In 2013 Utah State will leave the Western Athletic Conference and join the Mountain West Conference. Eamonn Brennan at ESPN.com takes a look at what will be good and bad for the Aggies in the MWC.
But what about Utah State? Arguably the most underrated mid-major program west of the Mississippi, Stew Morrills Aggies have toiled in relative obscurity for much of the past decade, routinely fielding top teams (beloved by efficiency geeks everywhere) that have just as routinely been held back by affiliation with the WAC. Utah State has never been able to convince top programs to come to Logan for true road games, so it has often ended its seasons with lots of wins and little respect from the NCAA tournament selection committee.
Thats about to change.
Read more about Utah State joining the MWC on ESPN.com.
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The MWC is an awesome move for USU.
It is great to continue the Nevada rivalry and to renew the UNLV series. New Mexico is also a great basketball school. This will do wonders for beefing up the Aggie's schedule, improve More..
I know it is hard to break yourself away from the constant attention that you show BYU to have even a 5 sentence story on USU,but could you please change the summary to refer to the correct school. This story is about USU, not BYU.
BYU is so clearly better than USU that they were schooled two years ago in football and only won last year in the final seconds with a very lucky play. USU had three NFL draftees to the Y's zero draftees this year. In basketball the winner is More..