AGGIEAGGIE BASKETBALLBASKETBALL Athletic Media Relationsl7400 Old Main HilllLogan, Utah 84322-7400lFax (435) 797-2615 Mike Strauss, Media Relations Directorl(435) 797-1361 Doug Hoffman, Assistant Director (Basketball Contact)l(435) 797-3714lEmail: [email protected] 2000-01 Schedule Game #2 (Exhibition) November 6, 2000 0-0, 0-0 Utah State vs. California West All-Stars November Dee Glen (10,270)lLogan, Utah 4 GLOBAL SPORTS (Ex.) W 92-71 Nov. 10, 2000l7:05 pm(MST) 10 CA. WEST ALL-STARS (Ex.) 7:05 pm at Top of the World Classic, Fairbanks, Alaska (0-0) 17 vs. Santa Clara 11 pm 1999-00 Averages 18 vs. S. Florida/Davidson TBA Probable Starters Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG 19 vs. TBA TBA F # 5 Shawn Daniels 6-6 260 Sr. Bakersfield, Calif. 12.0 7.9 1.7* 25 CO.-COLO. SPRINGS 7:05 pm F #22 Curtis Bobb 6-5 210 Sr. Aurora, Colo. 4.0 1.5 0.9 29 at Idaho State 7:05 pm C #14 Dimitri Jorssen 7-0 245 Sr. Theux, Belgium 8.7 5.2 1.4* G #10 Bernard Rock 5-10 155 Sr. New York, N.Y. 10.0 3.2 4.4 December G #31 Tony Brown 6-3 195 Jr. Hyrum, Utah 11.6 2.7 3.1 6 UTAH (SportsWest) 7:07 pm 9 MONTANA TECH 7:05 pm vs. 16 at BYU (SportsWest) 7:07 pm California West All-Stars 20 at UC Riverside 8 pm No. Name Ht. Yr. College 23 WEBER STATE 7:05 pm 4 Jan-Michael Thomas Gossner Foods Classic 10 Kawika Akina 5-10 1999 Northern Arizona 29 ALBANY 8:05 pm 12 Joe Pemberthy 6-1 2000 Masters College 30 AIR FORCE/CORNELL TBA 23 Corey Andrews 6-3 1998 Pacific 25 Andy Bostik 6-5 1995 South Carolina January 30 Chivo Anderson 6-5 1998 Portland 4 *at Cal Poly 8 pm 31 Jason Williams 6-6 1999 Pacific 6 *at Idaho 8 pm 40 Kenneth Young 6-7 1990 San Jose State 11 *LONG BEACH ST. (ESPN) 10:07 pm 42 Larry Abney 6-8 2000 Fresno State 13 *PACIFIC 7:05 pm 50 Rayne Mahaffey 6-11 1997 Pacific 16 UC RIVERSIDE 7:05 pm *blocks per game 20 *BOISE STATE 7:05 pm 25 *at Pacific 8 pm 27 *IDAHO 7:05 pm This Week: Utah State will play its second and final exhibition game of the 31 *at UC Irvine 8 pm preseason this Friday, Nov. 10, versus the California West All-Stars at the Dee February Glen Smith Spectrum at 7:05 p.m. The Aggies will then open the season the 2 *at Cal State Fullerton 8 pm following Friday, Nov. 17, versus Santa Clara at the Top of the World Classic in 8 *UC IRVINE 7:05 pm Fairbanks, Alaska. 10 *CAL STATE FULLERTON 7:05 pm 15 *at UC Santa Barbara 8 pm 17 *at Long Beach St. (Fox Sports)6 pm A Look At The California West All-Stars: The California West 24 *at Boise State 7 pm All-Stars are in the midst of a 13-game exhibition schedule in 14 days covering the entire west coast. The All-Stars have yet to win a game after its first six March contests, losing to Hawai’i (90-64), Cal State Northridge (94-88), Pepperdine (101- 1 *UC SANTA BARBARA 7:05 pm 85), New Mexico (97-90), Southern California (108-88), and Arizona (104-66). 3 *CAL POLY (ESPN) 5:07 pm Big West Tournament, Anaheim, Calif. This week, they will play at Santa Clara, Fresno State, Stanford, and San Fran- 8-10 TBA cisco before meeting the Aggies in Logan on Friday night. Of the 10 members on NCAA Tournament the California West All-Stars, four players graduated from Big West schools with 15-18 TBA Rayne Mahaffey, Corey Andrews and Jason Williams coming from Pacific, and Kenneth Young graduating from San Jose State in 1990 when the Spartans where All times are mountain. Home games in CAPS. a member of the Big West Conference.

www.UtahStateAggies.com Recapping The Global Sports Game: Utah State's basketball team opened the exhibition season on the right foot with a convincing 92-71 win Utah State Quick Facts over Global Sports Saturday at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum as four Aggies scored Location ...... Logan, Utah Founded ...... 1888 in double figures led by senior forward Shawn Daniels (Bakersfield, Calif.) who Enrollment ...... 21,490 had a team-high 15 points. Global Sports hung with the veteran Utah State team President ...... George H. Emert for the first six minutes of the game before USU went on a 27-12 run over the next Athletics Dir...... Rance Pugmire nine minutes to open a 39-23 advantage. The Aggies then closed the first half Faculty Rep...... Ken White with a 10-0 run over the final three minutes to build a 51-32 lead going into half- Nickname ...... Aggies time. Daniels did most of his damage in the opening half with a team-high 11 Colors ...... Navy Blue & White points on five-of-six shooting to go along with four rebounds. Utah State opened Affiliation ...... Division I the second half with a 13-7 run to push the lead to 25 points at the 15:43 mark with Conference ...... Big West a 64-39 advantage. Global Sports cut that lead to 14 with 11:30 remaining in the Arena ...... Dee Glen Smith Spectrum game at 69-55 before USU rebuilt the margin to 24 points over the next six mintues Capacity ...... 10,270 en route to the 21 point victory. Sophomore transfer Toraino Johnson (El Paso, Basketball Staff Texas) was very impressive in his first game as an Aggie with 13 points on six-of- Head Coach ...... Stew Morrill 10 shooting from the field, while seniors Curtis Bobb (Aurora, Colo.) and Ber- ...... Gonzaga, 1974 nard Rock (New York, N.Y.) added 12 and 11 points each. Global Sports had Career Record ...... 261-157 (14) three players score in double-figures led by Sharif Fajardo's 13 points. As a team, Record at USU ...... 43-19 (Third) Utah State shot 59.3 percent from the field on 39-of-59 shots, while Global Sports Assistant Coaches ...... , shot 42.9 percent. The Aggies also connected on 46.7 percent of its three-pointers ...... and Mark Arce as compared to just 18.2 percent for Global Sports. USU had a 46-21 advantage Trainer ...... Mike Williams on the boards but committed seven more turnovers in the game than did its oppo- Secretary ...... Ronda Christoffersen nent. Office Phone ...... (435) 797-2060 California West All-Stars Exhibition Schedule: Media Relations October 31 at Hawai’i L 64-90 Asst. SID (MBB) ...... Doug Hoffman November 1 at Cal State Northridge L 88-94 Office ...... (435) 797-3714 November 2 at Pepperdine L 85-101 Home ...... (435) 787-1638 Fax ...... (435) 797-2615 November 3 at New Mexico L 90-97 Cell ...... (435) 770-0604 November 4 at Southern California L 88-108 Email...... [email protected] November 5 at Arizona L 66-104 SID ...... Mike Strauss November 6 at Santa Clara Office ...... (435) 797-1361 November 7 at Fresno State Press Row ...... (435) 797-1686 November 8 at Stanford Web ...... www.utahstateaggies.com November 9 at San Francisco Mailing Address November 10 at Utah State ...... Athletic Media Relations November 11 at Idaho State ...... Utah State University November 13 at San Diego ...... 7400 Old Main Hill ...... Logan, UT 84322-7400

2000-01 Big West Standings Conference Overall W L Pct. Home Away W L Pct. Home Away Neutral Boise State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 Cal Poly 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 Cal State Fullerton 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 Idaho 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 Long Beach State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 Pacific 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 UC Irvine 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 UC Santa Barbara 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 Utah State 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0

2 l Utah State Basketball Notes November 6, 2000 Utah State Numerical Roster No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 3 Thomas Vincent G 5-10 165 Fr. HS Overland Park, Kan. (Olathe East HS) 4 Jeremy Vague C/F 6-9 245 Jr. JC San Marcos, Calif. (San Marcos HS/Canada JC) 5 Shawn Daniels F 6-6 260 Sr. 1L Bakersfield, Calif. (Highland HS/Bakersfield JC) 10 Bernard Rock G 5-10 155 Sr. 1L New York, N.Y. (Orme HS/New Mexico Military) 11 Dan Stewart F/C 6-7 220 Jr. 2L Salt Lake City, Utah (East HS/Utah State) 13 Mike Stowell G 6-4 200 Fr. HS San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (Capistrano Valley HS) 14 Dimitri Jorssen C 7-0 242 Sr. 2L Theux, Belgium (Lassen JC) 21 Calvin Brown G 5-10 150 Fr. HS East Palo Alto, Calif. (Eastside Prep) 22 Curtis Bobb G/F 6-5 210 Sr. 1L Aurora, Colo. (Hinkley HS/Southern Idaho JC) 24 Brennan Ray F 6-5 215 Jr. 1L Chandler, Ariz. (Chandler HS/Mesa CC) 25 Dion Bailey G 6-3 195 Sr. 1L West Covina, Calif. (West Covina HS/Santa Rosa JC) 31 Tony Brown G 6-3 195 Jr. 2L Hyrum, Utah (Mountain Crest HS) 32 Toraino Johnson F 6-4 210 So. JC El Paso, Texas (Andress HS/Garden City JC) 44 Chad Evans F 6-7 210 R-Fr. HS Ogden, Utah (Weber HS) 52 Lemar Gayle F 6-5 190 Jr. JC Long Beach, Calif. (Jordan HS/Cerritos JC)

Head Coach: Stew Morrill (Gonzaga, 1974) Assistants: Randy Rahe (Buena Vista, 1982), Don Verlin (Cal State Stanislaus, 1989), Mark Arce (Oklahoma State, 1983) Manager: Eric Skinner Trainer: Mike Williams (Utah State, 1996)

Aggies Return Four Starters And Eight Letterwinners: After coming off its best basketball season ever, Utah State is looking to have another memorable year during the 2000-01 season as head coach Stew Morrill welcomes back four starters and eight letterwinners from a team that set a school record with 28 wins, including a perfect 19-0 Big West Conference mark en route to the league championship and the school’s 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. USU returns 81 percent of its rebounding from a year ago and 76 percent of its scoring. Among the starters returning are senior first-team all-league player Shawn Daniels who led the team with 12.0 points and 7.9 rebounds per game. Daniels also tied the single-season school record with 58 blocks as was co-MVP of the conference tournament with fellow teammate Troy Rolle (who is the only starter not returning for Utah State this season). Senior Bernard Rock and junior Tony Brown, who were both honorable mention all-Big West last season also return after averaging 10.0 and 11.6 points per game respec- tively. Rock notched the seventh most assists (148) ever last year for USU in a single-season, while Brown is fourth all-time at USU in three-pointers made (128) and attempted (319). Brown also had the third-best single-season assist-to-turnover ratio ever at USU at 1.91 assists to every turnover last year. The fourth starter returning for USU is senior center Dimitri Jorssen who averaged 8.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game in 2000. The depth continues for Utah State with four proven veterans who came off the bench a year ago in seniors Dion Bailey and Curtis Bobb, and juniors Brennan Ray and Dan Stewart. Bailey and Bobb both averaged four points per game last year, while Ray led all reserves with 14.3 minutes per game and Stewart was close behind at 11.3 mintues per outing.

Utah State Welcomes Seven Newcomers: Despite returning eight quality players from a year ago, USU added seven new faces to the roster for the 2000-01 season, which includes three junior college transfers and four freshman. Several of these newcomers will have significant roles to fill for Utah State this year. Among the newcomers are sophomore Toraino Johnson who averaged 15.0 points and eight rebounds a game last year as a freshman at Garden City Junior College in Kansas. Junior Jeremy Vague will also see plenty of action after averaging 12.0 points and 10.0 rebounds a game at Canada Junior College in California. The freshman crop includes two point guards in Thomas Vincent and Calvin Brown, and two shooting guards in Nate Bullen and Mike Stowell. Vincent scored 18.0 points a game at Olathe East High School in Overland Park, Kan., while Brown averaged 17.0 points a contest at Eastside Prep in East Palo Alto, Calif. Stowell is also a solid scorer who notched 17.0 points and eight rebounds a game two years ago at Capistrano Valley High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. The Aggies will also have the services of redshirt freshman Chad Evans who averaged 18.0 points and 10.0 rebounds a game for Weber High School in Ogden, Utah, three seasons ago. The Aggies are also anxious to welcome junior Lemar Gayle to the squad next semester after being named the Junior College Player of the Year in Califor- nia where he averaged 22.7 points and grabbed 12.5 rebounds per game for Cerritos Junior College. Gayle is currently finishing up some required course work at Utah State this semester.

3 l Utah State Basketball Notes November 6, 2000 Head Coach Stew Morrill: Stew Media Information: Requests for inter- Morrill (Gonzaga, 1974) is entering his third views should be made through Assistant Director of season at the helm of the Utah State men’s Athletic Media Relations Doug Hoffman at (435) basketball program after posting an incred- 797-3714. Coach Morrill and the team are gener- ible 43-19 record at USU in his first two ally available for interviews throughout the week. years, which is the best record by any coach Contact Hoffman to set up an interview. The best at Utah State in their first two seasons. Dur- time to talk with Coach Morrill is between 9-11 a.m. ing the past two years, Morrill has coached and after practice for players. two first-team all-league players in Shawn Daniels and Troy Rolle and has had an 80 Practice Schedule: The Aggies’ prac- percent graduation rate. He has been involved tice is closed to the public. However, special ar- in postseason action four times in his career, rangements can be made by contacting Hoffman. including the NCAA Tournment last season. He has twice been named Coach of the Year, winning the award in 1991 at Montana, and this past On Your Dial: All Utah State games can be season at Utah State after guiding the Aggies to a perfect 19-0 league heard live on KVNU AM-610 and KVFX FM-94.5 mark in winning the Big West Conference. He is only the third coach in in Logan, Utah and KWLW AM-700 in Salt Lake the history of the Big West Conference to go undefeated in the league, City, Utah. Al Lewis serves as the play-by-play an- nouncer, while Rod Tueller (former Aggie head coach joining Lou Henson and . Prior to coming to Utah State, and Athletics Director) will provide color analysis Morrill had been the head coach at Colorado State University for seven at home. seasons, recording a 121-86 record (1992-98). Prior to his stint at CSU, Morrill spent five seasons as the head coach at the University of Montana On Your ‘Puter: Every Aggie game can be (1987-91), where he went 97-52. During his 14 years as a head coach, heard live on the internet through Utah State’s web Morrill’s teams have won at least 20 games five times and have won at page at www.utahstateaggies.com. least 17 games in 11 of his 14 seasons as a head coach. He was the second winningest coach at Colorado State behind only , and his 15 Luncheon Schedule: Utah State will wins at Utah State in 1998-99 were the most by a first-year head coach also host a media luncheon each week beginning Dec. since 1980. 5 at the Juniper Inn at 11:45 a.m. All luncheons will be held on Monday’s except for the week of Jan. 15, Morrill Year-by-Year Coaching Record when that luncheon will be held on Tuesday. Year School Overall Pct. Conf. Place Fax-On-Demand: Media may obtain in- 1987 Montana 18-11 .621 8-6 3rd formation 24 hours a day via the Fax-on-Demand 1988 Montana 18-11 .621 7-9 t6th system. To access the system dial 1-800-300-2050 1989 Montana 20-11 .645 11-5 3rd from the handset of your fax machine. The code for 1990 Montana 18-11 .621 10-6 3rd the Big West Conference is 292. 1991 Montana 23-8 .742 13-3 1st Big West Conference 1992 Colorado State 14-17 .451 8-8 6th 1020 Weekly Release 1993 Colorado State 17-12 .586 9-9 5th 1021 Game Notes 1994 Colorado State 15-13 .536 8-10 5th 1022 Statistics/Standings 1995 Colorado State 17-14 .548 7-11 t7th Utah State 1996 Colorado State 18-12 .600 11-7 4th 2220 All Information 1997 Colorado State 20-9 .689 10-6 4th 1998 Colorado State 20-9 .689 8-6 4th Other Services: Media may also obtain 1999 Utah State 15-13 .536 8-8 4th information on Utah State Athletics in several ways, 2000 Utah State 28-6 .824 16-0 1st including the internet (www.utahstateaggies.com), e-mail and fax. Information will be updated and sent Totals 14th Year 261-157 .624 134-94 .588 out by mid-mornings on Monday. Years School Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. 87-91 Montana 97-52 .651 49-29 .628 92-98 Colorado State 121-86 .585 61-57 .517 99- Utah State 43-19 .694 24-8 .750 Totals 14th Year 261-157 .624 134-94 .588

4 l Utah State Basketball Notes November 6, 2000 USU In The Big West: Since the 1994 season, Aggies Favored To Win The Big West Utah State has dominated the Big West Conference as the Again: After rolling through the Big West Conference Aggies have a winning record against every team in the season last year with a 19-0 mark, Utah State is once again league. Also, Utah State has the most conference and over- picked to win the league by numerous preseason publications. all wins by any team in the Big West over that same time The Sporting News has Utah State picked to finish first in period. The following is a list of where Utah State stacks up the league and has the Aggies ranked 34th in the country in against the Big West Conference. its preseason poll. Other preseason publications that have Utah State picked to win the Big West Conference include Conference Record (1994-present) Preview Sports, Street & Smith Magazine, Lindey’s, 1. UTAH STATE 84-34 Athlon, and ESPN The Magazine. 2. Long Beach State 74-45 3. Pacific 71-47 Several Players Tabbed As All-League 4. UC Santa Barbara 58-60 Performers This Year: Along with Utah State be- 5. CS Fullerton 38-80 ing the overwhelming favorite to win the Big West Confer- 6. UC Irvine 37-81 ence in 2001, USU also has several players being tabbed all- league in different preseason publications. The Sporting Overall Wins (1994-present) News has Shawn Daniels and Bernard Rock as first-team all- 1. UTAH STATE 131 league players and Dimitri Jorssen on the second-team. 2. Pacific 121 Daniels is also picked to be the Player of the Year by The 3. Long Beach State 113 Sporting News, as well as being the best rebounder in the 4. UC Santa Barbara 84 leauge. It also has Tony Brown tabbed as the best shooter in 5. UC Irvine 68 the league, and Rock named the best playmaker. Preview 6. CS Fullerton 64 Sports has Daniels and Rock on its all-league first-team in the Big West, with Daniels picked as the Player of the Year * - Note: Cal Poly, Idaho and Boise State joined the Big and top rebounder. Street & Smith has Daniels on its first- West prior to the 1996-97 season. team list along with being named the Player of the Year, while Lindey’s has Daniels first-team and Rock second-team. USU’s Record Versus Current BWC Members: Lindey’s picked Brown as the league’s best shooter, Daniels Boise State USU leads 14-4 the best rebounder, and Rock the best playmaker in the league. Cal Poly USU leads 5-0 Athlon has Daniels as a first-team all-league player, and Cal State Fullerton USU leads 28-15 ESPN The Magazine has Daniels named to its first team Idaho USU leads 11-10 and is selected as the Player of the Year, while Rock and Tony Long Beach State USU leads 23-20 Brown are named to the second team. It also has the Dee Pacific USU leads 36-17 Glen Smith Spectrum listed as the toughest arena in the Big UC Irvine USU leads 23-22 West Conference to play in, and lists USU’s front court as the UC Santa Barbara USU leads 28-21 best in the conference. Total USU leads 168-109 (.606) Aggies Looking To Maintain High Marks Set Last Season: In addition to setting school records for wins (28), conference wins (19), and games played in a season (34), the 1999-2000 season was the first time in nine years that Utah State had more assists (487) than turnovers (453). USU also set school records for three-pointers made (194) and attempted (536), along with notching 235 steals. Its 487 assists tied for the fourth most in school history, and its 126 blocks were the third most in a single season. Also, the Aggies’ 46.6 field-goal percentage was the highest since 1990-91 (.473), and its .362 percentage from three-point range was the third highest ever. Utah State also had four players average in double- figures in scoring for the second straight season. Defensively, USU held its opponents to below 60 points twelve times on the year and allowed just 61.2 points per game, which was the fewest allowed by an Aggie team since the 1957-58 season. The Aggies also limited its opponents to a 40.3 field-goal percentage which was the lowest since the 1962-63 season. USU finished the year ranked 17th in the country in points allowed.

Trends To Look For In 2000-01: Utah State had great success last year under certain situations. USU was 26- 0 when leading at halftime; 26-1 whey they shot better from the field than their opponents; 22-1 when they had more defensive rebounds than their opponents; 18-1 when they committed fewer fouls than their opponents; 21-1 when they recorded more assists than their opponents; 21-0 when they blocked more shots than their opponents; and 12-0 when they held their opponents below 60 points.

5 l Utah State Basketball Notes November 6, 2000 Daniels Among Select Company: Senior forward Shawn Daniels The Last Time is among some select company as he has been selected to the CHI Mid-Major An Aggie... Preseason All-America Team which consists of 25 of the best college players in the country from Mid-Major university’s. The 25 players selected where: Chris Scored 30 or more points Bjorklund (Cal Poly); Brett Blizzard (UNC-Wilmington); Devin Brown (Texas- ...... Marcus Saxon (31), 3/7/98 San Antonio); Casey Calvary (Gonzaga); Ian Chadwick (Wofford); Shawn Daniels Got 15 or more rebounds (UTAH STATE); Chris Davis (North Texas); Patrick Doctor (American); Scott ...... Shawn Daniels (17), 1/22/00 Had 10 or more assists Emerson (Mercer); George Evans (George Mason); Brian Heinle (Cal State ...... Bernard Rock (13), 2/3/00 Northridge); Gerrod Henderson (Louisiana Tech); Trevor Huffman (Kent State); Had a Double-Double Michael Jackson (Missouri-Kansas City); Joe Linderman (Drexel); Jody Lumpkin ...... Shawn Daniels (15, 13), 2/17/00 (College of Charleston); Rashad Phillips (Detroit); Ryan Sears (Creighton); Tamar Had a 20-point, 20-rebound game Slay (Marshall); Craig Snow (Evansville); Isaac Spencer (Murray State); Greg ...... Donnie Johnson (20, 20), 12/20/97 Stempin (Toledo); Desmond Stewart (Niagara); Lonnie Thomas (Louisiana- Lafayette); and John Tice (Central Connecticut State). The Last Time The Aggies... Note: The Mid-Major University’s are made up of teams from the following Scored 100 or more points conferences: America East, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Indepen- ...... vs. North Texas (102), 2/26/98 dents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Continent, Mid-Eastern, Midwest- Allowed 100 or more points ern Collegiate, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, ...... vs. New Mexico State (104), 2/13/95 Southland, Southwestern, Sun Belt, Trans American, and . Had 50 or more rebounds ...... at North Texas (52), 2/26/00 Had 25 or more assists At The Top Of The World Tournament: Utah State will officially ...... vs. North Texas (29), 1/28/99 begin the season on Friday, Nov. 17 versus Santa Clara at the Top of the World Had 10 or more steals Tournament in Fairbanks, Alaska. Santa Clara was 19-12 last year with a 9-5 ...... at Nevada (10), 2/17/00 record in the West Coast Conference, finishing in fourth place. The Broncos are Five or more score in double figures ...... vs. New Mexico State (5), 3/11/00 picked to finish fifth in the league this year as voted on by the coaches’ as SCU Beat an opponent by 20 or more returns three starters and 11 letterwinners from that squad. The Aggies will then ...... vs. Pacific (64-41), 3/9/00 play South Florida or Davidson in the second round of the tournament, before Beat a ranked opponent facing either Alaska-Fairbanks/Austin Peay/Colorado/or Jackson State. Jackson ...... vs. Utah (#9) 62-54, 11/18/98 Beat a Top-10 ranked opponent State, along with Utah State are the two teams in the field that participated in the ...... vs. Utah (#9) 62-54, 11/18/98 NCAA Tournament a year ago, while South Florida played in the National Invita- tional Tournament.

RPI: According to the latest Rating Percentages Index (RPI), Utah State enters the 2000-01 season ranked 28th in the country. The Aggies are also ranked 34th in the country in The Sporting News’ preseason poll and finished the 1999-2000 season ranked 40th in the country in the Associated Press poll.

Aggies Finish 1999-2000 Season With Third Most Wins In The Country: Utah State’s 28 wins during the 1999-2000 season were not only a school record, but also the third most wins in the country by any team. Iowa State, Tulsa, and Michigan State had the most wins at 32, followed by Cincinnati, Duke, and Florida with 29. Utah State and Louisiana State were next with 28 wins apiece. The Aggies were also the only team in the country to go undefeated in its league and then win its conference tournament during the 1999-2000 season. Also, USU’s 19-game winning streak tied Syracuse for the longest winning streak by any team in the country at any point of the season.

6 l Utah State Basketball Notes November 6, 2000