Utah State makes the New York Times

We don't wish to make it bigger than it is but for any WAC basketball team to receive a feature article in the New York Times is remarkable. A hat tip to the Aggies. And yes, The Refraction is justly noted.

Off the Grid and on the Radar, Utah State Keeps Winning
Greg Bishop
New York Times
February 20, 2009

LOGAN, Utah — North of Salt Lake City near the Bear River mountains, visitors find a small college town in the valley, blanketed with snow and ranked among the safest cities in America — for everyone except opposing basketball teams.

The 26-year-old forward Gary Wilkinson is a former high school dropout who leads Utah State (25-2) in scoring and rebounding.

In his 11th season at Utah State, Stew Morrill has won at least 23 games in 10 consecutive seasons and is 157-12 at home.

Home to Utah State, this postcard city of nearly 50,000 boasts a coach who wins as consistently as anyone in college basketball, a hornet’s nest of a student section, and a mascot, the bull Big Blue, who descends from inside the overhead video screen during introductions.

Utah State (25-2) plays at St. Mary’s (21-5) on Saturday in a rare national television appearance. The game will showcase an Aggies’ roster filled with junior-college standouts, academic casualties and calculated risks, including players from three countries and six states and seven players who embarked on Mormon missions...

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