Show 'oJTT f r pl jinni!ij'iii'r 4 i Section :w ' - Sunday ' March 102002 V' !lv The Herald Journal Caliibnila Orcamln M The past date USU i have seen Idaho Jan 6 2001 B0 may Aggie win 80-5- JS3!82002 Notable ‘StattfOftftQQtt 6945 82-6- A Idaho USU has made winning an art during the past three seasons Morrill continues to build program B2 Idaho Feb 23 2002 65-5- 6 IB UCRhrerride Feb 16 2002 IB 5942 CSFoBertoa Feb 142002 6045 IB 2000 Looking back at the Big West Conference tourney 31 Albany Dec 29 2000 and the closing of the 8843 State M Weber regular seasonB2 Dec 23 2000 89-7- 9 62-6- IS Dec 76-6- 79-2- Utah Feb Dec 6 2000 72002 3 58-5- Nov 29 2000 85-5- 3 59-5- 1UC Santa Barbara 11 72-6- IB 11 312002 Despite three successful seasons UCSB finishes off USU 4 Idaho Jan 26 2002 122002 7066 Jan Barbara WUC Santa 5 2002 Idaho State Dec 29 2001 76 ' Dec 28 2001 9 Dec 22 2001 1 RBCSNofthridge Dec 20 2001 6 Western State fit “Dec 152001 r'J 99L43 ' Mhnitana State Dec 4 2001 Of that”' 60-5-5 Young f ft Brigham Dec 12001 lift Idaho State w Nov 28 2001 64-5- 9 Utah NbV 23 2001 t 78-6- 5 MontanaState ' Nov 17 2001 v r 66-5-1 I Ohio State March 152002 PH Pacific WT March 10 2001 50-3- 8 R4 Boise State ? March 9 2001 6748 7443 MCalPoty 9f 83-5- 0 PHI UC Santa Bariami Feb 15 2001 6441 98 Boise State March 94 93 70-6- 91 UC Santa Barbara which earned die Big West’s automatic tad into die NCAATbur-namewill go to the Big Dance for die first time since 1990 Banting an unforeseen Change in the NCAA selection committee’s thinking die ' Aggies will likely go to the NIT Bids for bom tournaments will be haaded out today “We’ll hold out heme We’re not giving up yet” Utah State head coach Stew Morrill arid 7 J Added Brown: “There’s always hope I think we would have had a lot more hope if we didn’t lose the last two games of the tegular season and (hen lost tbmghL But as far as what bur record is I think they might look right over the top of us and put us in the NIT” After Aggie point guard Ronnie Ross knocked down his second straight to tie die game at 53 with 2:36 left to play the Gauchos closed the game with a 3 ?“ Spurt to win it A layup by Mark Hull 18 seconds after Ross’ trey put the Gauchos up to stay UCSB point guard Jacoby Atako hit three -- 7652 ? 71-5- 7143 Feb 10 2000 69-5- 66-5- Feb 3 2000 83-7- Ill 13 : up for a shot while being guarded by UC Utah State's Jeremy Vague (4) goes Skultety during the flnt half ( I " “ f Cal Poly Jan 222000 61-5- rpaveto dosA''"Unless' tk- - ' ' v 2012001 inlhrir tight ' wants to nlay VSe goingto a graded from a - But had the Aggies not lost their last two regular-seaso- n games at Pacific aqd at Cal State Nofthridge they may have had a shot at an bid into the NCAA’s field of 65 Not saying it would have just saying it wks ' prasiMe 24-A 5 record would have been hard to overlook eveh if the Aggidi do jplay in the briea- - ' giipred Big Wnt Also their V State at hiri year’ “P8® 01 NCAAa gives them some crecfi- - Butthat’ineither iere nor ' ‘ 13 2000 82-7- 0 Many believe and rightly so that die Aggies had to win the Big West Tburaament to make it to die NCAATbumamrot Recent history tdli us diat is die : 7 Jan Fresno State Jan 4 2000 8346 San Diego ’ Dec 29 1999 6845 (OT) '' Mercer Dec 28 1999 74-5- 5 t Western State Dec 18 1999 at-lar-ge V UC Santa Barbara Jan 20 2000 11 UC Irvine ’ Jan 152002 8146 1 A CS FnDerton ' it will 7 v“jaa APphoio' Santa Barbara1 Bray 13 't r Boise State Jatt 27 2000 7442 ' Nil will have tp he good enough for USU SSSSc - Jan 30 2000 7548 : w & 0 Idaho 6740 14 ” 'A 1 1ft North Ikxas v 1 BoimStafc'v' 4 11 New Mexico State V Feb 5 2000 "case'' “TJL25200i'v":'"v 3 Long Beach State Feb 122000 1ft Nevada Afliaai6?'vX Tf Jan 27 2001 5 62-5- 10 ! : Feb 19 2000 ' Nevada Feb 17 2000 67$2 r 6 Pacific 64-5- : r----- - Feb 24 ?000 : CS Fullerton Feb 2 2001 2 North Texas Feb 26 2000 7648 ' : March 2 2000 99 New Mexico State “Mu 8 2001 42000 7442 Idaho 73-5- BPCSFaBerttm 102001 5846 BBUCIrvina T" Feb 4 March 9 2000 7J48 V March 10 2000 9ft Pacific See BLUES on B3 12001 6 Nevada 69-6- UC Santa Brnbarii March 71-6- ' 82-5- 5 112000 March ' 7) Mach 3 2001 : 9ft New Mexico State -- CS Fullerton March 8 2001 Clara 172000 76-6- 7 nt 90-8l(O-T) V Nov 0) ' jt 6 90 Santa two-tim- x BB Centenary 73-5- 69-6- 60-5- 6 81-7- Nov 18 2000 he Utah Stale Aggies finally met their match A game UC Santa Barbara Gauchos squad fueled by an upset of UC Irvine one e night earlier knocked off the defending 6 Saturday champion Aggies night in the Big West Tournament champi' onship game at the Anaheim Convention Center Ironically enough it was UC Santa Barbara (20-1that hist beat Utah State (23-in the tourney doing so back in 1999 The Aggies had won their last eight tourney games “It was a good run while it lasted" said Aggie senior guard Ibny Brown about his team’s championship ran coming to an end Said UC Santa Barbara head coach Bob Williams: "It's good to be a Gaucho right now The road fd $' naiksmaN a wihhing'this'coftld no(hayCl been sweeter You wantto prove yourself against the best and we did ftft Long Beach State 74-5- 11 South Florida TX 6842 : 6841 ataff writer lUC Riverside Jan 17 2002 j ' 60-5- 6 5 Colorado Springs Nov 25 2000 Gragg Hordy 5746 60-5- - 7 99 Idaho State Cal Poly Feb 1 2002 M 9 Long Beach State Jan ' 20 2000 2 IB Montana Ikch 'Dec 9 2000 2002 1 60-5- P 7 UC Riverside UCInriM Feb 9 Air Force vw Match 7 2002 6141 H 8 Q Cal Poly Jan 4 2001 8 Northern Aruona f Dec 9 1999 '"'80-5- 8 1 - DC SanDkf i1' 3 Southern Cal Nov04vl999 t '52-50- 9 ' Chamhiade Nov 3 J1999 I “ ' b |