A closer look at the Aggies’ wildly successful season, the chaos that followed, and what lies ahead
The Aggies are on the hunt for yet another new coach, and very likely a new roster.
Utah State guards Mason Falslev (12) and MJ Collins Jr. , and head coach Jerrod Calhoun celebrate at the end of USU's 86-76 victory over Villanova on March 20 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in San Diego. | Jeff Hunter LOGAN — For Aggie basketball fans, the last few weeks have been rather chaotic.
Kind of like herding cats. After winning the outright regular-season conference title on March 7, the Aggies completed their Mountain West run with a postseason tournament championship on March 14, in Las Vegas. That led to a surprisingly low No.
9 seed in the NCAA Tournament and a clash with No. 8 Villanova in San Diego on March 20, and an 86-76 victory over those Wildcats set up a showdown with No. 1 seed Arizona two days later.
And while a 78-66 loss to the top seed in the West Region ended Utah State’s season, the hits — and the cats — kept coming. Before the Aggies could get back to Cache Valley Monday afternoon, news broke that head coach Jerrod Calhoun was leaving USU after two seasons to take over as the new coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats. While Calhoun’s departure for UC didn’t exactly come as a shock, the leaking of the decision made for an awkward exit for Calhoun as he got off the team bus when the Aggies arrived at the Spectrum parking lot.
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