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2004-05 Schedule Exhibition Game #2 EA Sports (0-2) at Utah State (0-0) November Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270)•Logan, Utah 6 PUGET SOUND (Ex.) W 125-72 Nov. 12, 2004•7:05 p.m. (MST)•Aggie Radio Network 12 EA SPORTS (Ex.) 7:05 pm Top of the World Classic, Fairbanks, Alaska 18 vs. Georgia Southern 10:30 pm Utah State Aggies (0-0) 20 vs. UCF or Alaska-Fairbanks TBA 2003-04 Averages 21 vs. TBA TBA Numerical Roster Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG APG 27 UC DAVIS 7:05 pm G 1 Marques Crane 6-4 210 Jr. ------G 2 David Pak 6-2 200 Jr. ------December C 3 Cass Matheus 6-10 235 R-Jr. ------ 1 BRIGHAM YOUNG (KJZZ) 7:05 pm C 4 Nate Harris 6-7 225 Jr. 11.7 6.1 0.9^ 4 UTAH (KJZZ) 4:05 pm G 11 Jimmie Edwards 5-10 160 So. ------ 7 at IPFW 5:05 pm F 15 Tai Wesley 6-6 230 Fr. ------11 WEBER STATE (KJZZ) 7:05 pm G 20 Jaycee Carroll 6-2 175 Fr. ------18 at Brigham Young (SportsWest) 7:05 pm 23 *at Idaho 8:05 pm G 21 Calvin Brown 5-10 160 Sr. 0.4 0.1 0.8 Gossner Foods Classic, Logan, Utah G 23 Chris Huber 6-1 190 Jr. 3.9 1.1 1.8 29 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 8:05 pm G 24 Tyler Williams 6-1 200 Sr. 1.0 0.0 0.0 30 LMU/NAU TBA F 25 John Neil 6-6 210 Sr. 2.6 1.3 0.6 F 30 Jason Williams 6-7 198 Sr. 6.7 2.2 0.7 January C 31 Ian McVey 6-9 225 Sr. 1.8 1.7 0.3^ F 32 Spencer Nelson 6-8 225 Sr. 11.5 7.8 2.8 6 *UC SANTA BARBARA 7:05 pm F 42 Danny Gray 6-8 230 Jr. ------ 8 *CAL POLY 7:05 pm 13 *at Pacific 8:05 pm F 44 Matt Formisano 6-8 220 Fr. ------15 *at CS Northridge (Fox Sports) 3:05 pm ^-denotes blocks per game 20 *CS FULLERTON 7:05 pm Game Day Headlines 22 *UC RIVERSIDE 7:05 pm • Utah State is celebrating its 100th season of basketball during 2004-05 and has an 27 *at UC Irvine 8:05 pm overall record of 1,277-949 (.574). USU’s first year of basketball was during the 1903- 29 *at Long Beach State 8:05 pm 04 campaign as that team notched a 2-2 record.
February • For the past 34 years, Utah State has called the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum home 3 *Cal Poly 8:05 pm and has won almost 79 percent of its games with an impressive 378-101(.789) record, 5 *UC Santa Barbara 8:05 pm including a 99-8 (.925) mark during the past seven seasons. The only year USU had 10 *CS NORTHRIDGE 7:05 pm a losing season at home was in 1981-82 with a 3-8 record. 12 *PACIFIC (CSTV) 8:35 pm 17 *at UC Riverside 8:05 pm • Utah State returns three starters (Nate Harris, Spencer Nelson, Jason Williams) and 19 *at CS Fullerton 3:05 pm seven lettermen from the 2003-04 team that went 25-4, finished in a tie for first- 24 *LONG BEACH STATE 7:05 pm place in the Big West Conference with a 17-1 record, and advanced to the Na- 26 *UC IRVINE 7:05 pm tional Invitation Tournament where it lost to Hawai'i at home 85-74.
March • Aggie players from the state of Utah include junior forward Nate Harris (Smithfield, 4 *IDAHO 7:05 pm Utah/Sky View HS), junior guard Chris Huber (Garland, Utah/Bear River HS), and Big West Tournament, Anaheim, Calif. freshman forward Tai Wesley (Provo, Utah/Provo HS). 9-12 TBA NCAA First & Second Rounds, TBA • Utah State returns two players who were honored by the Big West Conference 17-20 TBA last year in senior forward Spencer Nelson (Second-Team All-Big West, Big West Hustle All times are mountain. Player of the Year) and junior forward Nate Harris (First-Team All-Big West, Big West Home games in BOLD CAPS. Sixth Man of the Year). Nelson averaged 11.5 points and 7.8 rebounds to rank third in the league, while Harris averaged 11.7 points and 6.1 rebounds. 2003-04 Record • Utah State was picked to finish second in the Big West Conference by the coaches Overall 25-4 and tied for first with Pacific by the media at the annual Big West Basketball Media Big West Conference 17-1/T-1st Home/Away/Neutral 15-1/10-2/0-1 day on Nov. 3. www.UtahStateAggies.com 2004-05 Utah State Basketball This Week Big West Standings Utah State will play EA Sports in its final exhibition game of the 2004-05 season on Big West Overall Fri., Nov. 12 at 7:05 p.m. in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. W-L Pct W-L Pct Cal Poly 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 About EA Sports CS Fullerton 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 EA Sports is 0-2 on its 10-game, 14-day tour CS Northridge 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 across the United States after losing at Kan- EA Sports Schedule Idaho 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 sas State 71-59 on Wed., Nov. 3, and at Provi- L 59-71 at Kansas State Long Beach St. 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 dence 69-62 on Sat., Nov. 6. Up next for EA L 62-69 at Providence Pacific 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Sports is Virginia Tech on Mon., Nov. 8, fol- Nov. 8 at Virginia Tech UC Santa Barbara 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 lowed by games at LSU on Tues, Nov. 9 and Nov. 9 at LSU UC Irvine 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Creighton on Thur., Nov. 11 before facing Nov. 11 at Creighton Utah State on Fri., Nov. 12. Daniel Watts (Ne- UC Riverside 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Nov. 12 at Utah State vada) led EA Sports with 13 points and seven UTAH STATE 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Nov. 13 at Oklahoma State rebounds at Kansas State, while Mark Green Nov. 15 at Iowa State (Arkansas-Little Rock) had 19 points against Upcoming Schedule Nov. 16 at Arizona State Providence and Watts added 16 points and Nov. 17 at UNLV 13 rebounds. Players of note on the EA Sports Monday, November 8 roster include Aaron Hands (UC Riverside ’03), # The Master’s College at CS Northridge ... 8:30 pm Tony Harvey (Utah ’00), and Joe Skiffer (Boise State ’03). Thursday, November 11 #CS Los Angeles at UC Irvine ...... 8:05 pm EA Sports Roster #Alaska-Anchorage at Long Beach St. . 8:30 pm No. Name Ht. Wt. College UC Riverside at California ...... 8:30 pm 1 Roy Stigall 6-2 180 Chaminade 3 Mark Green 6-3 180 Arkansas-Little Rock Friday, November 12 15 Joe Skiffer 6-2 200 Boise State #EA Sports at Utah State ...... 7:05 pm 21 Mark Campbell 6-3 185 Hawai’i #CS Stanislaus at Cal Poly ...... 8 pm 23 Chez Marks 6-3 180 Morehead State #Westmont at UC Santa Barbara ...... 8 pm 25 Tony Harvey 6-4 200 Utah #CS Bakersfield at Pacific ...... 8:30 pm 31 Leon Ballard 6-5 220 Chaminade UC Riverside vs. TBA ...... TBA 33 Daniel Watts 6-8 240 Nevada Saturday, November 13 41 Aaron Hands 6-7 220 UC Riverside #UC San Diego at CS Northridge .. 8:05 pm 44 Zoran Viskovic 6-11 255 Valparaiso 45 Chuck Roberts 6-10 240 Central Florida
Last Week’s Results Aggies In The Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Playing in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum is definitely an advantage for the Aggies. Thursday, November 4 In the six-year Stew Morrill era, Utah State teams have won 91 percent of their # UC Santa Barbara 56, CS Los Angeles 49 home games (84-8). The Aggies have a 378-101 (.789) all-time record in the facil- ity. Utah State has gone unbeaten three times in the Spectrum’s 34-year history. Friday, November 5 The Aggies have also never lost back-to-back home games under Morrill. The #Long Beach State 78, UC San Diego 43 Aggies have won 112 of their last 122 games (.918) in the Spectrum, including 63 of their last 67 (.940) home games against Big West competition. From 2000-2002, Saturday, November 6 Utah State teams combined to record a 34-game winning streak in the facility, #Utah State 125, Puget Sound 72 #UC Irvine 84, Simon Fraser 62 setting a school record. #Pacific 97, Chico State 71 #Idaho 87, Whitworth 61 Recapping The Puget Sound Exhibition Game Jaycee Carroll scored a game-high 29 points, while Spencer Nelson added 21 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists as Utah State routed the University of Puget # - Indicates Exhibition game. Sound 125-72 Saturday night. Utah State never trailed against the Division III Log- * - Indicates Big West Conference game. gers as it opened the contest with a 20-6 advantage en route to the 62-26 half- Times listed are Mountain Standard Time time lead. USU shot 78.1 percent from the field in the opening stanza and held Puget Sound to 26.5 percent shooting. Carroll was 12-of-15 from the field and 2- of-3 from three-point range in just 23 minutes, while Nelson was 7-of-8 from the field and 7-of-9 from the free-throw line. Other Aggies who scored in double- figures included Ian McVey who finished with 21 point on 8-of-8 shooting, John Neil who scored 17 points on 8-of-13 shooting, and Nate Harris who was 7-of-9 from the field and had 14 points. As a team, Utah State shot a blistering 79.7 percent from the field (51-64) and held Puget Sound to 30.4 percent (24-79). USU also domi- nated the boards, outrebounding the Loggers 53-25, and recorded 35 assists in the game. The only negative stat for the Aggies was 28 turnovers in the contest. Next Week Utah State will open the 2004-05 season on Thur., Nov. 18 against Georgia South- ern in the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska. Georgia Southern went 21- 8 last year and tied for first-place in the South Division of the Southern Conference with a 11-5 league record. The Aggies first home game of the season will be on Sat., Nov. 27 against UC Davis at 7:05 p.m. 2 • November 8, 2004 2004-05 Utah State Basketball
2004-05 Utah State Numerical Roster No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Marques Crane G/F 6-4 210 Jr. JC Bellflower, Calif. (Ocean View HS/Saddleback JC) 2 David Pak G 6-2 200 Jr. JC Orange, Calif. (Nelles HS/Saddleback JC) 3 Cass Matheus C 6-10 235 Jr. RS Sao Paulo, Brazil (Externato Madir Alix HS/South Plains College) 4 Nate Harris F 6-7 225 Jr. 2L Smithfield, Utah (Sky View HS) 11 Jimmie Edwards G 5-10 160 So. SQ Malad, Idaho (Malad HS) 15 Tai Wesley F 6-6 230 Fr. HS Provo, Utah (Provo HS) 20 Jaycee Carroll G 6-2 175 Fr. HS Evanston, Wyo. (Evanston HS) 21 Calvin Brown G 5-10 165 Sr. 3L East Palo Alto, Calif. (Eastside Prep) 23 Chris Huber G 6-1 190 Jr. 1L Garland, Utah (Bear River HS/Dixie State College) 24 Tyler Williams G 6-1 200 Sr. SQ Santa Cruz, Calif. (Santa Cruz HS/Cabrillo CC) 25 John Neil F 6-6 210 Sr. 1L Los Altos, Calif. (Pinewood HS/Canada JC) 30 Jason Williams F 6-7 198 Sr. 1L Vallejo, Calif. (Vallejo HS/Santa Rosa JC) 31 Ian McVey F/C 6-9 225 Sr. 1L Princeton, Minn. (Princeton HS/Fergus Falls JC) 32 Spencer Nelson F 6-8 225 Sr. 3L Pocatello, Idaho (Pocatello HS) 42 Danny Gray F 6-8 230 Jr. JC Harlem, N.Y. (Art & Design Institute/Ventura JC) 44 Matt Formisano F 6-8 220 Fr. HS Centennial, Colo. (Heritage HS) Head Coach: Stew Morrill (Gonzaga, 1974), Seventh Season Assistant Coaches: Don Verlin, Tim Duryea, Dave Rice
USU Returns Three Starters, Seven Lettermen Aggies Welcome Eight Newcomers After posting its fifth straight 20-win season, winning its third Utah State head coach Stew Morrill welcomes seven new regular season Big West championship in the last five years, players to this year’s team adding perimeter shooting and and advancing to postseason play for the fifth straight year, depth to one of the best programs in the Big West Conference. Utah State will be looking to make another run at a confer- Among the group is four junior college transfers and three ence title during the 2004-05 season. Leading the way for incoming freshman. Two juniors that sat out last season and are Utah State will be two of the most talented forwards in the Big expected to make immediate impacts for the Aggies is guard West in senior Spencer Nelson and junior Nate Harris. Along Marques Crane and center Cass Matheus. Crane was named with being named the league’s Sixth Man of the Year, Harris the Orange Empire Conference Most Valuable Player as a also earned first-team all-conference honors after leading the sophomore at Saddleback Junior College in California during Big West with a 67.7 percent the 2002-03 season as he av- field goal percentage, and eraged 16.2 points and 7.4 finishing second on the team Statistical Breakdown rebounds per game, while with 11.7 points and 6.1 re- Here’s a breakdown of what is coming back in 2004-05. Matheus was ranked as one bounds per game. Nelson, Points (1,061/2,009) ...... 52.8% of the top-100 players com- Rebounds (548/869) ...... 63.1% ing out of junior college in who was named the Hustle Offensive (161/271) ...... 59.4% 2003 and averaged 8.4 points Player of the Year in the con- Defensive (387/598) ...... 64.7% ference for the second con- Minutes (3,130/5,825) ...... 53.7% and 5.4 rebounds per game secutive season, earned Assists (219/446) ...... 49.1% as a sophomore at South second-team all-Big West Steals (76/153) ...... 49.7% Plains College in Texas. The honors after finishing third in Blocked Shots (58/85) ...... 68.2% other five newcomers that are the league with 7.8 re- Field Goals Made (381/711) ...... 53.6% joining the program this year bounds per game to go 3-Point Field Goals Made (66/168) ...... 39.3% include juniors Danny Gray Free Throws Made (233/419) ...... 55.6% along with 11.5 points, which and David Pak, and freshmen was third best on the team. Jaycee Carroll, Matt The third starter returning for Utah State is senior Jason Will- Formisano and Tai Wesley. Pak earned Most Valuable Player iams. Williams started the final 27 games at the small forward honors in the Orange Empire Conference as a sophomore at position in 2003-04 and ended the year scoring in double-fig- Saddleback Junior College in California averaging 15.7 points ures six times and averaging 6.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per and 3.6 rebounds, while Carroll and Wesley earned Player of game. Utah State also welcomes back three other quality the Year honors in Wyoming and Utah respectively as prep players from last year in seniors Ian McVey and John Neil and seniors. As a prep senior, Carroll averaged 39.4 points and 9.1 junior Chris Huber. McVey averaged 1.8 points and 1.7 re- rebounds per game, while Wesley averaged 16.7 points and bounds per game in limited action at the center position, while eight rebounds per game. Gray averaged 10.8 points and 6.4 Neil averaged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds playing small for- rebounds as a sophomore at Ventura Junior College in Califor- ward. Huber, who played both guard positions in his first year nia, earning first-team all-conference honor, while Formisano at USU, averaged 3.9 points and 1.8 assists. Three other play- notched 15.2 points and seven rebounds per game as a prep ers return for Utah State in senior guards Calvin Brown and senior in Colorado, earning all-conference and all-state hon- Tyler Williams and sophomore guard Jimmie Edwards. Brown ors. has appeared in 47 games during his career at USU and has a solid understanding of the system, while Williams and Edwards are both walk-ons who provide much needed experience and depth on the scout squad. November 8, 2004 • 3 2004-05 Utah State Basketball
ESPN/USA Today Top-25 Aggie Preseason Notes • Utah State is celebrating its 100th season of basketball during 2004-05 and as of Oct. 28, 2004 has an overall record of 1,277-949 (.574). USU’s first season of basketball was during the 1903-04 campaign as that team notched a 2-2 record. Rank School ’04-’05 Pts. 1. Kansas (8) 0-0 741 • Utah State returns three starters (Nate Harris, Spencer Nelson, Jason Will- 2. Wake Forest (12) 0-0 724 iams) and seven lettermen from the 2003-04 team that went 25-4, finished in a 3. North Carolina (6) 0-0 697 tie for first-place in the Big West Conference with a 17-1 record, and ad- 4. Georiga Tech (1) 0-0 604 vanced to the National Invitation Tournament where it lost to Hawai'i at home 5. Illinois (1) 0-0 598 85-74. 6. Syracuse 0-0 557 7. Connecticut 0-0 541 • The 86.2 percent winning percentage during the 2003-04 season was the 8. Oklahoma State (1) 0-0 511 best ever at Utah State, while the 25 wins tied for the third-most ever, and the 9. Kentucky 0-0 480 17 conference wins were the most ever. USU was ranked in the AP top-25 for 10. Michigan State 0-0 476 the first time since 1971 and remained in the top-25 for the final seven weeks 11. Arizona (1) 0-0 475 of the 2003-04 regular season. In fact, USU was ranked as high as 19th in the 12. Duke 0-0 403 country by the Associated Press on Feb. 9. 13. Louisville (1) 0-0 374 14. Mississippi State 0-0 365 • The 2003-04 Utah State team was the first eligible team since the NCAA 15. Texas 0-0 334 Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 to be ranked in the top-25 in the 16. Maryland 0-0 316 final regular season rankings (22nd in ESPN/Coaches Poll and T25th in AP Poll) 17. Pittsburgh 0-0 247 and be left out of the NCAA Tournament. 18. Alabama 0-0 224 19. North Carolina St. 0-0 218 • Head coach Stew Morrill is entering his seventh season with the Aggies and 20. Wisconsin 0-0 216 19th as a collegiate head coach. In his six years at USU, Morrill has a 143-46 21. Notre Dame 0-0 214 (.757) overall record, a 79-23 (.775) record in the Big West Conference, and an 22. Florida 0-0 160 11-3 (.786) record in the Big West Tournament. Overall, Morrill owns a 361-184 23. Memphis 0-0 131 (.662) record. Morrill is fourth all-time at USU in wins (143) and fifth all-time in 24. Washington 0-0 108 games coached (189). He also has the longest tenure at Utah State (entering 25. Stanford 0-0 64 seventh season) since the Rod Tueller era when he coached for nine seasons (1980-88). Since Tueller, Kohn Smith coached five seasons (1989-93), as did Larry Eustachy (1994-98).
• Utah State returns two players from last season who were honored by the Big West Conference in senior forward Spencer Nelson (Second-Team All-Big West, Big West Hustle Player of the Year) and junior forward Nate Harris (First- Team All-Big West, Big West Sixth Man of the Year). Nelson averaged 11.5 points and 7.8 rebounds to rank third in the league, while Harris averaged 11.7 points and 6.1 rebounds.
• Utah State also returns two academic all-Big West selections from a year ago in senior forwards John Neil and Spencer Nelson.
• Utah State lost five lettermen from last season, including first-team all-Big West selections Mark Brown and Cardell Butler, along with Mike Ahmad, Chad Evans and Quenton Harvey. Butler led USU in scoring and finished eighth in the league at 14.0 points per game, while Brown led the Big West in three- point shooting (.439) and assists (4.86), and averaged 9.6 points per game.
• Aggie players from the state of Utah include junior forward Nate Harris (Smithfield, Utah/Sky View HS), junior guard Chris Huber (Garland, Utah/Bear River HS), and freshman forward Tai Wesley (Provo, Utah/Provo HS).
Player Notes • Calvin Brown - Has played in 47 games in career at Utah State, trailing Spencer Nelson (88) and Nate Harris (62)... Averaged 0.4 points and 0.8 assists per game as a junior in 11 games.
• Nate Harris - Is the first Aggie ever to earn first-team all-Big West honors as a sophomore... Was also named the league’s Sixth Man of the Year as he averaged 11.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game... Shot 67.7 percent from the field to set a new single-season school record... Named the Big West Player of the Week three straight times and led USU with 19 double-figure scoring games... Averaged 28.0 minutes a game as a sophomore and led the team with 27 blocked shots. 4 • November 8, 2004 2004-05 Utah State Basketball
• Chris Huber - Averaged 3.9 points, 1.8 assists and 1.1 rebounds in 29 games as a sophomore... Shot 36.8 percent from the field, 33.8 percent from three-point Utah State Quick Facts range, and 65.4 percent from the free throw line. Location ...... Logan, Utah Founded ...... 1888 • Ian McVey - Played in 18 games as a junior and averaged 1.8 points and 1.7 Enrollment ...... 21,490 rebounds in 6.2 minutes per game. President ...... Kermit L. Hall Athletics Director ...... Randy Spetman • John Neil - Played in 26 games and started one as a junior last year... Aver- Nickname ...... Aggies aged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in 11.1 minutes per game... An academic all- Colors ...... Navy Blue & White Big West selection as a junior. Affiliation ...... Division I Conference ...... Big West • Spencer Nelson - Earned second-team all-Big West honors after averaging Arena ...... Dee Glen Smith Spectrum 11.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game... Finished third on the team in scoring Capacity...... 10,270 and was third in the league in rebounding... Shot 60.0 percent from the field, 47.6 percent from three-point range, and 73.9 percent from the free throw line... Named the Big West Hustle Player of the Year for the second consecutive Basketball Staff season, along with earning academic all-Big West honors for the second straight Head Coach ...... Stew Morrill year... Currently ranks 16th all-time at Utah State with 547 rebounds, while his 45 ...... Gonzaga, 1974 career blocked shots ranks ninth all-time... Ranks second all-time in career field- Career Record ...... 361-184 (18 yrs.) goal percentage (62.9). Record at USU ...... 143-46 (6 yrs.) Assistant Coaches ...... Don Verlin, • Jason Williams - Started 27 games for Utah State as a junior, averaging 6.7 ...... Tim Duryea and Dave Rice points and 2.2 rebounds... Shot 41.3 percent from the field, 36.2 percent from Office Phone ...... (435) 797-2060 three-point range, and 80.0 percent from the free throw line... Averaged 22.5 minutes per game. Media Relations Associate SID (MBB) ..... Doug Hoffman • Tyler Williams - Appeared in five games as a walk-on during his junior year Office ...... (435) 797-3714 and scored five points on 2-of-3 shooting from the field and 1-of-2 shooting from Fax ...... (435) 797-2615 three-point range. Cell ...... (435) 881-8011 Email ...... [email protected] Utah State Among The Best In The Country Press Row ...... (435) 797-1686 Over the last five years, Utah State has been one of the Affiliates for 2004-05 best basketball programs in Best Winning Percentage in the 2000s Team Won Lost Pct. the country, recording a 128- Aggie Radio Network 1. Duke 152 26 .854 33 (.795) record. Those 128 Logan ...... KVNU (610 AM) 2. Stanford 132 28 .825 wins are tied for the sixth-most Logan ...... KVFX (94.5 FM) 3. Gonzaga 133 32 .806 Salt Lake City ...... 98.3 FM in the country, while the 79.5 4. UTAH STATE 128 33 .795 Ogden/Salt Lake City ...... 106.3 FM percent winning percentage 5. Kansas 137 38 .783 is the fourth-best. USU has also 6. Oklahoma 131 37 .780 Bear Lake ...... 102.3 FM been among the top-13 7. Cincinnati 127 37 .774 Randolph ...... 105.5 FM teams in the country in points 8. Kentucky 128 39 .766 Utah County ...... 104.7 FM allowed in each of the last 9. Arizona 127 39 .765 five seasons, and among the 10.Syracuse 127 41 .756 Aggie Basketball top-35 teams in the country in On The Air winning percentage in each of those years as well. Every Utah State basketball game can be heard live on the Aggie Radio Aggies In The Big West Conference Network. Al Lewis serves as the play- Utah State has had unparal- by-play announcer, while Rod Tueller leled success in the Big West (former Aggie head coach and Conference over the last five Most Wins in the Big West in the 2000s Team Won Lost Pct. Athletics Director) will provide color years, winning three regular 1. UTAH STATE 71 15 .826 analysis at home. Games can also be season conference champi- 2. UC Irvine 54 32 .628 heard on the internet at onships, three tournament Santa Barbara 54 32 .628 www.UtahStateAggies.com. championships, and ad- 4. Pacific 49 37 .570 vancing to five straight 5. Long Beach St. 42 44 .488 postseason tournaments 6. Cal Poly 33 53 .384 Media Information (NCAA-3, NIT-2). Over the last Idaho 33 53 .384 All Utah State practices are closed to five years, USU leads the Big 8. *CS Northridge 26 28 .481 the media. For interviews with Aggie West in overall titles won with 9. CS Fullerton 23 63 .267 players or head coach Stew Morrill six, postseason appearances 10.*UC Riverside 17 37 .315 please contact Doug Hoffman at (435) with five, and all-conference * - Three years in the Big West Conference. 797-3714. No interviews will be granted selections with seven. USU on game days. has also dominated the conference’s post-season tournament with an amazing 11-2 record over the last five years. November 8, 2004 • 5 2004-05 Utah State Basketball
Big West Statistics Utah State Tradition •Over the past five years, Utah State has won three regular season Big (2003-2004) West championships and three tournament championships, with at least Final one of those titles in each of those year. Team •Utah State has advanced to five straight postseason appearances, All BWC which is a school record, going to the NCAA Tournament in 2000, 2001 Scoring ...... 3rd (69.3) ...... 4th (68.0) and 2003, and the National Invitation Tournament in 2002 and 2004. Scoring Defense ...... 1st (58.1) ...... 1st (55.5) Scoring Margin ...... 1st (+11.2) .... 1st (+12.5) •Over the last five years, Utah State has gone 11-2 (.846) in the Big West Field Goal % ...... 1st (.509) ...... 1st (.513) Conference tournament. Field Goal % Def...... 4th (.424) ...... 2nd (.401) Free Throw %...... 4th (.720) ...... 6th (.681) •The Aggies have won 20-plus games in each of the last five seasons, 3-Pt. Field Goal % ...... 1st (.401) ...... 2nd (.390) which is a school record. 3-Pt. Field Goal % Def...... 4th (.329) ...... 2nd (.312) Rebounding...... 6th (32.8) ...... 5th (32.6) •During the 2003-04 season, Utah State recorded the third-most wins in Rebound Margin ...... 1st (+6.5) ...... 2nd (+4.9) school history (25) and advanced to postseason play for the 22nd time. Assists ...... 1st (15.38) ..... 1st (14.72) Steals ...... 9th (5.28) ...... 10th (4.94) •Over the past five seasons, Utah State has gone 128-33 overall and 71-15 Blocks ...... 5th (2.93) ...... 3rd(2.94) in the Big West Conference. Those 128 wins are tied for the sixth-most in the country over that time period. Individual •The 1999-2000 team set a school record with 28 wins and went a perfect All BWC 19-0 in the Big West Conference, marking only the third time in league Scoring history a team has gone undefeated. Cardell Butler ...... 8th (14.0) ...... 9th (14.6) Nate Harris ...... NA ...... 12th (13.3) •The 2000-01 team tied the school record for wins (28) and recorded Utah Field-Goal Percentage State’s first NCAA Tournament win in 31 years with a 77-68 overtime victory Nate Harris ...... 1st (.677) ...... 1st (.712) against Ohio State. Cardell Butler ...... 9th (.485) ...... 10th (.472) Free-Throw Percentage •From 2000-2001, Utah State won 26-straight Big West games, which is the Cardell Butler ...... 2nd (.880) ..... 2nd (.867) third-longest winning streak in the history of the conference. Mark Brown ...... 9th (.769) ...... 9th (.782) Three-Point Field Goal Percentage •Over the last five years, Utah State has recorded five of the top six Mark Brown ...... 1st (.439) ...... 1st (.472) winningest seasons in school history. Cardell Butler ...... 2nd (.433) ..... 5th (.424) Rebounds •Over the past five years, Utah State has had one All-American selection, Spencer Nelson ...... 3rd (7.8) ...... 2nd (8.2) 10 First-Team all-Big West selections, 17 all-conference selections, and 19 Nate Harris ...... 10th (6.1) ...... 8th (6.8) Big West Player of the Week honorees, not to mention Coach Morrill being Assists named the league’s Coach of the Year on two separate occasions. Mark Brown ...... 1st (4.86) ...... 1st (4.61) Blocks Harris Named Sixth Man Of The Year In The Big West Nate Harris ...... 6th (0.93) ...... 4th (1.11) Assist-Turnover Ratio Conference Mark Brown ...... 3rd (1.64) ...... 8th (1.43) Nate Harris was named the Big West Conference Sixth Man of the Year and becomes the first Aggie in the four-year history of the award to win the honor. The award is voted on by the league's 10 coaches. To be eligible for Sixth Man of the Year honors, a player must start less than half NCAA Statistics of the team's games. The Big West Conference also announced two Final other Specialty Awards as Idaho's Rashaad Powell was named the De- Team fensive Player of the Year and Utah State's Spencer Nelson was named Field Goal Percentage ...... 3rd (50.9) the Hustle Player of the Year. Personal Fouls Committed Per Game .... 1st (14.3) Best Winning % In Country ...... 6th (.862) Nelson Named Hustle Player Of The Year In The Big West For Scoring Defense ...... 6th (58.1) Second Consecutive Season Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ...... 7th (.401) Spencer Nelson was named the Big West Conference Hustle Player of Scoring Margin ...... 14th (+11.2) the Year for the second consecutive season. Nelson shared the honor Rebounding Margin ...... 12th (+6.5) last year with UC Santa Barbara's Nick Jones. The award is voted on by Turnovers Per Game ...... 33rd (12.8) the league's 10 coaches.
Utah State Records 20 Wins For Fifth Straight Season Utah State has produced five straight 20-win seasons, extending its school record. The previous school record was three straight 20-win seasons from 1962-64. Overall, it is the 19th time in school history that USU has won 20- plus games. The 25 wins for USU this year are tied for the third-most in school history. 6 • November 8, 2004 2004-05 Utah State Basketball Utah State Picked High In Preseason Big West Polls After sharing the league title a year ago with a 17-1 conference record, Utah State's Preseason Big West Polls men's basketball team was picked to repeat as the league champions by the media, The Big West Conference held its but second by the coaches at the Big West Conference Media Day. Pacific, which annual basketball media day on shared the championship with USU last season, was the top choice of the league's coaches, garnering 79 points, including seven first-place votes. USU earned 74 points, Nov. 3, and Utah State was including three first place votes. Cal State Northridge, which defeated USU in the picked to finish in a tie for first- conference tournament before falling in the championship game, was picked third place along with Pacific by the with 64 points. The league's media poll listed Utah State and Pacific in a tie with 176 media and second by the points. Pacific received nine first place votes, while the Aggies were the top choice of league’s coaches. eight media members. Cal State Northridge picked up the other two first-place votes and finished with 147 points for third in the poll. Preseason Coaches Poll Nelson And Harris Named To The Preseason All-Conference Team 1. Pacific (7) ...... 79 Senior forward Spencer Nelson and junior forward Nate Harris were among six players 2. UTAH STATE (3) ...... 74 to garner preseason all-conference honors in the Big West Conference as voted on 3. CS Northridge (1) ...... 64 by the media at the annual Big West Basketball Media Day on Nov. 3. Harris was a 4. UC Santa Barbara...... 59 first-team all-Big West selection last year as a sophomore as he averaged 11.7 points 5. Idaho ...... 42 and 6.1 rebounds per game. Nelson earned second-team all-league honors last year 6. CS Fullerton ...... 40 averaging 11.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. Harris was also named the league’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2004, while Nelson won the Hustle Player of the Year for the 7. UC Irvine ...... 36 second consecutive season last year. Joining Nelson and Harris on the preseason all- 8. Cal Poly ...... 23 league team is Ian Boylan (CS Northridge), Bobby Brown (CS Fullerton), Christian 9. Long Beach State ...... 18 Maraker (Pacific), and Guillaume Yango (Pacific). It is the third straight year that a 10.UC Riverside...... 15 preseason all-conference team has been voted on by the media. Preseason Media Poll Four Aggies Earn All-Conference Honors 1. Pacific (9) ...... 176 For the first time in school history, Utah State had three players earn first-team all-Big West honors, while a fourth player earned second-team all-league honors. Seniors UTAH STATE (8) ...... 176 Mark Brown and Cardell Butler, and sophomore Nate Harris all earned first-team all-Big 3. CS Northridge (2) ...... 147 West honors, while junior Spencer Nelson was named to the league's second team. 4. UC Santa Barbara...... 127 The all-conference teams are voted on by the league's 10 coaches. Utah State's 5. CS Fullerton ...... 98 three first-team all-league honors are the most by a Big West school since UNLV had 6. Idaho ...... 86 four players earn first-team honors following the 1990-91 season. Overall, it is only the 7. UC Irvine ...... 80 sixth time in Big West history that a team had at least three players earn first-team 8. Cal Poly ...... 59 honors joining Long Beach State (1971, '74, '75) and UNLV (1987, '91). Harris is also the first Utah State player ever to earn first-team all-league honors as a sophomore and 9. Long Beach State ...... 49 only the ninth player in the history of the Big West Conference to accomplish that feat. 10.UC Riverside...... 47 Other sophomores to earn first-team all-league honors include John Tschogl of UC Santa Barbara (1970), Ed Ratleff of Long Beach State (1971), Greg Bunch of Cal State Fullerton (1976), Ron Cornelius of Pacific (1979), Leon Wood of Cal State Fullerton (1982), Rick Berry of San Jose State (1986), Ralphy Holmes of Cal State Fullerton (2003), and In The Big West Nate Harris of Utah State and Christian Maraker of Pacific this year. Utah State has Since the 1994 season, Utah now had at least two first-team all-league players in four of the last five seasons and at State has dominated the Big least one first-team all-conference selection for the fifth straight year. The four players West Conference as the Aggies selected to either the first or second team this year is the most ever at USU. USU's four have the most conference and selections to either the first, second or honorable mention teams, were tied with Pa- overall wins by any team in the cific for the most in the league, as the Tigers had two first team all-league picks in league. Christian Maraker and Miah Davis, who was also named the Big West Player of the Year, while David Doubley and Tyler Newton both earned honorable mention honors. Mark Brown, a 5-10 senior point guard from Tucson, Ariz., is averaging 9.5 points and Conference Record leads the Big West Conference in assists (4.86) and three-point field goal percentage 1. UTAH STATE ...... 128-42 (43.4). Brown earned honorable mention all-league honors following his junior season 2. Pacific ...... 104-66 along with being named to the league's all-tournament team. Cardell Butler, a 6-4 3. UC Santa Barbara..... 93-77 senior guard/forward from San Francisco, Calif., leads the team in scoring at 14.0 points per game, which ranks seventh in the league. Butler also ranks second in the Big West 4. Long Beach State ..... 90-80 Conference in three-point field goal percentage (43.2) and free throw shooting (87.7), 5. UC Irvine ...... 80-90 and seventh in field goal percentage (48.2). Butler was also named to the Big West 6. CS Fullerton ...... 52-118 all-tournament team in 2003. Nate Harris, a 6-7 sophomore forward from Smithfield, Utah ranks second on the team in scoring (11.9) and rebounding (6.3) and leads the Overall Wins league in field goal percentage (68.4). Harris also ranks seventh in the league in re- 1. UTAH STATE ...... 227 bounding and blocked shots (0.93), and earned all-freshman team honors last year. 2. Pacific ...... 173 Spencer Nelson, a 6-8 junior forward from Pocatello, Idaho leads the team in rebound- ing (7.7) and is third in scoring (11.0). He ranks second in the Big West in rebounding 3. Long Beach State ...... 139 and is shooting 59.9 percent from the field this year. Nelson earned honorable men- 4. UC Santa Barbara...... 138 tion all-league honors as a sophomore and was also named the co-Hustle Player of 5. UC Irvine ...... 135 the Year in the league last year. 6. CS Fullerton ...... 90 November 8, 2004 • 7 2004-05 Utah State Basketball Head Coach Stew Morrill Stew Morrill (Gonzaga, 1974) is in his seventh Did You Know? season at the helm of the Utah State men’s aStew Morrill is the third-winningest coach in the basketball program after posting five straight history of the Big West Conference with a .757 20-win seasons and guiding the Aggies to five winning percentage in all games and a .775 win- straight postseason appearances. In his six ning percentage in conference games. Morrill years at USU, he had an incredible 143-46 trails Lute Olsen (Long Beach State, 1974) who record, which is the best record by any coach went 24-2 (.923) overall and 12-0 (1.000) in league at Utah State during that time span. Over the play, and Jerrry Tarkanian (LBSU, 1970-73 & UNLV past five years, Morrill has coached seven first- (1983-92) who went 405-58 (.875) overall and 205- team all-league players in Shawn Daniels 17 (.923) in league play. (twice), Troy Rolle, Bernard Rock, Tony Brown, Desmond Penigar (twice), Mark Brown and aStew Morrill’s 361 career wins ranks third among Cardell Butler. In his first six years at USU, he active Big West coaches, trailing Pat Douglass has had over an 80 percent graduation rate. He has been involved in of UC Irvine (471) and John Masi of UC Riverside postseason action eight times in his career, including the NCAA Tourna- (442). ment at Utah State in 2000, 2001 and 2003, and the National Invitation Tournament in 2002 and 2004. He has been named Coach of the Year aStew Morrill is the 35th winningest active coach three times, winning the award in 1991 at Montana, and in 2000 and 2002 in the country with his 66.2 winning percentage at Utah State. He is only the third coach in the history of the Big West and his 361 wins are 37th most among active Conference to go undefeated in the league, as he led the 1999-2000 squad coaches. to a perfect 19-0 league record, joining Lou Henson and Jerry Tarkanian. Prior to coming to Utah State, Morrill had been the head coach at Colo- aStew Morrill’s 11 wins in the Big West Confer- rado State University for seven seasons, recording a 121-86 record (1992- ence tournament is the most in Utah State his- 98). Prior to his stint at CSU, Morrill spent five seasons as the head coach at tory and the sixth-most in Big West history. the University of Montana (1987-91), where he went 97-52. During his 18 years as a head coach, Morrill’s teams have won at least 20 games nine Stew Morrill has recorded at least 20 wins in a times and have won at least 17 games in 15 of his 18 seasons as a head a season nine times in his 18 year career and five coach. He was the second winningest coach at Colorado State behind years in a row at Utah State. He has won at least only Boyd Grant. 17 games in 15 of his 18 seasons. Morrill Year-by-Year Coaching Record aStew Morrill has been named conference Year School Overall Pct. Conf. Place coach of the year three times during his career, 1987 Montana 18-11 .621 8-6 3rd winning the award in 1991 while at Montana, and 1988 Montana 18-11 .621 7-9 t6th in 2000 and 2002 while at Utah State. 1989 Montana 20-11 .645 11-5 3rd 1990 Montana 18-11 .621 10-6 3rd aStew Morrill’s 143 wins in his first six years at Utah 1991 Montana 23-8 .742 13-3 1st State are the most ever by an Aggie coach in 1992 Colorado State 14-17 .451 8-8 6th his first six seasons, and are the fourth-most in Utah 1993 Colorado State 17-12 .586 9-9 5th State history.. 1994 Colorado State 15-13 .536 8-10 5th 1995 Colorado State 17-14 .548 7-11 t7th 1996 Colorado State 18-12 .600 11-7 4th 1997 Colorado State 20-9 .689 10-6 4th Luncheon Schedule 1998 Colorado State 20-9 .689 8-6 4th Utah State will host a media luncheon each 1999 Utah State 15-13 .536 8-8 4th week during the season beginning at 11:45 a.m. 2000 Utah State 28-6 .824 16-0 1st at The Copper Mill. The following is the weekly 2001 Utah State 28-6 .824 13-3 2nd schedule: 2002 Utah State 23-8 .742 13-5 1st 2003 Utah State 24-9 .727 12-6 3rd •Tuesday, December 7 2004 Utah State 25-4 .862 17-1 T1st •Tuesday, December 14 2005 Utah State 0-0 .000 0-0 ---- •Tuesday, December 21 Totals 18th Year 361-184 .662 189-109 .634 •Wednesday, December 29 •Tuesday, January 4 Years School Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. •Tuesday, January 11 87-91 Montana 97-52 .651 49-29 .628 •Tuesday, January 18 92-98 Colorado State 121-86 .585 61-57 .517 •Tuesday, January 25 99- Utah State 143-46 .757 79-23 .775 •Tuesday, February 1 Totals 18th Year 361-184 .662 189-109 .634 •Tuesday, February 8 •Tuesday, February 15 •Tuesday, February 22 •Tuesday, March 1
8 • November 8, 2004 2004-05 Utah State Basketball 2003-04 Overall Statistics 25-4 Overall (Home 15-1, Away 10-2, Neutral 0-1) Player G/GS FG/FGA FG% 3FG/FGA 3FG% FT/FTA FT% PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG PF/D AST TO BLK STL MIN-AVG Cardell Butler 29/29 143/295 .485 55/127 .433 66/75 .880 407 14.0 24 64 88 3.0 47/0 59 42 7 30 873-30.1 Nate Harris 29/15 134/198 .677 3/3 1.000 67/99 .677 338 11.7 50 127 177 6.1 53/0 48 34 27 22 813-28.0 Spencer Nelson 27/25 99/165 .600 10/21 .476 102/138 .739 310 11.5 64 146 210 7.8 78/3 75 69 17 28 706-26.1 Mark Brown 29/29 86/198 .434 36/82 .439 70/91 .769 278 9.6 19 52 71 2.4 31/0 141 86 0 31 913-31.5 Mike Ahmad 29/17 78/136 .574 0/0 .000 37/65 .569 193 6.7 52 63 115 4.0 51/0 10 32 20 6 568-19.6 Jason Williams 29/27 66/160 .413 25/69 .362 36/45 .800 193 6.7 21 43 64 2.2 33/0 19 27 6 11 652-22.5 Chris Huber 29/1 35/95 .368 25/74 .338 17/26 .654 112 3.9 4 29 33 1.1 38/0 52 28 1 10 519-17.9 John Neil 26/1 31/66 .470 2/9 .222 3/5 .600 67 2.6 13 20 33 1.3 29/0 15 13 0 4 289-11.1 Ian McVey 18/0 12/18 .667 0/0 .000 8/12 .667 32 1.8 9 21 30 1.7 26/0 1 12 6 1 111-6.2 Quenton Harvey 22/0 13/39 .333 11/32 .344 2/3 .667 39 1.8 2 15 17 0.8 13/0 14 9 0 5 167-7.6 Chad Evans 24/1 10/19 .526 0/0 .000 11/23 .478 31 1.3 13 17 30 1.3 15/0 3 12 0 5 174-7.3 Tyler Williams 5/0 2/3 .667 1/2 .500 0/0 .000 5 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0/0 0 2 0 0 6-1.2 Calvin Brown 11/0 2/5 .400 0/0 .000 0/0 .000 4 0.4 0 1 1 0.1 1/0 9 3 1 0 34-3.1 Team 35 48 83 2.9 1 1 UTAH STATE 29 711/1397 .509 168/419 .401 419/582 .720 2009 69.3 306 646 952 32.8 416/3 446 370 85 153 5825 Opponents 29 748/1529 .424 164/498 .329 224/329 .681 1684 58.1 286 478 764 26.3 520 332 337 75 176 5825 2003-04 Conference Statistics 17-1 Overall (Home 9-0, Away 8-1) Player G/GS FG/FGA FG% 3FG/FGA 3FG% FT/FTA FT% PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG PF/D AST TO BLK STL MIN-AVG Cardell Butler 18/18 92/165 .472 39/92 .424 39/45 .867 262 14.6 13 43 56 3.1 21/0 41 21 5 17 550-30.6 Nate Harris 18/12 94/132 .712 2/2 1.000 50/75 .667 240 13.3 39 83 122 6.8 38/0 31 23 20 15 536-29.8 Mark Brown 18/18 59/128 .461 25/53 .472 43/55 .782 186 10.3 11 32 43 2.4 23/0 83 58 0 14 578-32.1 Spencer Nelson 16/14 50/83 .602 6/12 .500 50/73 .685 156 9.8 33 99 132 8.3 42/2 35 43 11 17 423-26.4 Jason Williams 18/18 39/97 .402 14/43 .326 23/32 .8719 115 6.4 14 24 38 2.1 24/0 13 17 3 6 406-22.6 Mike Ahmad 18/9 47/76 .618 0/0 .000 13/32 .406 107 5.9 35 39 74 4.1 33/0 4 15 12 3 347-19.3 Chris Huber 18/0 22/64 .344 17/50 .340 12/19 .632 73 4.1 3 16 19 1.1 16/0 35 16 1 6 326-18.1 John Neil 18/0 20/42 .476 1/5 .200 2/3 .667 43 2.4 7 13 20 1.1 23/0 10 9 0 4 211-11.7 Ian McVey 10/0 6/8 .750 0/0 .000 4/7 .571 16 1.6 2 11 13 1.3 16/0 0 4 1 1 54-5.4 Chad Evans 15/1 5/12 .417 0/0 .000 5/12 .417 15 1.0 6 9 15 1.0 10/0 3 6 0 3 97-6.5 Tyler Williams 3/0 1/2 .500 0/1 .000 0/0 .000 2 0.7 0 0 0 0.0 0/0 0 2 0 0 3-1.0 Calvin Brown 7/0 2/3 .667 0/0 .000 0/0 .000 4 0.6 0 0 0 0.0 1/0 2 1 0 0 16-2.3 Quenton Harvey 13/0 2/14 .143 1/11 .091 0/1 .000 5 0.4 1 5 6 0.5 8/0 8 5 0 3 78-6.0 Team 19 30 49 2.7 1 UTAH STATE 18 439/856 .513 105/269 .390 241/354 .681 1224 68.0 183 404 587 32.6 255/2 265 221 53 89 3625 Opponents 18 385/960 .401 99/317 .312 130/190 .684 999 55.5 198 300 498 27.7 317 195 201 43 99 3625
2003-04 Game-By Game Results
Date Opponent W/L Score Att. High Scorer High Rebounder Nov. 21 FORT LEWIS COLLEGE W 86-54 6805 Nelson, 16 McVey, 11 Nov. 25 at Weber State W 66-60 8086 Nelson, 13 Harris, 9 Nov. 29 ILLINOIS STATE W 89-84 6184 M. Brown, 20 Nelson, 7 Dec. 3 at Utah L 45-56 11,307 Nelson, 11 Nelson, 6 Dec. 13 at Idaho State W 73-62 2544 Butler, 27 Harris, 12 Dec. 18 JACKSON STATE W 67-42 6008 Butler, 19 M. Brown, 6 Dec. 23 BRIGHAM YOUNG W 76-74 10,270 Butler/Nelson, 19 Nelson, 7 Dec. 29 SAN FRANCISCO W 74-48 6806 Nelson, 20 Nelson, 6 Dec. 30 NEW MEXICO STATE W 73-57 7122 Ahmad, 20 Nelson, 9 Jan. 3 IDAHO* W 69-56 6763 Butler, 28 Nelson, 12 Jan. 8 at UC Santa Barbara* W 74-67 4279 Butler, 18 Harris/Nelson, 6 Jan. 10 at Cal Poly* W 69-63 3032 Ahmad, 16 Nelson, 13 Jan. 15 PACIFIC* W 66-51 8717 Harris, 15 Nelson, 10 Jan. 17 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE* W 83-57 8401 Butler, 18 Harris, 7 Jan. 22 at Cal State Fullerton* W 57-49 1174 Harris, 22 Ahmad, 7 Jan. 24 at UC Riverside* W 62-58 2493 Harris, 25 Harris, 9 Jan. 29 UC IRVINE* W 57-48 9037 Butler, 22 Nelson, 11 Jan. 31 LONG BEACH STATE* W 84-46 10,381 Harris, 26 Harris, 11 Feb. 5 CAL POLY* W 57-43 9427 M. Brown, 14 Nelson, 13 Feb. 7 UC SANTA BARBARA* W 63-54 10,270 Butler, 19 Harris, 10 Feb. 12 at Cal State Northridge* W 69-47 1411 M. Brown, 25 Harris, 13 Feb. 14 at Pacific* L 60-64 5166 Butler, 16 Nelson, 8 Feb. 19 UC RIVERSIDE* W (ot) 77-72 10,009 Nelson, 15 Nelson, 10 Feb. 21 CAL STATE FULLERTON* W 87-61 10,270 Butler, 31 Harris, 6 Feb. 26 at Long Beach State* W 67-47 1812 Butler, 23 Ahmad, 7 Feb. 28 at UC Irvine* W 59-56 4210 M. Brown, 17 Harris, 5 Mar. 5 at Idaho* W 64-60 5676 Harris, 13 Harris, 7 Mar. 12 vs. Cal State Northridge (BWT) L 62-63 5548 Nelson, 19 Butler, 7 Mar. 17 HAWAI’I (NIT L 74-85 8976 Nelson, 24 Nelson, 11 November 8, 2004 • 9 2004-05 Utah State Basketball 2003-04 Utah State Game-By-Game Statistics (USU/Opponent) Opp. FG Pct. 3FG Pct. FT Pct. Reb. Ast. TO Blk. Stl. Scoring (1-2-Tot.) Ft. Lewis 32-53 (.604)/21-66 (.318) 7-13 (.538)/8-19 (.421) 15-16 (.938)/ 4-9 (.444) 46-23 21-12 15-9 9-2 1-7 55-31-86/28-26-54 WSU 18-40 (.450)/22-52 (.423) 5-11 (.455)/3-16 (.188) 25-29 (.862)/13-22 (.591) 38-24 10-10 16-5 4-0 2-5 27-39-66/24-36-60 Ill. St. 30-45 (.667)/31-53 (.585) 6-9 (.667)/7-17 (.412) 23-30 (.767)/15-19 (.789) 27-19 19-10 12-8 1-3 3-8 30-59-89/31-53-84 Utah 18-49 (.367)/22-47 (.468) 2-9 (.222)/4-10 (.400) 7-13 (.538)/ 8-13 (.615) 29-33 7-11 12-14 3-2 8-6 16-29-45/35-21-56 Id. St. 26-56 (.464)/24-58 (.414) 6-18 (.333)/7-17 (.412) 15-18 (.833)/ 7-10 (.700) 40-26 16-15 15-14 4-7 10-9 32-41-73/28-34-62 JSU 22-51 (.431)/15-48 (.313) 7-20 (.350)/5-19 (.263) 16-23 (.696)/ 7-9 (.778) 39-29 15-6 14-20 2-3 11-7 32-35-67/18-24-42 BYU 26-50 (.520)/31-50 (.620) 8-14 (.571)/5-15 (.333) 16-20 (.800)/ 7-16 (.438) 30-21 18-16 15-12 1-5 8-9 51-25-76/25-49/74 USF 29-52 (.558)/20-52 (.385) 6-17 (.353)/4-20 (.200) 10-17 (.588)/ 4-8 (.500) 30-29 21-13 9-17 2-3 5-5 38-36-74/19-29-48 NMSU 25-41 (.610)/22-49 (.449) 3-8 (.375)/7-20 (.350) 20-25 (.800)/ 6-7 (.857) 29-15 23-16 12-11 0-2 6-8 40-33-73/27-30-57 Idaho 27-49 (.551)/22-56 (.393) 7-14 (.500)/5-20 (.250) 8-16 (.500)/ 7-13 (.538) 37-26 17-6 14-10 3-0 3-7 36-33-69/27-29-56 UCSB 30-53 (.566)/26-50 (.520) 7-16 (.438)/8-16 (.500) 7-11 (.636)/ 7-8 (.875) 22-29 13-9 8-14 2-3 6-1 35-39-74/36-31-67 CP 27-48 (.563)/27-62 (.435) 4-15 (.267)/7-23 (.304) 11-17 (.647)/ 2-2 (1.00) 33-27 18-17 16-10 5-3 4-6 32-37-69/31-32-63 UOP 24-44 (.545)/16-55 (.291) 3-11 (.273)/4-18 (.222) 15-20 (.750)/15-24 (.625) 34-32 14-8 16-12 5-1 5-6 33-33-66/17-34-51 CSN 31-63 (.492)/20-54 (.370) 3-14 (.214)/3-15 (.200) 18-28 (.643)/14-24 (.583) 49-28 23-8 10-9 4-2 4-8 43-40-83/19-38-57 CSF 21-42 (.500)/18-45 (.400) 6-17 (.353)/7-19 (.368) 9-14 (.643)/ 6-8 (.750) 24-29 15-10 13-13 0-2 2-6 29-28-57/32-17-49 UCR 23-47 (.489)/23-55 (.418) 4-8 (.500)/7-19 (.368) 12-18 (.667)/ 5-7 (.714) 35-28 16-12 14-11 3-4 6-5 28-34-62/27-31-58 UCI 19-55 (.345)/19-50 (.380) 7-19 (.368)/2-12 (.167) 12-14 (.857)/ 8-15 (.533) 34-39 13-10 8-15 5-3 9-3 22-35-57/22-26-48 LBSU 28-57 (.491)/17-50 (.340) 7-19 (.368)/3-16 (.188) 21-29 (.724)/ 9-10 (.900) 45-20 16-12 7-11 1-1 7-2 39-45-84/27-19-46 CP 20-43 (.465)/19-52 (.365) 5-19 (.263)/1-12 (.083) 12-21 (.571)/ 4-6 (.667) 39-21 16-10 15-7 1-1 4-12 30-27-57/24-19-43 UCSB 19-43 (.442)/20-53 (.377) 9-24 (.375)/6-19 (.316) 16-21 (.762)/ 8-10 (.800) 33-31 14-11 15-11 7-2 4-5 28-35-63/30-24-54 CSN 26-41 (.634)/17-52 (.327) 5-11 (.455)/4-13 (.308) 12-15 (.800)/ 9-12 (.750) 36-16 14-8 26-15 4-3 9-16 35-34-69/18-29-47 UOP 22-49 (.449)/23-48 (.479)10-19 (.526)/5-12 (.417) 6-13 (.462)/13-15 (.867) 27-29 13-9 6-4 1-5 2-2 37-23-60/29-35-64 UCR 26-50 (.520)/29-55 (.527) 1-8 (.125)/8-22 (.364) 24-39 (.615)/ 6-8 (.750) 32-27 14-11 8-12 2-2 4-4 33-29-77/28-34-72 CSF 32-47 (.681)/24-63 (.381)13-18 (.722)/9-26 (.346) 10-20 (.500)/ 4-5 (.800) 26-33 23-15 6-10 3-1 6-2 43-44-87/27-34-61 LBSU 24-47 (.511)/20-58 (.345) 4-13 (.308)/5-19 (.263) 15-17 (.882)/ 2-6 (.333) 34-29 9-15 13-12 4-3 3-3 29-38-67/23-24-47 UCI 18-34 (.529)/22-49 (.449) 5-12 (.417)/7-19 (.368) 18-25 (.720)/ 5-8 (.625) 20-28 6-12 11-11 1-2 3-3 25-34-59/22-34-56 Idaho 22-44 (.500)/23-53 (.434) 5-12 (.417)/8-18 (.444) 15-16 (.938)/ 6-9 (.667) 27-26 11-12 15-14 2-5 8-8 31-33-64/34-26-60 CSN 21-49 (.429)/21-39 (.538) 6-14 (.429)/7-15 (.467) 14-15 (.933)/14-15 (.933) 29-18 14-6 16-14 3-1 4-6 28-34-62/34-29-63 Hawai’i 25-55 (.455)/34-55 (.618) 7-17 (.412)/8-13 (.615) 17-22 (.773)/ 9-11 (.818) 28-28 17-22 13-12 3-4 6-7 32-42-74/43-42-85 2003-04 Utah State Individual Points-Rebounds-Assists #42 #21 #20 #15 #44 #4 #2 #23 #31 #25 #32 #30 #24 Opponent Ahmad C. Brown M. Brown Butler Evans Harris Harvey Huber McVey Neil Nelson J. Williams T. Williams Ft. Lewis 3-5-0 0-1-3 8-1-4 12-2-1 4-3-0 10-5-3 11-3-0 0-1-1 5-11-1 11-2-3 16-5-4 6-2-1 0-0-0 at Weber St. 7-2-0 DNP 11-2-2 6-5-2 3-1-0 12-9-1 0-0-1 7-2-2 2-1-0 0-0-0 13-8-1 5-5-1 DNP Illinois St. 9-4-1 DNP 20-2-13 14-0-1 0-1-0 11-4-0 3-0-0 8-1-1 DNP 0-0-0 13-7-2 11-2-1 DNP at Utah 9-4-0 DNP 0-3-1 6-5-2 0-1-0 2-3-2 0-0-1 6-3-1 2-1-0 DNP 11-6-0 9-2-0 DNP at Idaho St. 14-3-2 DNP 10-3-5 27-3-0 0-2-0 8-12-3 2-0-0 5-2-2 0-1-0 DNP 5-9-4 2-1-0 DNP Jackson St. 3-5-0 0-0-2 3-6-3 19-4-1 0-2-0 15-3-0 9-3-0 0-1-4 5-3-0 2-2-1 3-5-3 8-3-1 DNP BYU 5-3-0 DNP 10-4-7 19-2-1 0-0-0 11-6-3 3-3-2 6-0-1 0-0-0 DNP 19-7-4 3-1-0 DNP San Francisco 0-5-2 0-0-2 6-1-6 8-2-3 7-3-0 8-5-1 6-2-1 5-1-0 2-0-0 2-2-1 20-6-4 7-2-1 3-0-0 New Mexico St. 20-3-1 0-0-0 4-2-6 9-1-1 2-2-0 10-3-0 0-0-1 2-1-3 0-0-0 7-3-0 11-9-10 8-3-1 DNP *Idaho 6-5-0 0-0-0 6-3-6 28-2-1 0-1-0 17-6-2 0-0-1 3-3-5 0-0-0 2-2-0 3-12-0 4-1-2 DNP *at UCSB 9-3-0 DNP 5-2-1 18-2-2 0-0-0 6-6-2 0-0-0 5-1-2 DNP 6-0-1 15-6-4 10-2-1 DNP *at Cal Poly 16-6-1 DNP 14-1-4 7-4-6 2-1-0 6-2-1 0-1-0 2-1-1 DNP 0-1-0 15-13-4 7-1-1 DNP *Pacific 6-5-0 0-0-0 8-2-3 10-3-6 0-0-0 15-7-0 0-0-0 7-1-0 0-0-0 4-1-1 9-10-3 7-1-1 0-0-0 *CS Northridge 8-5-1 0-0-1 5-4-8 18-5-3 6-4-0 9-7-1 0-2-2 3-1-1 4-4-0 6-2-2 9-5-4 15-6-0 DNP *at CS Fullerton 5-7-1 DNP 5-3-5 5-3-5 2-0-1 22-6-0 0-0-0 9-2-2 2-0-0 2-0-0 DNP 5-1-1 DNP *at UC Riverside 9-8-0 DNP 7-5-4 8-4-3 2-2-0 25-9-2 0-0-1 5-2-6 DNP 0-0-0 DNP 6-3-0 DNP *UC Irvine 2-3-0 DNP 8-0-4 22-4-0 0-0-1 12-5-2 DNP 5-2-3 DNP 0-2-0 8-11-3 0-0-0 DNP *Long Beach St. 4-1-0 2-0-1 13-2-6 6-1-0 1-3-1 26-11-1 3-2-1 5-1-4 2-3-0 7-6-1 7-7-1 8-3-0 0-0-0 *Cal Poly 2-5-0 DNP 14-2-5 9-2-5 DNP 13-7-2 DNP 6-0-2 DNP 0-1-0 10-13-1 3-7-1 DNP *UCSB 0-0-0 DNP 11-3-7 19-5-0 0-0-0 11-10-2 0-0-1 3-0-1 DNP 0-0-0 9-8-3 10-3-0 DNP *at CS Northridge 2-5-0 0-0-0 25-1-3 8-2-2 0-0-0 14-13-1 2-0-1 2-0-1 0-0-0 2-1-0 9-11-3 5-1-3 DNP *at Pacific 10-4-0 DNP 9-5-4 16-2-2 DNP 11-7-3 0-0-0 0-0-1 DNP 1-0-0 6-8-2 7-1-1 DNP *UC Riverside 7-2-0 DNP 13-2-5 14-2-2 0-1-0 13-6-1 DNP 6-2-4 0-1-0 3-0-1 15-10-1 6-3-0 DNP *CS Fullerton 2-3-0 0-0-0 10-1-9 31-2-2 2-2-0 9-6-8 0-1-0 3-1-1 0-1-0 6-2-1 10-5-2 12-1-0 2-0-0 *at Long Beach St. 7-7-0 2-0-0 9-0-4 23-6-1 0-1-0 6-2-2 0-0-1 0-1-0 7-4-0 2-2-0 5-6-1 6-3-0 DNP *at UC Irvine 2-1-1 DNP 17-4-1 8-4-0 0-0-0 12-5-0 DNP 1-1-1 1-0-0 0-0-1 14-3-2 4-0-0 DNP *at Idaho 10-4-0 DNP 7-3-4 12-3-1 DNP 13-7-1 DNP 8-0-0 DNP 2-0-2 12-4-1 0-1-2 DNP vs. CS Northridge 5-3-0 DNP 9-1-6 10-7-3 DNP 6-3-3 DNP 0-1-0 DNP 2-2-0 19-5-2 11-3-0 DNP Hawai’i 11-4-0 DNP 11-3-5 15-1-3 DNP 5-2-1 DNP 0-1-2 DNP 0-2-0 24-11-6 8-2-0 DNP
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2003-2004 Utah State University Basketball Trends
Overall Record ...... 25-4 Utah State’s Points Scored/Allowed Summary When the Aggies...... they are Record When Scoring Record When Allowing Play day games ...... 1-0 0-1 40-49 8-0 Play night games ...... 24-4 4-0 50-59 8-1 10-2 60-69 6-2 Lead at halftime ...... 19-1 6-1 70-79 2-0 Trail at halftime ...... 5-3 5-0 80-89 1-1 Are tied at halftime ...... 1-0 0-0 90-99 0-0 0-0 100+ 0-0 Shoot better from the field than opponent ...... 22-0 Shoot worse from the field than opponent ...... 3-4 Utah State’s Record When the Margin is... Shoot the same from the field as opponent ...... 0-0 1 (pt.) 23456 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 Shoot better from three-point range than opponent ...... 19-1 Shoot worse from three-point range than opponent ...... 6-3 7 8 9 10-15 16-20 20+ Shoot the same from three-point range as opponent ...... 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 4-2 1-0 8-0
Shoot better from line than opponent ...... 13-0 Utah State’s Record by Month Shoot worse from the line than opponent ...... 12-3 Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March Shoot the same from the line as opponent...... 0-1 3-0 5-1 9-0 7-1 1-2
Outrebound opponent ...... 20-1 Utah State’s Record by Day of the Week Are outrebounded by opponent ...... 5-2 Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Are even in rebounds with opponent ...... 0-1 0-0 1-0 3-0 0-2 9-0 2-1 10-1
Have more offensive rebounds than opponent ...... 12-4 2003-04 Starters/Non-Starters Have fewer offensive rebounds than opponent ...... 11-0 Production Summary Have the same number of offensive rebounds ...... 2-0 Starters Bench Have more defensive rebounds than opponents ...... 20-0 Total/% Team Total/% Team Have fewer defensive rebounds than opponents ...... 4-3 Minutes 3957/68% 1868/32% Have the same number of defensive rebounds ...... 1-1 Points 1526/76% 483/24% Rebounds 610/64% 259/27% Commit fewer fouls than opponent ...... 21-2 Commit more fouls than opponent ...... 3-2 2003-04 Miscellaneous Statistics Commit same number of fouls ...... 1-0 Double Double Have more assists than opponent ...... 21-2 Figure 20-Pt. Figure Double Have fewer assists than opponent ...... 3-2 Games Scoring Games Reb(Ast) Doubles Have same number of assists ...... 1-0 2 Harvey 22 1 0 0 0 4 Harris 29 19 3 4 3 Commit fewer turnovers than opponent ...... 7-1 15 Bulter 29 18 5 0 0 Commit more turnovers than opponent ...... 16-3 20 M. Brown 29 13 2 (1) 1 Commit the same number of turnovers...... 2-0 21 C. Brown 11 0 0 0 0 23 Huber 29 0 0 0 0 Block more shots than opponent ...... 11-2 24 T. Williams 50 00 0 Block fewer shots than opponent...... 11-2 25 Neil 26 1 0 0 0 Block the same number of shots ...... 3-0 30 J. Williams 296000 31 McVey 180010 Have more steals than opponent ...... 7-1 32 Nelson 27 16 2 8 (1) 5 Have fewer steals than opponent ...... 13-2 42 Ahmad 29 6 1 0 0 Have same number of steals ...... 5-1 44 Evans 24 0 0 0 0
Starting frontline outscore the opponent’s...... 16-3 2003-04 Scoring Average by Halves Starting frontline is outscored by the opponent’s...... 9-1 Starting frontlines scores same amount ...... 0-0 1st Half 2nd Half OT Total Utah State 33.4 35.3 15.0 69.3 Starting backcourt outscore the opponent’s ...... 19-0 Opponents 27.1 30.7 10.0 58.1 Starting backcourt is outscored by the opponent’s ...... 6-4 Starting backcourts scores same amount ...... 0-0 Starting Lineups Butler, Nelson, Harris, M. Brown, Huber 1-0 Bench outscores the opponent’s ...... 16-1 Neil, Nelson, Ahmad, Butler, M. Brown 1-0 Bench is outscored by the opponent’s...... 8-3 J. Williams, Nelson, Ahmad, Butler, M. Brown 11-1 Bench scores same amount...... 1-0 J. Williams, Harris, Ahmad, Butler, M. Brown 3-0 J. Williams, Nelson, Harris, Butler, M. Brown 8-3 J. Williams, Evans, Ahmad, Butler, M. Brown 1-0
November 8, 2004 • 11 2004-05 Utah State Basketball Exhibition Game 1 Nov. 6, 2004•Dee Glen Smith Spectrum•Logan, Utah
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