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Utah State basketball: Aggies fall just short vs. Marquette in NCAA tourney

As a Ute fan I want to congratulate the Aggies on nearly pulling off the upset. USU represented the state of Utah very well today, something BYU failed to do yesterday. Hopefully the Utes can pull out a win for the state.

It was great to see the Aggies take on a Big East Team. It showed me that the Aggies can compete with the big schools. Marquette is an excellent team, with some great athletes. Aggies fought hard.

Thanks for a great year! It has been an awesome season all the way around.

Wishing the Utes good luck with their game tonight!
Go Aggies!

At least we have a better Tournament record than BYU!

Later A C
Go Utes!

I left Utah State 45 years ago to attend dental school in Seattle. Seattle newspapers give little coverage to sports in the state of Utah so with time I lost some of my fervor for my beloved Aggies. Having retired in Utah I can now enjoy my lost love for the little school that can. I became emotional as I listened to the fans enthusiasm and saw the courage of our basketball team. Coach Morrel reminds me of Bum Phillips when he said Don Shula can take his team and beat yours and then take your team and beat his. Aggie nation is hurting now but that team did itself proud! Go Aggies!

Go Aggies!

Aggies, you made the state of Utah proud today. You had your backs against the wall and gave it everything you had in the second half. I applaud you for your efforts... Hold your heads high! You had an unbelievable season that I believe saw you beat all but 4 teams... That is an incredible accomplishment that neither BYU nor Utah did this year! It is also nice to see at least one semi reasonable ute fan.... I know they exist... Just wish more of them would contribute to the comment boards...

Yo at least our team didn't just roll over and die like the Cougar's...still a shame we lost though!

Go Aggies!!!
(better be careful using that term may give cougies nightmares...what am I saying they are use to losing the Big Games)

I thought the aggies played an excellent game, I was disappointed to see them lose, I would like to see any team from the State win. I am very disappointed in the coverage by CBS I get very upset when they cut away from a regional game to show a game that you haven't been watching. They did it for the BYU game and big time in the Aggie game, under two minutes left, score tied and they cut away to another game. UNFORGIVABLE

What a bitter pill to swallow. Great job Aggies on a phenomenal year...one of the best obviously! We are proud of you guys and look forward to supporting you next year! Our time is coming....Go Aggies.

Wow! BYU should take note...THAT'S how a team plays with heart, like they WANT to win. Well played Aggies! Now that you are off, perhaps you can go to Provo and teach the Cougs how to do it.

You played a better game against a better opponent than BYU and dang near pulled it off.

At least we didn't have to turn off the game early, like we did yesterday.

You are excellent ambassadors for hoops guts, desire and ability in Utah.
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all the haters get on here I want to say this team has exceeded all expectations this year! These guys make me proud to be an Aggie! It'll be tough to lose Gary next year but we will break through again in this tourney soon, guaranteed! GO AGGIES!

Great effort Aggies. Sucks that they didn't win; however they showed a lot of heart and fight. Something that the team I cheer for didn't do yesterday at all. It looked like they tightened up a bit when they got up 6, they appeared to player looser when they were playing from behind. Too bad, either way though, great game!

It was a good fight for the Aggies, I'm disappointed they couldn't pull it off. Looks like it's up to the Utes to represent the state of Utah once again. First football, BYU loses to a poor Arizona team, Utah wins the Sugar Bowl. Now basketball, BYU plays with no heart and gets trounced, Utah gettin ready to represent! Go Utes!

Ya know, I try to cheer for USU, but I just can't anymore. My friend I knew while living in Wisconsin is a huge Marquette fan and travels to Big East games all over. The first thing he mentioned when the game ended was not that they won, but how disgusted he was with the student fans. I won't say what he said, but he now hates Utah and Mormons. He said they were worse than some Big East fans. Aggie fans, learn some class, please! You're embarrassing our state with your lack of class!

I thought Aggies could control their fingers etc. when not playing other Utah teams, but I guess they can't. No other fans of other visiting teams deserve to put up with that. I'm so glad you lost!!

Thanks Aggies for a great game and a great season. You made your fans proud. What a great comeback, and almost a huge upset. It was anyone's game at the end!

Too bad we didn't get the respect we deserved with a 30 win season. Who know what would have happened if we had been seeded higher and could have played a lesser team - like an Arizona or Texas A&M!

Well played game. Utah State gave a good team a run for their money. They are definitely better than BYU this year.

Next up on the chopping block the 'U'. Go cats!!!

What a (rebuilding) year! You did the State of Utah proud and all aggies nation wide. Today proved USU can play with the big boys! Thanks for playing with class and style.

And what would that tournament record be?