Hey Aggie fans, are your ready for the NCAA tournament? If any of you out there are doubting the Aggie's or are afraid of our chances this Friday, I am writing this to remind you of just exactly we have on our team. We have Quayle Man, shooter Tyler Newbold, High Flyer Pooh Williams, the enforcer Tai Wesley and last but certainly not least,the WAC MVP Gary Wilkinson. This lineup has proven to be a great one winning over 25 games this season and making it to the NCAA tournament. I found an article about the team and more specifically Gary Wilkinson that you might want to read. It is found at http://www.utahstateaggies.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031609aad.html. If you don't want to go there, here are some experts from the article:
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State men's basketball player Gary Wilkinson was tabbed the America First Credit Union Utah State Student-Athlete Of The Week for the period ending on Sunday, March 15. The USU award is voted on by a statewide media panel.
Wilkinson, a native of South Jordan, Utah, was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 Western Athletic Conference Tournament as he led Utah State to the tournament championship with wins against Fresno State (85-68), New Mexico State (71-70), and Nevada (72-62). He began the tournament by scoring 18 points against the Bulldogs, and then scored 19 points and added five rebounds against NMSU. In the championship game against the Wolf Pack, he scored a game-high 21 points to go along with six boards. Overall, Wilkinson averaged 19.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in the tournament, while shooting 54.1 percent from the field (20-37) and 78.3 percent from the free throw line (18-23).
This is Wilkinson's fourth USU weekly award this season, as he garnered the honor on Nov. 17, Dec. 15 and Jan. 12, and is the eighth time this season that a men's basketball player has collected the accolade.
Utah State will make its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in 10 years when the 11th-seeded Aggies take on sixth-seeded Marquette in the first round of the NCAA West Regional on Friday at 10:30 a.m. (MT) at Taco Bell Arena at Boise, Idaho. The winner of that game will face either third-seeded Missouri or 14th-seeded Cornell on Sunday, Mar. 22.
Utah State (30-4 overall, 14-2 WAC) is making it first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in three years, but its sixth in the last 10 years and seventh in the last 12 years. Overall, the Aggies are making their 18th NCAA Tournament appearance. USU's last NCAA Tournament was in 2006, when the Aggies dropped a 75-61 decision to fifth-seeded Washington in the first round.
This is the first time ever that USU has faced Marquette. The Aggies are 6-9 all-time vs. teams from the Big East, last facing a Big East team in 2000 when USU took on Connecticut in the NCAA Tournament, losing 75-67. Marquette is 9-1 all-time vs. teams from the WAC, with New Mexico State the only team to beat the Golden Eagles, 73-69, in 1972.
Wilkinson, a native of South Jordan, Utah, was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 Western Athletic Conference Tournament as he led Utah State to the tournament championship with wins against Fresno State (85-68), New Mexico State (71-70), and Nevada (72-62). He began the tournament by scoring 18 points against the Bulldogs, and then scored 19 points and added five rebounds against NMSU. In the championship game against the Wolf Pack, he scored a game-high 21 points to go along with six boards. Overall, Wilkinson averaged 19.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in the tournament, while shooting 54.1 percent from the field (20-37) and 78.3 percent from the free throw line (18-23).
This is Wilkinson's fourth USU weekly award this season, as he garnered the honor on Nov. 17, Dec. 15 and Jan. 12, and is the eighth time this season that a men's basketball player has collected the accolade.
Utah State will make its sixth NCAA Tournament appearance in 10 years when the 11th-seeded Aggies take on sixth-seeded Marquette in the first round of the NCAA West Regional on Friday at 10:30 a.m. (MT) at Taco Bell Arena at Boise, Idaho. The winner of that game will face either third-seeded Missouri or 14th-seeded Cornell on Sunday, Mar. 22.
Utah State (30-4 overall, 14-2 WAC) is making it first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in three years, but its sixth in the last 10 years and seventh in the last 12 years. Overall, the Aggies are making their 18th NCAA Tournament appearance. USU's last NCAA Tournament was in 2006, when the Aggies dropped a 75-61 decision to fifth-seeded Washington in the first round.
This is the first time ever that USU has faced Marquette. The Aggies are 6-9 all-time vs. teams from the Big East, last facing a Big East team in 2000 when USU took on Connecticut in the NCAA Tournament, losing 75-67. Marquette is 9-1 all-time vs. teams from the WAC, with New Mexico State the only team to beat the Golden Eagles, 73-69, in 1972.
