Andy Katz - has USU at #34 best team

LoveMyAggies · Post by **LoveMyAggies** » January 18th, 2021, 11:00 am

He always had a positive view and respect for our basketball program when Stew was the HC.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-me ... n=trending

Real Life Aggie · Post by **Real Life Aggie** » January 18th, 2021, 11:16 am

LoveMyAggies wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 11:00 am
He always had a positive view and respect for our basketball program when Stew was the HC.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-me ... n=trending

And he was consistently higher on Sam then other pundits were.

He also gave USU the Best of the Week nod for "Impressive Sweep".

NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » January 18th, 2021, 11:19 am

Yeah, that is pretty awesome. Glad to see this team is getting some respect from the national media.

Post by **AGinNEIowa** » January 18th, 2021, 11:46 am

hmmm - he only has a handful of western teams, which I'd expect. Notably, though - only one team from Utah

bigblue · Post by **bigblue** » January 18th, 2021, 12:42 pm

He also has us as the last team in as of today.

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slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » January 18th, 2021, 12:47 pm

bigblue wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 12:42 pm
He also has us as the last team in as of today.

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That’s lunardi I believe. Good to see both him and Katz recognizing us.

Post by **AGinNEIowa** » January 18th, 2021, 1:04 pm

I just saw this projection from Stadium -
they also have us as last 4 in.
Interesting - VCU is also last 4-in; and our projected opponent in a play-in game.

https://watchstadium.com/ncaa-tournamen ... 1-18-2021/

Bank Shot · Post by **Bank Shot** » January 18th, 2021, 1:39 pm

Palm has us as last 4 in vs. Stanford. Also has SDSU as last 4 in.

ereksonaggie · Post by **ereksonaggie** » January 18th, 2021, 1:44 pm

Palm has us as an 11 seed
https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... cketology/

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » January 18th, 2021, 2:05 pm

Bank Shot wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 1:39 pm
Palm has us as last 4 in vs. Stanford. Also has SDSU as last 4 in.

Boise only a 9 seed.

With that said a Stanford matchup wouldn’t be mad. They did just lose to powerhouse Utah by 20.

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » January 18th, 2021, 2:21 pm

Starting 8-0 will get you respect. Loved what we did last week. 1 regular season win against SDSU in 7 years of being in the MW then we get 2 in three days. Awesome.

MaverickAggie · Post by **MaverickAggie** » January 18th, 2021, 2:46 pm

ereksonaggie wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 1:44 pm
Palm has us as an 11 seed
https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... cketology/

This bracket has 4 MWC teams in. That would be a dream scenario. Even 3 from the MWC would be great.

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » January 18th, 2021, 3:15 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 2:21 pm
Starting 8-0 will get you respect. Loved what we did last week. 1 regular season win against SDSU in 7 years of being in the MW then we get 2 in three days. Awesome.

In the dark days of Duryea, I could not imagine a world in which USU could compete with SDSU, UNM, or UNLV. I thought the best we could do in the MW would be middle of the pack in conference. When i read about all the highly rated transfers from P5 schools and signings from our peer institutions, i thought we had no chance to compete. Craig Smith has renewed my hope in USU basketball. Now it is time to win some games in the NCAA tournament. This has been a pleasant surprise.

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » January 18th, 2021, 4:24 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 3:15 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 2:21 pm
Starting 8-0 will get you respect. Loved what we did last week. 1 regular season win against SDSU in 7 years of being in the MW then we get 2 in three days. Awesome.
In the dark days of Duryea, I could not imagine a world in which USU could compete with SDSU, UNM, or UNLV. I thought the best we could do in the MW would be middle of the pack in conference. When i read about all the highly rated transfers from P5 schools and signings from our peer institutions, i thought we had no chance to compete. Craig Smith has renewed my hope in USU basketball. Now it is time to win some games in the NCAA tournament. This has been a pleasant surprise.

You weren't alone. That was a common perception among many when Smith was brought on board. Pretty crazy how in year 3 he has two conference titles and is 8-0 in year 3 with two wins over SDSU. It has been great.

OrangeCountyAggie · Post by **OrangeCountyAggie** » January 18th, 2021, 4:39 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 4:24 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 3:15 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 2:21 pm
Starting 8-0 will get you respect. Loved what we did last week. 1 regular season win against SDSU in 7 years of being in the MW then we get 2 in three days. Awesome.
In the dark days of Duryea, I could not imagine a world in which USU could compete with SDSU, UNM, or UNLV. I thought the best we could do in the MW would be middle of the pack in conference. When i read about all the highly rated transfers from P5 schools and signings from our peer institutions, i thought we had no chance to compete. Craig Smith has renewed my hope in USU basketball. Now it is time to win some games in the NCAA tournament. This has been a pleasant surprise.
You weren't alone. That was a common perception among many when Smith was brought on board. Pretty crazy how in year 3 he has two conference titles and is 8-0 in year 3 with two wins over SDSU. It has been great.

If he could just beat BYU, he'd approach Stew's level in my book. I'm so sick of those smug mother f'ers!

Yossarian · Post by **Yossarian** » January 18th, 2021, 5:13 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 4:24 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 3:15 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 2:21 pm
Starting 8-0 will get you respect. Loved what we did last week. 1 regular season win against SDSU in 7 years of being in the MW then we get 2 in three days. Awesome.
In the dark days of Duryea, I could not imagine a world in which USU could compete with SDSU, UNM, or UNLV. I thought the best we could do in the MW would be middle of the pack in conference. When i read about all the highly rated transfers from P5 schools and signings from our peer institutions, i thought we had no chance to compete. Craig Smith has renewed my hope in USU basketball. Now it is time to win some games in the NCAA tournament. This has been a pleasant surprise.
You weren't alone. That was a common perception among many when Smith was brought on board. Pretty crazy how in year 3 he has two conference titles and is 8-0 in year 3 with two wins over SDSU. It has been great.

Even Nevada, Fresno State, and Boise State all seem to bring in higher rated or more high profile players than USU. And yet........ Smith (and Morrill before him) have found ways to win with the guys we get. At some point i would hope this would extend to regular victories over BYU.

Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » January 18th, 2021, 6:03 pm

Bringing up beating byu, I really wish we had a full spectrum against them this year. In a close game like that I believe that would have put us over the top and we beat them this year. Sucks we had to play them in the Spectrum during the Covid year. They should have moved the neutral game to this year and had us play them in Logan next year.

WAAggie · Post by **WAAggie** » January 18th, 2021, 6:30 pm

Coach with covid was the difference I think.

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Dkdavis · Post by **Dkdavis** » January 18th, 2021, 6:33 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 6:03 pm
Bringing up beating byu, I really wish we had a full spectrum against them this year. In a close game like that I believe that would have put us over the top and we beat them this year. Sucks we had to play them in the Spectrum during the Covid year. They should have moved the neutral game to this year and had us play them in Logan next year.

Don't forget Smith was gone too. (Or there via Ipad)

bigblue · Post by **bigblue** » January 18th, 2021, 6:39 pm

slcagg wrote:
bigblue wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 12:42 pm
He also has us as the last team in as of today.

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That’s lunardi I believe. Good to see both him and Katz recognizing us.

Haha your right. Meant to put Joe instead of "He."

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Aggie formerly in Hawaii · Post by **Aggie formerly in Hawaii** » January 18th, 2021, 6:44 pm

Dkdavis wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 6:33 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 6:03 pm
Bringing up beating byu, I really wish we had a full spectrum against them this year. In a close game like that I believe that would have put us over the top and we beat them this year. Sucks we had to play them in the Spectrum during the Covid year. They should have moved the neutral game to this year and had us play them in Logan next year.
Don't forget Smith was gone too. (Or there via Ipad)

Yep. Coach Smith is undefeated outside the state of South Dakota this year.

aggiesdidwhat · Post by **aggiesdidwhat** » January 18th, 2021, 9:38 pm

OrangeCountyAggie wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 4:39 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 4:24 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 3:15 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 2:21 pm
Starting 8-0 will get you respect. Loved what we did last week. 1 regular season win against SDSU in 7 years of being in the MW then we get 2 in three days. Awesome.
In the dark days of Duryea, I could not imagine a world in which USU could compete with SDSU, UNM, or UNLV. I thought the best we could do in the MW would be middle of the pack in conference. When i read about all the highly rated transfers from P5 schools and signings from our peer institutions, i thought we had no chance to compete. Craig Smith has renewed my hope in USU basketball. Now it is time to win some games in the NCAA tournament. This has been a pleasant surprise.
You weren't alone. That was a common perception among many when Smith was brought on board. Pretty crazy how in year 3 he has two conference titles and is 8-0 in year 3 with two wins over SDSU. It has been great.
If he could just beat BYU, he'd approach Stew's level in my book. I'm so sick of those smug mother f'ers!

I loved old Stew. But one of my biggest issues with him is he hates scheduling good teams. I still remember when we played Georgetown on national TV. After the game he was asked if a game like this helps the players. He was all annoyed and said NO.

We've already played teams with Smith at the helm that I never imagined we would ever play!

Go Aggies!

Real Life Aggie · Post by **Real Life Aggie** » January 18th, 2021, 10:18 pm

aggiesdidwhat wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 9:38 pm

OrangeCountyAggie wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 4:39 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 4:24 pm

Yossarian wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 3:15 pm

Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 2:21 pm
Starting 8-0 will get you respect. Loved what we did last week. 1 regular season win against SDSU in 7 years of being in the MW then we get 2 in three days. Awesome.
In the dark days of Duryea, I could not imagine a world in which USU could compete with SDSU, UNM, or UNLV. I thought the best we could do in the MW would be middle of the pack in conference. When i read about all the highly rated transfers from P5 schools and signings from our peer institutions, i thought we had no chance to compete. Craig Smith has renewed my hope in USU basketball. Now it is time to win some games in the NCAA tournament. This has been a pleasant surprise.
You weren't alone. That was a common perception among many when Smith was brought on board. Pretty crazy how in year 3 he has two conference titles and is 8-0 in year 3 with two wins over SDSU. It has been great.
If he could just beat BYU, he'd approach Stew's level in my book. I'm so sick of those smug mother f'ers!
I loved old Stew. But one of my biggest issues with him is he hates scheduling good teams. I still remember when we played Georgetown on national TV. After the game he was asked if a game like this helps the players. He was all annoyed and said NO.

We've already played teams with Smith at the helm that I never imagined we would ever play!

Go Aggies!

Stew wanted a home and home, so he didn't often schedule good teams.

slcagg · Post by **slcagg** » January 19th, 2021, 12:34 pm

MaverickAggie wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 2:46 pm

ereksonaggie wrote: ↑
January 18th, 2021, 1:44 pm
Palm has us as an 11 seed
https://www.cbssports.com/college-baske ... cketology/
This bracket has 4 MWC teams in. That would be a dream scenario. Even 3 from the MWC would be great.

Man I missed csu is in there. The mw is getting a lot of good pub right now. Here is another one.

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