2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

Utah State Aggies men's basketball
2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball
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Conference	Mountain West Conference
2018–19 record	0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coach	Craig Smith (1st year)
Assistant coach	Austin Hansen
Assistant coach	Eric Peterson
Assistant coach	David Ragland
Home arena	Smith Spectrum
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Template:2018–19 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings The 2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by first-year head coach Craig Smith, played their home games at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah as members of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2017–18 season 17-17 overall and 8-10 in conference play, finishing tied for 7th. In the Mountain West Conference Tournament, they defeated Colorado State in the first round and Boise State in the quarterfinals before losing to New Mexico in the semi-finals.

On March 11, 2018, head coach Tim Duryea was fired after three seasons.^[1] He finished at Utah State with a three-year record of 47–49. On March 25, reports indicated that the school had hired South Dakota head coach Craig Smith as head coach, which was confirmed the next day.^[2]^[3]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
DeAngelo Isby	0	G	6'5"	200	Junior	Chicago, IL	Declare for 2018 NBA draft
Koby McEwen	1	G	6'4"	200	Sophomore	Toronto, ON	Transferred to Marquette
Julion Pearre	5	G	6'3"	205	Senior	McKinney, TX	Graduated
Alex Dargenton	11	F	6'8"	205	RS Senior	Ford-de-France, Martinque	Gradauted

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes

Recruiting

Roster

2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High school/previous college	Home town
F	2	Klay Stall	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS Fr	Basha HS	Chandler, AZ
G	3	Sam Merrell (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS So	Bountiful HS	Bountiful, UT
G	4	Crew Ainge (W)	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS Fr	Kimball Union Academy	Wellesley, MA
G	5	Julion Pearre	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	McKinney North HS	McKinney, TX
F	10	Quinn Taylor	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS Jr	Langham Creek	Houston, TX
F	11	Alex Dargenton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Sr	Laramie County CC	Fort-de-France, Martinique
F	12	Justin Bean	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	Southmoore HS	Moore, OK
G	13	Taylor Larson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	American Fork HS	Highland, UT
F	15	Norbert Janicek	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Jr	Canarias Basketball Academy Snow College	Dražkovce, Slovakia
G	22	Brock Miller	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Brighton HS	Sandy, UT
F	23	Daron Henson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	Cathedral HS	Pasadena, CA
G	24	Diogo Brito	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS So	Mountain Mission School	Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
F	25	Dwayne Brown, Jr.	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Rockdale County HS Northern Oklahoma CC	Conyers, GA
G	30	Abel Porter	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Fr	Davis HS	Farmington, UT

Head coach

Craig Smith (North Dakota)

Assistant coach(es)

Austin Hansen (South Dakota State)
Eric Peterson (UW–La Crosse)
David Ragland (Southern Indiana)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Source^[4]

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
11/03/2017* 7:00 pm		Providence (MT)	W 98–54		Smith Spectrum (6,201) Logan, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 pm		at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 59–65	0–1	Dee Events Center (8,592) Ogden, UT
11/13/2017* 7:00 pm		Montana State	W 81–73	1–1	Smith Spectrum (7,154) Logan, UT
11/15/2017* 7:00 pm		Mississippi Valley State	W 83–47	2–1	Smith Spectrum (7,244) Logan, UT
11/18/2017* 8:00 pm, ATTSNRM		at #17 Gonzaga Phil Knight Invitational	L 66–79	2–2	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
11/20/2017* 8:00 pm		at Portland State Phil Knight Invitational	L 79–83	2–3	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (804) Portland, OR
11/24/2017* 1:00 pm		vs. Northeastern Phil Knight Invitational sub-regional	W 71–67	3–3	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (400) Nashville, TN
11/26/2017* 11:00 am		vs. New Hampshire Phil Knight Invitational sub-regional	W 77–63	4–3	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (400) Nashville, TN
11/28/2017* 6:00 pm		at Valparaiso MW–MVC Challenge	L 65–72	4–4	Athletics–Recreation Center (2,949) Valparaiso, IN
12/02/2017* 7:00 pm, ATTSNRM		BYU Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 66–75	4–5	Smith Spectrum (10,206) Logan, UT
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm		UC Irvine	W 66–75	5–5	Smith Spectrum (5,443) Logan, UT
12/09/2017* 5:30 pm, P12N		vs. Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket/Beehive Classic	L 67–77	5–6	Vivint Smart Home Arena (7,729) Salt Lack City, UT
12/16/2017* 7:00 pm		Life Pacific	W 96–62	6–6	Smith Spectrum (6,342) Logan, UT
12/20/2017* 7:00 pm		Youngstown State	W 91–74	7–6	Smith Spectrum (6,054) Logan, UT
Mountain West regular season
12/27/2017 7:00 pm		San Jose State	W 86–72	8–6 (1–0)	Smith Spectrum (6,759) Logan, UT
12/30/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at San Diego State	L 59–79	8–7 (1–1)	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
01/03/2018 7:00 pm		Fresno State	W 81–79 ^OT	9–7 (2–1)	Smith Spectrum (8,276) Logan, UT
01/06/2018 8:00 pm, ATTSNRM		at UNLV	W 85–78	10–7 (3–1)	Thomas & Mack Center (12,386) Paradise, NV
01/10/2018 7:00 pm		Colorado State	L 75–84	10–8 (3–2)	Smith Spectrum (6,144) Logan, UT
01/13/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Nevada	L 57–83	10–9 (3–3)	Lawlor Events Center (9,976) Reno, NV
01/17/2018 7:00 pm, Stadium		at Boise State	L 67–71	10–10 (3–4)	Taco Bell Arena (7,002) Boise, ID
01/20/2018 7:00 pm		Wyoming	L 77–85	10–11 (3–5)	Smith Spectrum (7,148) Logan, UT
01/24/2018 7:00 pm		Air Force	W 71–49	11–11 (4–5)	Smith Spectrum (6,974) Logan, UT
01/27/2018 5:00 pm		at Fresno State	W 65–62	12–11 (5–5)	Save Mart Center (7,317) Fresno, CA
01/31/2018 7:00 pm		New Mexico	W 89–80	13–11 (6–5)	Smith Spectrum (6,345) Logan, UT
02/07/2018 7:00 pm		at Wyoming	L 65–83	13–12 (6–6)	Arena-Auditorium (4,672) Laramie, WY
02/10/2018 7:00 pm, ATTSNRM		Boise State	W 71–65	14–12 (7–6)	Smith Spectrum (8,421) Logan, UT
02/14/2018 7:00 pm		at New Mexico	L 63–78	14–13 (7–7)	The Pit (9,737) Albuquerque, NM
02/17/2018 4:00 pm, CBSSN		#24 Nevada	L 87–93	14–14 (7–8)	Smith Spectrum (5,796) Logan, UT
02/24/2018 2:00 pm		at Air Force	L 65–75	14–15 (7–9)	Clune Arena (3,267) Colorado Springs, CO
02/28/2018 8:00 pm		at San Jose State	L 62–64	14–16 (7–10)	Event Center Arena (1,761) San Jose, CA
03/03/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UNLV	W 79–67	15–16 (8–10)	Smith Spectrum (5,853) Logan, UT
Mountain West Tournament
03/07/2018 2:30 pm, Stadium	(7)	vs. (10) Colorado State First round	W 76–65	16–16	Thomas & Mack Center (4,994) Paradise, NV
03/08/2018 7:00 pm, CBSSN	(7)	vs. (2) Boise State Quarterfinals	W 78–75	17–16	Thomas & Mack Center (7,138) Paradise, NV
03/09/2018 8:30 pm, CBSSN	(7)	vs. (3) New Mexico Semifinals	L 68–83	17–17	Thomas & Mack Center (8,224) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Source^[5].

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