Utah State campus briefs

MEN'S BASKETBALL: The Western Athletic Conference announced its 2010-11 men's basketball ESPN television schedule Tuesday and Utah State will be one of its most featured teams as it will appear on the ESPN family of networks a minimum of seven times throughout the season.

Among its seven games on the ESPN family of networks, three will be on ESPN2 including one in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum when Utah State hosts Nevada on Feb. 2. USU will also have two road games on ESPN2 as it plays at Idaho and New Mexico State on Feb. 9 and Mar. 3. All games on ESPN2 will begin at 9 p.m. (MT).

Utah State will also have three of its games televised on ESPNU as it plays at Georgetown on Dec. 4 at 10 a.m. (MT), at Nevada on Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. (MT) and hosts New Mexico State on Jan. 22 at 9 p.m. USU's other regular season appearance on ESPN will be a regional broadcast from Louisiana Tech on Mar. 5 at 5 p.m. (MT).

All nine WAC schools will appear on ESPN during the 2010-11 season and a total of 22 WAC games will be broadcast. Additionally, games determined by ESPN's BracketBuster could increase the number of WAC games broadcast by ESPN..

In all, six regular season games will be shown on ESPN2, seven on ESPNU and five on ESPN Regional Television (ERT). In addition, the WAC Tournament championship game and one semifinal will also be shown on ESPN2, while ESPNU will broadcast both WAC Tournament quarterfinal games.

Utah State begins the 2010-11 season with an exhibition game on Oct 30 against Universite Laval. USU will then conclude its preseason on Nov. 5 against Grand Canyon University followed by its season-opener at home against Weber State on Nov. 13.

GYMNASTICS: Utah State head gymnastics coach Jeff Richards released the Aggies' 2011 schedule, which consists of 11 regular-season meets with five at home.

USU, which is entering its sixth season in the Western Athletic Conference, will face each of its five conference foes at least once, as well as each in-state opponent at least once. The Aggies will face opponents from five different conferences, but the farthest they will travel during the regular season is Sacramento, Calif. and Boise, Idaho.

"We are glad to be keeping our schedule regional this season," Richards said, noting that the team traveled to New Hampshire and Central Michigan last season.

Utah State will face four teams ranked in the top 25 of last season's final Troester

Women's Gymnastics National Poll, in No. 6 Utah, No. 17 Southern Utah, No. 18 Boise State, No. 20 Arizona and No. 24 Iowa State.