Sport: | basketball |
Year: | 2021–22 |
Prev Year: | 2020–21 |
Next Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | Utah State Aggies |
Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
Short Conf: | MW |
Record: | 18–16 |
Conf Record: | 8–10 |
Head Coach: | Ryan Odom |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Nate Dixon |
Asst Coach2: | Matt Henry |
Asst Coach3: | Bryce Crawford |
Arena: | Smith Spectrum |
Champion: | Myrtle Beach Invitational Champions |
Bowl: | NIT |
Bowl Result: | first round |
The 2021–22 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by first-year head coach Ryan Odom, played their home games at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah as members of the Mountain West Conference.
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Aggies finished the 2020–21 season 20–9, 15–4 in Mountain West play to finish in second place. In the Mountain West tournament, they defeated UNLV and Colorado State before losing to San Diego State in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the South region, where they lost to Texas Tech in the first round.
Following the season, head coach Craig Smith left the school to accept the head-coaching position at Utah.[1] Shortly thereafter, the school named UMBC head coach Ryan Odom the team's new head coach.[2]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Alphonso Anderson | 10 | F | 6'6" | 220 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Pacific | ||
Liam McChesney | 13 | F | 6'10" | 185 | RS Freshman | Transferred to Illinois State | ||
Karson Stastny | 21 | G | 6'4" | 175 | Freshman | Walk-on; transferred | ||
23 | C | 7'0" | 245 | Junior | Declared for the 2021 NBA draft; selected 39th overall by the Sacramento Kings | |||
Rollie Worster | 24 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Freshman | Transferred to Utah | ||
Zahar Vedischev | 30 | G | 6'6" | 180 | Freshman | Transferred | ||
Marco Anthony | 44 | G | 6'5" | 225 | RS Junior | Graduate transferred to Utah | ||
Kuba Karwowski | 52 | C | 7'2" | 220 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Sam Houston State |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous college | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Travis Wagstaff | 1 | F | 6'7" | 215 | RS Sophomore | Junior college transferred from Snow College | ||
Brandon Horvath | 4 | F | 6'10" | 210 | Graduate Student | Transferred from UMBC. Will be eligible to play immediately since Horvath graduated from UMBC. | ||
RJ Eytle-Rock | 5 | G | 6'4" | 225 | Senior | Transferred from UMBC. | ||
Rylan Jones | 15 | G | 6'0" | 178 | Junior | Transferred from Utah. |
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