LOGAN, Utah - No. 4-seeded Utah State hosts Oregon on Tuesday, March 15 in the first round of the NIT.

Opening Tips
• Utah State is 2-9 all-time in NIT, last appearing in the tournament during the 2007-08 season, a 61-57 loss at Illinois State. The Aggies last hosted an NIT game during the 2003-04 season, an 85-74 loss to Hawaii.

• All-time, Utah State has hosted an NIT game four times: a 94-92 loss to Southwestern Louisiana (Louisiana Lafayette) in 1984, a 93-87 overtime loss against Illinois State in 1995 and a 77-69 loss against Montana State in 2002.

• USU's last win in the NIT was in 1960 went it went 2-1 with wins against Villanova (73-72 OT) and St. Bonaventure (99-82) and a loss to Providence (68-62), as all three games were played in New York City.

• Utah State last hosted a Power-5 opponent in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum during the 2013-14 season when it posted an 87-68 win against Mississippi State. The last Pac-12 opponent to play in Logan was USC during that same season as USU notched a 78-65 win against the Trojans.

• Utah State has now qualified for the postseason in each of the last four years as it played in both the 2021 and 2019 NCAA Tournaments, and was the Mountain West's automatic qualifier for the 2020 NCAA Tournament prior to it being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Utah State currently has a 9-6 home record this season and has won at least 10 games inside the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in each of its last 28 years dating back to 1992-93 season.

• Entering the NIT, Utah State has an NCAA Men's Basketball NET Ranking of 60, an overall strength of schedule of 87, and a 2-11 record against Quad 1 teams with wins against Oklahoma (73-70) and San Diego State (75-57). USU also has a 3-1 record against Quad 2 opponents, a 3-1 record against Quad 3 opponents, and a 9-2 record against Quad 4 opponents.

• Utah State also has a combined 4-11 record against 2022 postseason teams, which includes wins against NCAA Tournament teams New Mexico State (85-58), Richmond (85-74) and San Diego State (75-57), along with a win against Oklahoma (73-70), who is in the NIT.

• Utah State and Oregon will be meeting for the first time in postseason play, but for the seventh time overall, as the Ducks hold a 4-2 advantage in the series. The last game played between the two teams was during the 1965-66 season with USU posting a 77-66 road win.

• Utah State has four players on its current roster with postseason appearance as senior forward Justin Bean and senior guard Brock Miller have both played in two NCAA Tournaments, while sophomore guards Steven Ashworth and Max Shulga both played in last year's NCAA Tournament.

• Utah State head coach Ryan Odom is in his first season at Utah State and is 144-96 (.600) in eight seasons as a collegiate head coach. This will be his third postseason appearance as he led UMBC to the semifinals of the CIT in 2017 and to a historic first-round upset of overall No. 1 seed Virginia (74-54), as UMBC was the first-ever 16-seed to win an NCAA Tournament game.  

• Bean is the only player in the country this season with more than 575 points, 315 rebounds and 50 steals. 

• Bean was also named Academic All-District and is anticipated to be named an Academic All-American later this week.