Deseret News | WSU, Utah State basketball: Aggies hang on in nail-biter vs. WSU

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WSU, Utah State basketball: Aggies hang on in nail-biter vs. WSU

GO AGGIES | 10:22 p.m. Nov. 13, 2009

BEAT UTAH

Ogden Aggie | 10:44 p.m. Nov. 13, 2009

Good game Aggies! It is always tough to play against Coach Rahe. Verlin and Idaho are never an easy game either. Both coaches know our system all too well. Good to get a win in game one. It was also really great to see the Spectrum on Wheels in action tonight and in full force. Now off to take care of the Utes. Go State!!!

Go Aggies!!! | 12:35 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

Good job USU.

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Aggies | 1:45 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

Scary and frustrating game. Jared is right; The officials were tight.

Re: GO AGGIES | 7:26 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

That shouldn't be too hard. Idaho will give you a tougher time this year than the Utes will.

Anonymous | 7:31 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

WSU always plays tough. Good luck the rest of the season especially againt our 2 mutual enemies down the road.

Go Aggies!

Kansas Cat Fan | 7:56 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

Sounds like a good game to watch. It was suppose to be on B2 TV but were not shown just said game telecast cancelled. It sure would have been nice to see the game here in Kansas. But sounds like a game that was filled with jitters but there was a good crowd. Weber will get those shots to fall and I take my hat off to the Wildcts for hanging in there. Now we will get ready for the next game. Tough loss but hey, it is early, I'll still stick with my Wildcats. GOOOOOOOOOOOOO CATS!!!!!!!!!!!

Ags | 8:08 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

Don't just beat Utah, humiliate them. After last night though, they can sink any lower.

WSUcatfan | 8:45 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

Tough loss, Cat's just needed to hit a few shots that normally they make. The crowd was great, even with the Aggies bunch... See you guys in a month.

Go Wildcats

Beat Utah by 20 | 10:31 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

Ags, sure be nice to beat Utah handily, I dont think it will happen. But sure nice, Boylan is classless and he showed that last yr in Logan at end of Game by throwing the possession arrow clock at our scores table folks.

Utah needs to move on to a new coach soon...

WAC vs MWC | 11:09 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

WAC 1-0 vs the MWC this year, next week will be 2-0 for the WAC when Utah State beats Utah! GO AGGIES!!

Wolverine Fan | 11:26 a.m. Nov. 14, 2009

BYU, Utah, Utah State, Weber, Westminster, SLCC all have their games covered by Deseret News. Not a thing about Utah Valley University's 80-72 win over North Dakota State, an NCAA tournament team last year. When will the news wake up and realize UVU is an NCAA D-I school? There's a tab for every D-I school in the State on the web site except UVU. What's up? UVU men's basketball has had a winning record against NCAA Div-I competion for all six years in the NCAA and for 26 straight years overall. Hello out there --- why not give UVU just a teensy bit of credit or coverage?

wolverine fan | 5:24 p.m. Nov. 14, 2009

get a football team to add coverage to, or even an audience to read what would be written.

Title | 6:41 p.m. Nov. 14, 2009

This was no "nail-biter", the Aggies were in control the whole game and were never in danger of losing. C'mon, give the Aggies some credit.

Wolverine Fan | 11:02 p.m. Nov. 14, 2009

There's an audience for UVU. The school has 30,000 students, which dwarfs Utah State. Maybe Utah State should get a football team too.

Aggie fan | 12:38 a.m. Nov. 15, 2009

Maybe UVU should get a basketball team that doesn't lose to Canadian teams in an exhibition game, whereas Utah State beat up on this team by 25, they get the coverage, even the kitties from just a couple miles away from you guys were able to beat Trinity Western. If you can figure out how to do that, then maybe you'll get some coverage, not from beating a much weaker than last year North Dakota State team.

Anonymous | 7:25 a.m. Nov. 15, 2009

NEVADA'S NONCONFERENCE GAMES: The Wolf Pack's next four games are at UNLV (Nov. 18), Virginia Commonwealth (Nov. 27) and North Carolina (Nov. 29) and at home against Houston (Nov. 21).

go w/u state | 11:42 a.m. Nov. 15, 2009

go cats
go aggies

beat byu and utah

wac vs mtn west 1-0
big sky vs wac 1-2

why wont byu play uvu? are there 2 DI teams closer to each other than those 2?

wsu shot 2-20 from downtown and lose to usu by 6. great wsu D in the game, rebounds were even, wsu had just 11 to's to usu's 17.

wsu will win 20 this yr

2 of 20 | 1:36 p.m. Nov. 15, 2009

I keep reading comments about WSU's poor shooting performance from beyond the arc. I was at the game, USU's defense had A LOT to do with the Cat's shooting woes.

BTW, the Aggies were without (broken foot) their BEST defender in Pooh Williams, he will be back the next time WSU faces the USU.

RE: go w/u state | 10:57 p.m. Nov. 15, 2009

BYU won't play UVU because the Coogs are the most elitist team in the country.

Re: 2 of 20 | 12:16 p.m. Nov. 16, 2009

First off, the Aggies are a better team, BUT... I was at the game as well and ALOT of those three point shots were shots that Weber usually makes. Hansen and Bullinger missed multiple 3's with no one near them. 2 of 20 with the Aggie defense was terrible. Weber made 19 three's the game before. Sometimes your hot and sometimes your not. The Aggies should be greatful that friday Weber was ice cold.
As far as Utah goes, it looks like UVU could beat them. Aggies and Wildcats should roll the Utes.

3's | 8:25 a.m. Nov. 17, 2009

I guess you can say a 25' is an open three and very makable, but it still not a good shot. I saw at least 4-5 of those shots in the game, which suggest the players were being hurried and harrassed.
The best chant of the night by USU "automatic." LOL

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