2011–12 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

The 2011–12 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was head coach Stew Morrill's fourteenth season at Utah State. The Aggies played their home games at the Smith Spectrum and are members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 21–16, 8–6 in WAC play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Basketball Tournament to Louisiana Tech. They were invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Cal State Bakersfield, Idaho, Loyola Marymount and Oakland to advance to the championship game where they fell to Mercer.

2011–12 Utah State Aggies men's basketball
CIT, Runner Up
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2011–12 record	21–16 (8–6 WAC)
Head coach	Stew Morrill
Assistant coaches	Tim Duryea Chris Jones Tarvish Felton
Home arena	Smith Spectrum

2011–12 WAC men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Nevada	13	–	1		.929			28	–	7		.800
New Mexico State†	10	–	4		.714			26	–	10		.722
Idaho	9	–	5		.643			19	–	14		.576
Utah State	8	–	6		.571			21	–	16		.568
Louisiana Tech	6	–	8		.429			18	–	16		.529
Hawaii	6	–	8		.429			16	–	16		.500
Fresno State	3	–	11		.214			13	–	20		.394
San Jose State	1	–	13		.071			9	–	22		.290
† 2012 WAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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2011–12 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Brockeith Payne 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Dallas Carter Midland College Dallas, TX F 1 Ben Clifford 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Fr Bingham South Jordan, UT G 3 Sam Orchard 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Highland Salt Lake City, UT G 5 Steve Thornton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Golden Valley Stoneridge Prep Valencia, CA G/F 11 Adam Thoseby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr under 18 Reading Rockets Maine Central Institute Henley-on-Thames, England G/F 12 Danny Berger 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So North Medford Chemeketa Community College Medford, OR G 13 Preston Medlin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS So Hebron Carrollton, TX G 14 E.J. Farris 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Newark Memorial College of the Sequoias Newark, CA F 15 Mitch Brunell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Eagle College of Southern Idaho Eagle, ID F 21 Morgan Grim 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Riverton Utah Riverton, UT F 22 Brady Jardine  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Twin Falls Twin Falls, ID G 24 Antonio Bumpus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Eastmoor Academy Harcum College Columbus, OH C 25 Jordan Stone 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Fr Sky View Smithfield, UT F 30 David Collette 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Murray Murray, UT G 34 Kyisean Reed 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Highland Antelope Valley College Palmdale, CA F 40 Igor Premasunac 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr School of Economics Lon Morris College Zagreb, Croatia F/C 44 Jarred Shaw 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Dallas Carter Oklahoma State Dallas, TX	Head coach Stew Morrill (Ricks College; Gonzaga) Assistant coach(es) Tim Duryea (North Texas) Chris Jones (Utah) Tarvish Felton (Southern Utah University) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/28/11* 7:00 PM		UC San Diego	W 74–42	NA	Smith Spectrum (9,519[3]) Logan, UT
11/05/11* 4:00 PM		Adams State	W 73–63	NA	Smith Spectrum (7,331[4]) Logan, UT
Regular Season
11/11/11* 7:00 PM, KCSG/ESPN3 [5][6]		BYU	W 69–62	1–0	Smith Spectrum (10,270 [7]) Logan, UT
11/15/11* 7:00 PM		at Weber State	L 63–73	1–1	Dee Events Center (9,359 [8]) Ogden, UT
11/19/11* 7:00 PM, KCSG/ESPN3		Southern Utah	W 65–62	2–1	Smith Spectrum (10,068 [9]) Logan, UT
11/22/11* 6:00 PM		at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	L 55–58 ^OT	2–2	American Bank Center (1,382 [10]) Corpus Christi, TX
11/26/11* 7:00 PM, KCSG/ESPN3		at Idaho State	W 75–62	3–2	Holt Arena (2,545 [11]) Pocatello, ID
11/30/11* 7:00 PM, KCSG/ESPN3		Denver	L 54–67	3–3	Smith Spectrum (10,056 [12]) Logan, UT
12/03/11* 8:00 PM		at Pacific	L 57–65	3–4	Alex G. Spanos Center (2,316 [13]) Stockton, CA
12/06/11* 7:00 PM, KCSG/ESPN3		Utah Valley	W 63–54	4–4	Smith Spectrum (10,141 [14]) Logan, UT
12/10/11* 6:00 PM		at Wichita State	L 76–83	4–5	Charles Koch Arena (10,386 [15]) Wichita, KS
12/17/11* 7:00 PM, KMYU/ESPN3		Seattle	W 78–53	5–5	Smith Spectrum (9,337 [16]) Logan, UT
12/20/11* 8:00 PM		UT-Arlington Athletes in Action Basketball Classic	W 73–69	6–5	Smith Spectrum (9,666 [17]) Logan, UT
12/21/11* 8:00 PM		Saint Peter's Athletes in Action Basketball Classic	W 72–47	7–5	Smith Spectrum (9,959 [18]) Logan, UT
12/22/11* 8:00 PM		Kent State Athletes in Action Basketball Classic	W 81–62	8–5	Smith Spectrum (10,059 [19]) Logan, UT
12/31/11* 12:00 PM		at No. 15 Mississippi State	L 64–66	8–6	Humphrey Coliseum (7,385 [20]) Starkville, MS
01/05/12 7:00 PM, WAC Sports Network/ESPN3 [21]		Fresno State	W 72–53	9–6 (1–0)	Smith Spectrum (9,010 [22]) Logan, UT
01/07/12 7:00 PM, WAC Sports Network/ESPN3		Nevada	L 71–78	9–7 (1–1)	Smith Spectrum (10,270 [23]) Logan, UT
01/12/12 7:00 PM, KMYU/ESPN3		at New Mexico State	L 60–80	9–8 (1–2)	Pan American Center (5,214 [24]) Las Cruces, NM
01/14/12 7:00 PM		at Louisiana Tech	W 69–65	10–8 (2–2)	Thomas Assembly Center (4,099 [25]) Ruston, LA
01/19/12* 8:00 PM		at Seattle	L 66–73	10–9	KeyArena (2,510 [26]) Seattle, WA
01/21/12 8:00 PM		at Idaho	L 54–57	10–10 (2–3)	Cowan Spectrum (2,359 [27]) Moscow, ID
01/26/12 7:00 PM, ESPN+/Altitude		Hawaiʻi	W 77–72	11–10 (3–3)	Smith Spectrum (9,870) Logan, UT
01/28/12 7:00 PM, KMYU/ESPN3		San Jose State	W 82–65	12–10 (4–3)	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
02/02/12 8:00 PM		at Nevada	L 52–53	12–11 (4–4)	Lawlor Events Center (9,988) Reno, NV
02/04/12 8:00 PM		at Fresno State	L 54–60	12–12 (4–5)	Save Mart Center (7,590) Fresno, CA
02/09/12 7:00 PM, ESPN+/Altitude		Louisiana Tech	W 77–63	13–12 (5–5)	Smith Spectrum (9,643) Logan, UT
02/11/12 1:00 PM, ESPN2		New Mexico State	L 69–80	13–13 (5–6)	Smith Spectrum (10,067) Logan, UT
02/14/12* 7:00 PM		Montana Tech	W 70–58	14–13	Smith Spectrum (9,657) Logan, UT
02/18/12* 7:00 PM, KMYU/ESPN3		UC Santa Barbara ESPNU BracketBusters	L 64–72	14–14	Smith Spectrum (10,048) Logan, UT
02/24/12 7:00 PM, KMYU/ESPN3		Idaho	W 67–50	15–14 (6–6)	Smith Spectrum (10,178) Logan, UT
03/01/12 8:00 PM		at San Jose State	W 71–61	16–14 (7–6)	The Event Center Arena (1,563) San Jose, CA
03/03/12 10:00 PM, OC Sports		at Hawaiʻi	W 61–60	17–14 (8–6)	Stan Sheriff Center (8,192) Honolulu, HI
WAC Tournament
03/08/12 9:30 PM		vs. Louisiana Tech Quarterfinals	L 70–72	17–15	Orleans Arena (1,823) Las Vegas, NV
2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
03/14/12* 8:00 PM		Cal State Bakersfield First Round	W 75–69	18–15	Smith Spectrum (2,141) Logan, UT
03/17/12* 7:00 PM		Idaho Second Round	W 76–56	19–15	Smith Spectrum (2,430) Logan, UT
03/21/12* 7:00 PM		Loyola Marymount Quarterfinals	W 77–69	20–15	Smith Spectrum (3,546) Logan, UT
03/25/12* 4:00 PM		Oakland Semifinals	W 105–81	21–15	Smith Spectrum (2,092) Logan, UT
03/28/12* 7:00 PM, FCS Central		Mercer Championship Game	L 67–70	21–16	Smith Spectrum (6,154) Logan, UT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

References

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