OPENING TIPS
• Utah State men's basketball is ranked No. 22 in this week's Associated Press and Coaches Polls. This is the seventh week the Aggies have been ranked in both polls. USU was previously ranked No. 22 (Feb. 26), No. 22 (Feb. 5) No. 17 (Jan. 29), No. 18 (Jan. 22), No. 16 (Jan. 15), and No. 20 (Jan. 8) in the AP Poll, while it was No. 23 (Feb. 26), No. 21 (Feb. 5), No. 17 (Jan. 29), No. 20 (Jan. 22), No. 17 (Jan. 15) and No. 23 (Jan. 8) in the Coaches Poll.
• Utah State is 10-7 (.588) in Mountain West road games during the last two seasons, tied with San Diego State (10-7), Boise State (10-7) and UNLV (10-7) just behind for the best road record in the MW over the last two years.
• Utah State's 11 wins away from home this year (seven road, four neutral) are the most in the Mountain West and are tied for fifth in the nation.
• Head coach
Danny Sprinkle was named the recipient of the Jim Phelan Award Mid-Season honors on Jan. 4, and the Naismith Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List on Feb. 23.
• Utah State junior wing
Great Osobor has been named to the 2023-24 Lute Olson Award Mid-Season Watch List and is one of the top 10 candidates for the 2024 Karl Malone Award.
Osobor was also one of 40 players named to the 2023-24 Oscar Robertson Trophy and All-America Watch List.
• Utah State ranks in the top 50 in the nation in several categories, including defensive 3-point field goal percentage (.27, 2nd), field goal percentage (.496, 9th), assists per game (16.34, 29th), scoring margin (+10.21, 33rd), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.41, 46th) and rebounding margin (+4.72, 48th).
• Graduate senior guard
Darius Brown II ranks eighth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.46), 17th in assists per game (6.21) and 46th in minutes played per game (35.55).
• Junior wing
Great Osobor ranks in the top 50 in the nation in field goal percentage (.582, 30th), defensive rebounds per game (6.28, 46th) and rebounds per game (8.97, 47th).
• Utah State is 21-1 this season when scoring at least 70 points.
• 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 State. 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.
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