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 5:30 p.m. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS vs. UTAH STATE dee Glen Smith Spectrum 8:05 p.m. USU leads 1-0 Sat., Dec. 29 *UTSA San Antonio, Texas 6 p.m. First Meeting Mon., Dec. 31 *Texas State San Marcos, Texas 3 p.m. First Meeting

Thur., Jan. 3 *SEATTLE Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU leads 15-14 Sat., Jan. 5 *IDAHO Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU leads 35-14 Fri., Jan. 11 *SAN JOSE STATE Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU leads 49-21 Thur., Jan. 17 *New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. 7 p.m. USU leads 35-29 Sat., Jan. 19 *Denver Denver, Colo. 4:30 p.m. USU leads 54-35 Thur., Jan. 24 *UT ARLINGTON Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU leads 1-0 Sat., Jan. 26 *LOUISIANA TECH Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. USU leads 14-3 Thur., Jan. 31 *Idaho Moscow, Idaho 8 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 2 *Seattle Seattle, Wash. 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 8 *San Jose State San Jose, Calif. 8 p.m. Thur., Feb. 14 *DENVER Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. Sat., Feb. 16 *NEW MEXICO STATE {ESPNU} dee Glen Smith Spectrum 9 p.m. Fri./Sat., Feb. 22/23 ESPNU BRACKETBUSTERS Dee Glen Smith Spectrum TBA Thur., Feb. 28 *Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. 6 p.m.

Sat., Mar. 2 *UT Arlington Arlington, Texas 8 p.m. Thur., Mar. 7 *TEXAS STATE Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. Sat., Mar. 9 *UTSA Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 7:05 p.m. Tue.-Sat., Mar. 12-16 WAC Tournament Las Vegas, Nev. Tues.-Sun., Mar. 19-24 NCAA First, Second & Third Rounds TBA

* Denotes Western Athletic Conference game. Home Games in BOLD AND ALL CAPS. All times are Mountain time, tentative and subject to change. DID YOU KNOW? • Last year, an average of nearly 9,000 fans packed the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum for every contest to watch their Aggies win 20-plus games for the 13th-straight season. Utah State ranked first in the WAC in attendance with nearly 185,000 people in attendance during the season as USU had three sellouts during the year. • Playing in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum is definitely an advantage for the Aggies. In the 14-year Stew Morrill era, Utah State teams have won 92 percent of their home games (210-18). The Aggies have a 504-111 (.820) all-time record in the facility. • The Aggies have won 238 of their last 258 games (.922) in the Spectrum, including 121 of their last 131 (.924) home games against league competition. • During the last five seasons, Utah State teams have combined to win 49 of their last 54 games, having their school-record streak snapped at 33-straight last season. Overall, USU has won 73 of its

20 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 9 NIT APPEARANCES • 16 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS • 8 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS • 1 GOAL - WIN last 76 games in the building.

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