Thursday, February 4, 2010

Utah State romps

The WAC receives television exposure but Idaho is without Mac Hopson (curfew violation) -- why does it seem a cloud creeps into sky and spoils the sunshine more often than not with the WAC?

Brian Green's shooting propels Aggies past Idaho
Jared Eborn
Deseret News
February 4, 2010

Brian Green is — very generously — listed at 6-foot-1 in the Utah State media guide. He's probably closer to 5-11.

It might be for that reason opponents don't pay much attention to him and often leave him alone when the Aggies have the ball and pay a lot more attention to guys like Tai Wesley, Nate Bendall and Jared Quayle.

They might want to consider abandoning that futile defensive strategy — especially after the junior from Davis High put on another shooting clinic in sparking Utah State to a dominating 80-62 win over Idaho Wednesday night.

"We're an unselfish team," Green said. "The way the offense works we can all have a good night."

Wednesday night on ESPN2, it was Green who stepped up...
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and
Aggies win big
Shawn Harrison
Herald Journal
February 4, 2010

Once again it was the bench that came up big for Utah State.

It also didn’t hurt that Idaho went on a long scoring drought in the first half that put the visitors in too deep of a hole to climb out of. The Aggies cruised to their seventh straight win late Wednesday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, 80-62, in front of 9,777 fans...
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and
Aggies sit alone atop the league
USU wins seventh straight in conference after two early losses.
Tony Jones
Salt Lake Tribune
2/04/2010

At this point, the Utah State men's basketball team is simply on a roll.

The Aggies are making shots at an incredible pace. They are defending almost equally well, and because of this, they haven't lost a basketball game in exactly a month.

USU's latest victim? That would be Idaho, who came into the Spectrum without Mac Hopson, it's best player, and allowed the Aggies to come up with a dominating 80-62 win before a nationally televised ESPN2 audience...
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