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2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
mode	Basketball
year	2009–10
team	Utah State Aggies
image	UtahStateAggies.png
conference	Western Athletic Conference
short_conf	WAC
record	27–8
conf_record	14–2
head_coach	Stew Morrill
asst_coach1	Tim Duryea
asst_coach2	Chris Jones
asst_coach3	Tarvish Felton
stadium	Smith Spectrum
champion	WAC Regular Season Champions
bowl	[NCAA tournament](2010-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament)
bowl_result	Round of 64

The 2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was head coach Stew Morrill's 12th season at Utah State. The Aggies played their home games at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 14–2 to capture the regular season championship for the third consecutive year. They advanced to the championship game of the 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament before losing to New Mexico State. They received an at–large bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, earning a 12 seed in the South Region, where they lost to 5 seed and AP #23 Texas A&M in the first round.

Pre-season

In the WAC preseason polls, released October 20 via media teleconference, Utah State was selected to finish first in the coaches poll, receiving 8 first place votes, with Sr. guard Jared Quayle selected to the All-WAC first team and Jr. forward Tai Wesley selected to the All-WAC second team. They were also selected to finish 1st in the media poll, receiving 15 first place votes, with Jared Quayle selected to the All-WAC first team.

2009–10 Team

Roster

Source

No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Position	Yr.	Hometown	Previous School(s)
2	Eaton, Preston	5' 10"	170	Guard	FR	Springville, Utah	Srpingville HS
5	Williams, Pooh	6' 3"	200	Guard/Forward	JR	Federal Way, WA	Federal Way HS
12	Green, Brian	6' 1"	195	Guard	JR	Kaysville, Utah	Davis HS, Salt Lake CC
13	Medlin, Preston	6' 4"	165	Guard	FR	Carrollton, Texas	Hebron HS
15	Niang, Modou	6' 10"	220	Center	SO	Richard Toll, Senegal	Hachioji (Tokyo, Japan)
21	Quayle, Jared	6' 1"	180	Guard	SR	Perry, Utah	Box Elder HS, Western Wyoming CC
22	Jardine, Brady	6' 7"	220	Forward	SO	Twin Falls, Idaho	Twin Falls HS
23	White, Tyrone	6' 6"	175	Forward	FR	Portland, Oregon	Jefferson HS, Air Force Prep
24	Newbold, Tyler	6' 4"	210	Guard	JR	Payson, Utah	Payson HS
25	Myaer, Jaxon	5' 9"	165	Guard	SO	Salt Lake City, Utah	Judge Memorial HS
30	Grim, Morgan	6' 8"	220	Forward	JR	Riverton, Utah	Riverton HS, Utah
35	Bendall, Nate	6' 9"	245	Forward	JR	Salt Lake City, Utah	Skyline HS, Salt Lake CC
42	Wesley, Tai	6' 7"	240	Forward	JR	Provo, Utah	Provo HS
44	Formisano, Matt	6' 8"	240	Forward	JR	Centennial, Colorado	Heritage HS
54	DiLoreto, Anthony	7' 1"	230	Center	FR	Minnetonka, Minnesota	Hopkins HS

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Year at Utah State	Alma Mater (Year)
Stew Morrill	Head coach	12th	Gonzaga (1974)
Tim Duryea	Assistant coach	9th	North Texas (1988)
Chris Jones	Assistant coach	2nd	Utah (1994)
Tarvish Felton	Assistant coach	2nd	Southern Utah (1999)
Lance Beckert	Director of Basketball Operations	4th	Daito Bunka (Japan) (1997)

2009–10 schedule and results

Source

All times are Mountain |- !colspan=9| Exhibition

|- !colspan=9| Regular Season || gamename = |- !colspan=9| 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament |- !colspan=10| 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Season highlights

The Aggies December 5 loss to Saint Mary's ended their 37-game home winning streak and their 65-game regular season home winning streak in non-conference games.

On December 28, Jr. Tai Wesley was named the WAC player of the week for the seventh week of the season with weekly averages of 16.7 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 4.0 AST, 1.7 blocks and 65.4 FG%.

On January 18, Sr. Jared Quayle was named the WAC player of the week for the tenth week of the season with weekly averages of 14.0 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 5.7 AST and 55.2 FG%.

With their win over Idaho on January 23, head coach Stew Morrill recorded his 500th career victory.

With their win over Hawai'i on February 25 the Aggies joined Gonzaga and Kansas as the only schools in the country to have 23 wins or more every season since 2000.

On March 7, Jr. Tai Wesley was named the WAC player of the week for the seventeenth week of the season with weekly averages of 22.5 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 5.5 AST and 82.6 FG%.

References

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