Two more Utah State basketball links

A double tip o' the hat to Sam Wasson/Bleed Crimson for forwarding PTW these links:

Remember Jaycee Carroll and Spencer Nelson? No, don't panic, neither has been discovered to have further NCAA eligibility. Both former USU basketballers are playing together in one of the nicest areas in Europe where it is 64 degrees and partly cloudy today  Credit Rhett Wilkinson at the Utah Statesman for this fine article.

Plus, here's an Eli Lucero Herald Journal timelapse video of the crowd filling up The Spectrum when USU hosted Nevada. Is that the student section filling in the earliest?

A new home for Gary Wilkinson and Spencer Nelson

It certainly didn't take long for Wilkie to hook back up with a team and now he also has for former Aggie alongside him:

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Spencer Nelson and Gary Wilkinson sign with Peristeri, who release two others.

Despite a solid 3-2 start to the season, Greek A1 team Peristeri Athens announced that they were releasing former Illinois big man and Golden State Warriors camp invite Shaun Pruitt, as well as Rhode Island forward Will Daniels, to be replaced by Utah natives Spencer Nelson and Gary Wilkinson...

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Stew Morrill gettin' more love

Utah State Coach Stew Morrill gets 'pedastal-ed' in the following:

Ex-Aggie Nelson back in camp
Forward has hopes of making first NBA roster.
Steve Luhm
The Salt Lake Tribune
9/27/2009

There are a lot of familiar faces in training camp for the Utah Jazz, including one who has never played a regular-season game for them.

Spencer Nelson played in two Rocky Mountain Revues for the Jazz, and he participated in camp before the 2005-06 season.

A Pocatello, Idaho, native who starred at Utah State...

... During the conversation about Nelson, Sloan took the opportunity to sing the praises of Utah State coach Stew Morrill .

"I'll say this about the guys we get from Utah State," Sloan said. "They all know what's going on. The head coach up there is probably the best coach in the country, in my opinion. He does a great job, and the kids we've gotten in here from up there are just wonderful people..."

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