OPENING TIPS
• Utah State is 18-109 all-time against ranked opponents, including 8-33 at home. USU is 0-1 all-time against Colorado State when the Rams are ranked. The Aggies' last win against a ranked opponent was their 59-56 victory over then-No. 5 San Diego State in the Mountain West Tournament championship game on March 7, 2020.
 
• All-time, USU is 7-3 in Mountain West home openers.
 
• Utah State ranks 26th in the NET and 44th by KenPom as of Jan. 3.
 
• Head coach Danny Sprinkle was named the recipient of the Jim Phelan Award Mid-Season honors on Jan. 4. 
 
• Utah State has won 12-straight games, which is tied for the fourth-longest active streak in the nation. The win streak is tied for the eighth-longest in program history.
 
• Utah State ranks in the top 50 in the nation in several categories, including field goal percentage (.505, 10th), defensive 3-point field goal percentage (.269, 11th), scoring margin (+16.50, 20th), assists per game (17.57, 22nd), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.54, 31st), rebounding margin (+6.93, 42nd) and points per game (81.79, 50th).
 
• Graduate senior guard Darius Brown II ranks second in the nation in both assist-to-turnover ratio (6.29) and assists per game (7.64). 
 
• Junior wing Great Osobor ranks 35th in the nation in defensive rebounds per game (6.50) and 45th in field goal percentage (.582).
 
• USU's 13-1 start under head coach Danny Sprinkle is the best start to a season under a first-year Aggie head coach in program history.
 
• Utah State is an undefeated 11-0 this season when scoring at least 70 points. 
 
• Sprinkle was named the head men's basketball coach at Utah State on April 7, 2023. 
 
• Utah State is one of just three teams in the nation returning zero points to its 2023-24 roster, joining New Mexico State and Northwestern. The Aggies also have the second-fewest returning rebounds (0.004 percent) and are tied for the second-fewest returning assists (0.003 percent), both behind NMSU.
 
-USU-