2009–10 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
Introduction 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===SourceNo.NameHt.Wt.PositionYr.HometownPrevious School(s)2Eaton, Preston5' 10"170GuardFRSpringville, UtahSrpingville HS5Williams, Pooh6' 3"200Guard/ForwardJRFederal Way, WAFederal Way HS12Green, Brian6' 1"195GuardJRKaysville, UtahDavis HS, Salt Lake CC13Medlin, Preston6' 4"165GuardFRCarrollton, TexasHebron HS15Niang, Modou6' 10"220CenterSORichard Toll, SenegalHachioji (Tokyo, Japan)21Quayle, Jared6' 1"180GuardSRPerry, UtahBox Elder HS, Western Wyoming CC22Jardine, Brady6' 7"220ForwardSOTwin Falls, IdahoTwin Falls HS23White, Tyrone6' 6"175ForwardFRPortland, OregonJefferson HS, Air Force Prep24Newbold, Tyler6' 4"210GuardJRPayson, UtahPayson HS25Myaer, Jaxon5' 9"165GuardSOSalt Lake City, UtahJudge Memorial HS30Grim, Morgan6' 8"220ForwardJRRiverton, UtahRiverton HS, Utah35Bendall, Nate6' 9"245ForwardJRSalt Lake City, UtahSkyline HS, Salt Lake CC42Wesley, Tai6' 7"240ForwardJR Provo, UtahProvo HS44Formisano, Matt6' 8"240ForwardJRCentennial, ColoradoHeritage HS54DiLoreto, Anthony7' 1"230CenterFRMinnetonka, MinnesotaHopkins HS===Coaching staff===Name Position Year at Utah StateAlma 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 Exhibition Regular Season 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament 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%.
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