The 1977·78 Aggies
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1977·78 Schedule 1976·77 Results E ( Won 15 Lost 12 Day Date Opponent Site Time" Mon. Nov. 28 Colorado State Spectrum 7:30 Home: 12-3 Road: 3-9 Th. Dec. 1 Fresno State Spectrum 7:30 ~fl Sat. Dec. 3 Midwestern Spectrum 7:30 1 1 · I 1 USU Opponent Site Crowd Wed. Dec . 7 Wisconsin·Parkside Spectrum 7:30 58 Colorado State ................ 57 Spectrum..... .. ... .. .. 8,320 Sat. Dec . 10 Weber State Ogden 7:30 87 Regis College................. 69 Spectrum.. ... .. .. ... .. 5,841 Sat. Dec. 17 Washington Spectrum 7:30 95 BYU ...................... 93(ot) Spectrum.... .. .. .. ..... 10,270 92 Boise State .............. .... 68 Spectrum... .. .. .. ...... 7,069 Mon. Dec. 19 West Texas State Spectrum 7:30 67 Weber State .. .... .. .... ..... 72 Spectrum.... .. ... .. .. 10,278 Wed . Dec . 21 Brigham Young Spectrum 7:30 92 Utah ................. .... .. 90 Spectrum.. ... ... ... 9,702 Fri . Dec. 23 Utah Salt Lake City 7:30 66 Washington .. ... ... ...... 76 Seattle . ... .. .. .. ..... 3,325 71 Indiana" .................... 79 Bloomington .. ... .. .. ... 13,280 Tue. Jan. 3 Fairleigh Dickinson Spectrum 7:30 78 Texas Tech" . ............ .. ... 68 Bloomington ... ... .. .. .. 13,000 Th. Jan . 5 Utah Spectrum 7:30 68 UCLA . ........... .. ......... 88 Los Angeles . .. ... .... 11,657 Sat. Jan. 7 Brigham Young Provo 7:30 78 Utah . .. ... .. ....... ....... 102 Salt Lake City . ....... .... 15,160 110 Cal· Bakersfield ............... 89 Spectrum......... .. ..... 6,522 Th . Jan. 12 Idaho State Spectrum 7:30 74 Cal·Northridge ............. .. 63 Spectrum............. ... 5,732 Sat. Jan. 14 James Madison Spectrum 7:30 77 BYU . ......... .... ... .. ... .. 85 Provo .............. 20 ,363 Tue. Jan. 17 Weber State Spectrum 7:30 84 Idaho State .......... ... .... 86 Spectrum.......... .... 7,125 76 Weber State ........ .... .... 89 Ogden ................ ... 5,107 Fri . Jan. 20 Nevada-Reno Reno, Nevada 9:00 94 Denver .............. _........ 81 Spectrum.......... ..... 6,522 Sat. Jan. 21 Boise State Boise, Idaho 8:00 97 Cal-Stanislaus ................ 62 Spectrum... .. ...... .... 4,865 Sat. Jan. 28 Air Force Spectrum 7:30 103 Stanford .............. .. .. .. 84 Spectrum..... .. ... ....... 7,752 78 Santa Barbara ................. 69 Spectrum.... .. ... ... .. 6,747 Tue. Jan. 31 SI. Mary's Spectrum 7:30 67 Montana . ........ .. ... .... 73 Missoula ..... ........... 6,389 Fri. Feb. 3 Denver Spectrum 7:30 74 Air Force ................. ... 69 Colorado Springs .. .. ..... 500 Mon. Feb. 6 Montana State Spectrum 7:30 96 Portland State ......... _. .. •. 88 Spectrum.. .... .... .... 8,477 78 Santa Barbara . ..... .. 88(ot) Santa Barbara ... .... ... 1,500 Tues. Feb. 14 Idaho State Pocatello, Idaho 7:30 67 Colorado State ..... ... ........ 75 Ft. Collins . ... ...... ..... 3,875 Sat. Feb. 18 Denver Denver, Colo. 7:35 88 Denver ... ................. 77 Denver .......... .. .... 496 Mon. Feb. 20 Colorado State Ft . Collins, Colo. 7:35 71 Arizona State .. ...... .. .... 78 Spectrum.... ...... .. .. 9,680 Sat. Feb. 25 Portland State Portland, Ore. 9:00 2,186 2,118 209,645 Mon. Feb. 27 Montana Spectrum 7:30 Fri. Mar. 3 St. Mary's Moraga, Calif. 9:00 - Ind ian a Classic "all above times are mountain zone listings Wins in boldface type Utah State University Logan, Utah 84322 Founded: 1888 Enrollment: 9,436 (5,610 men; 3,826 women) Colors: Navy Blue and White Nickname: Aggies, Utags, Big Blue Started Basketball: 1908 Conference: NCAA Independent Arena: Spectrum (10,270) TELEPHONE DIRECTORY (Campus: 801-752-4100) owd Office Home ,320 ,841 ADMINISTRATION ,270 Ladell Andersen Ext. 7501 752·1113 Athletic Director ,069 ,278 Nog Hansen Ext. 7501 752·8387 ,70 Ass't. Athletic Director ,325 Marilyn Weiss Ext.8215 563·6649 ,280 Women's Ath. Dir. ,000 ,65 Tom Mou lton Ext. 7141 753·3517 ,160 Ticket Manager Ken Mitchell Ext. 7437 752·2466 Special Projects Dir. Craig Hislop Ext. 7434 752·7101 Sports Info. Director BASKETBALL STAFF Dutch Belnap Ext. 7505 753·0031 Dana Pagett Ext. 7505 752·3003 Rod Tueller Ext. 7505 752·9242 Spectrum Dressing Room Ext. 7968 TRAINER Dale Mildenberger 752·2900 752·8947 EQUIPMENT MANAGER Ken Seamons Ext. 7126 752·4990 ,0 4~ PRESS BOX PHONE 752·1151 SPECTRUM TICKET OFFICE 752·2748 This publication was written and edited by Sports In· formation Director Craig Hislop, assisted by Brad Larsen. Photos were provided by Ted Hansen, USU Photo Ser· vices, and the Logan Herald Journal. Printed by USU Printing Service. Return From Down Under Trainer Dale Mildenberger. Dulch Belnap. manager Devon Foole and Sieve Pinegar return from Australia and the end of their " first season." Aggies' Down Under Trip, t Utah State Head Coach Dutch Belnap returns th three-fourths of the points his team scored last ha year, in the persons of nine 1976-77 squad Personnel Breakdown ou members, and with enough good, new talent lettermen lost (4) m t (which he feels is on hand) Belnap thinks his tht team will improve over a year ago. Pas . HI. PI. Avg . Rb . Avg . Nobody's arguing with the Aggie coach, "Darryl Owen s F 6·4 12.6 4.9 of whose 15-12 record a year ago pushed his four Gary Malmrose G 6·2 1.2 1.2 fre year mark to 66-40. Jell Meyer G·F 6·4 6.3 2.0 Marc Wilson F'C 6-9 3.1 2.1 ha And even with the headstart such veteran t h( talent affords the Ags, consider the 19-9ame lettermen Back (7) go tour the team made during June and July frc throughout New Zealand and Australia. (They • Mike Santos e 6·8 18.2 11.3 • Blair Mart ineau G·F 6·5 14.3 5.0 se . went 18-1) • Oscar Wi lliams G 5·11 8.8 2.7 thl " It was just like another season for us," said Dean Hunger F 6·8 7.3 3 8 ca Belnap. " It was a tremendous t hing for us in • Preston Baile ss F-C 6-9 8.1 5 3 coming together as a team. I've talked to Dick Rawlee Perkins G 6-0 3.3 13 Steve Pinegar G 6-1 2.6 13 mE Harter at Oregon and Gale Catlett at Cincinnati no and other coaches who've made those sort of Squadmen (1) sa; summer tours, and they've all remarked how wI'" Bob Bergstrom e 6, 11 1.8 1.2 much it meant to their success in the season AS that followed." Fre shmen (5) sh A senior triumvirate - center Mike Santos, 6- 1 forward Blair Martineau and guard Oscar Gary Furnis s F 6·7 20.3 20.4 Sa Wi lliams - form the heart of the Aggies. Those Brian Jackson F·e 6·8 21.0 15 .0 Keith Hood G 6·2 15.0 6.0 ou three, and junior forward Preston Bai less, were Dave McCall G 6·3 20.0 7.0 considered starters most of last year. Ru ss Hafen F 6·6 20 .0 14 .0 pre Belnap feels Santos, a 6-8 postman from of Inglewood, California's Morningside High, is a JC Tran sfers (1) legitimate all-America candidate. The coach's Keith McDon ald G 6·3 21.1 8.0 pn opinion is based on Santos' playas a junior, thl particularly against the Kent Bensons (Indiana) "sfarters. 1976-77 Me and David Greenwoods (UCLA) of college fre basketball. Cc Santos was Utah State's lead ing scorer (18.2), an rebounder (11 .3) and shooter (.532) as a junior. He is 15th among the nation's best returning Wi lliams (career assist leader with 394) the Ags a' rebounders. obviously have some strong talent to build tel With the 6-5 Martineau, a 14.3 scorer and the around. sp team's best defender a year ago, and the 5-11 " I'm excited," said Belnap. " I really believe ca Mike Santos Aggie all·America, at his best against the best , Key to a Better Season? this could be one of the best teams Utah State guard slot where Williams and Perkins hold has had , if everything falls into place. We found forth. out in our pre-season drills this is a team with Santos, on the strength of last year's stats much more intensity than clubs we've had here and his always strong performances against the the past few years. best opposition around, seems to have the Avg. middle all to himself. The Aggie coaches don't "We're just a little apprehensive because 40% deny much of the offense is geared to ac 1. 9 of this team is brand new. We have five . ? commodate Santos' expanding talents . freshmen and a junior college player who With the play of McDonald and Hood and '.0 haven't played major college basketball. But ' .1 0rthers, Belnap feels he can afford himself the there are some good athletes in that group, luxury of putting sometimes guard Martineau at good enough that some of our returning starters forward, to go with Bailess, Hunger, Jackson, from last year aren 't guaranteed a job this .3 freshman Gary Furniss, et al. .0 season. We 've got a lot of competition, some of "No Question Blair is one of our most intense '.1 the new ones are getting after the vets, and that and hardest working," said Belnap. " But, in a 1. 8 can only make us better." . 3 sense, the best thing he may have going for him Belnap's veteran element includes the above right now is his ability to help out at either 3 mentioned four starters plus 6-8 Dean Hunger, .3 guard or forward." now a sophomore and a starter once last That seemingly creates more options for season; six-foot point guard Rawlee Perkins, Belnap and staff to explore and with the talent who started six times last year and who backs on hand, it could find Ags coming at their foes Oscar Williams; 6-1 Steve Pinegar a very good from all kinds of directions.