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Show I Ags ready for WAC USU has * toughest schedule in years Variety of Shifts Available: Full Time and Part Time We offer: No Telemarketing or Sales Positions start at 58.50/ hr, Medical/ Vision/ Dental Insurance $100 signing bonus after 90 days One week paid vacation One week personal time Discounted Sports Academy Membership Advancement Opportunities BY BRYAN HINTON To schedule an interview please call Kasey at 774-8213. 87 E 1400 N Logan (Pincrest Shopping Center). Assistant Sports Editor After winning its final Big West Tournament and playing in the NCAA tournament last season, the Utah State men's basketball team is not expecting to lose a step by moving to the Western Athletic Conference. Assistant coach Don Verlin said the WAC is a much more viable conference than the BWC. "We're excited for the challenge," he said. "Every night you play in front of great crowds and against great traditions." A huge smile came to the face of newcomer Chris Session when talked about playing in the WAC. "I'm real excited to play in the WAC," he said. "Every night and every team will be tough." Verlin said this year's schedule might not look that intimidating at first glance, but it is actually one of the toughest schedules the Aggies have had for a while. USU will play home-andhome series with Oral Roberts and Middle Tennessee State. "Those are solid mid-major programs," Verlin said. "Oral Roberts should have been in the Financial Saluliam OnfJns j*r2** Ryan Talbot photo/rtolbot@«MUi.edu UTAH STATE'S ARWDAS VAmEKUS goes up for a layup between two Occidental College players during last Friday's game in the Spectrum. USU will play EA Sports Saturday at 7 p.m. NCAA tournament last year and MTSU thinks it has its best team in years. We might have a better team, but not a better record this year." Verlin said the team's goal this year is to take the season one game at a time. "I know that's a cliche," he said. "We just want to win as many games as we can and hopefully we'll be fortunate enough to win the league." Aggie Nate Harris said the team will not have any growing pains from moving to a better conference. "You never want a rebuilding year," he said. USU has 10 new payers on the team this season. Session said the team is playing well together. "Now that we've been practicing, we're adjusting real nice," he said. "We're hanging out both on and off the court." He said none of the new players have really stood out thus far. "Some are good at one thing and some are good at others," he said. "Everybody's good at one thing or another." Harris said the first exhibition game was good for the team. "The new guys got some of their jitters out," he said. "Now they can relax and play. They're , still settling in and finding their roles. We were pleased with it." Session said he already loves playing for head coach Stew Morrill. "He's everything I expected," he said. "He gets us to hustle, dive for those loose balls and do all the dirty work." Verlin said the coaching staff has yet to see one player emerge as a go-to point guard. "That's still wide open," he said. "It's taken longer than anticipated." He said there are four players in the running: last year's starter David Pak, Chris Huber, Mike Daniels and Everett Morgan. "Nobody is ahead right Tyler Larson photo/tmlarsen@cc.usu.cdu UTAH STATE'S CHAZ SPICER charges up to dunk the ball during Friday's game against Occidental College. USU will play its first season in the WAC this year. • • BASKETBALL See page 10 "It was a lot tougher than I thought it would be coming back," she said. "It knocked a lot out of me, the surgery and everything." She was on the mend and starting to play basketball again near the end of June when her lung collapsed. She spent another week in the hospital with a tube in her chest. Then it was back to the couch. "After that point, I had to start all over again," Torp said. "I started working out after the six-week mark, working on the treadmill and doing little things. But I had to take another step back." Precision .|f Store Hours: Monday - Friday The D a nmi ' '" 9:30 - 8:00 Saturday 'til 6:00 ^a^ement She said last season it was hard for her to sit on the bench and watch her teammates play It was hard not to be involved, she said, especially when the Aggies lost. But she did make it back — all the way. Thursday night, Torp was able to play three minutes, in "It was a lot tougher than I thought it would be coming back. It knocked a lot out of me." .^...^ pf*:" Anne-Marie Torp Basketball Player Utah State's exhibition basketball game against the Utah Pride. "I really wasn't expecting much when I got out there. I knew I wasn't going to play much," she said. "It wasn't until I got on the floor - the lights just seem to be brighter during a game or something. It's an awesome adrenaline feeling. "It just reminds me of why I've been working myself so hard." Torp said one thing that has come out of her surgery and struggles over the past year is that people are calling here now that have PFO and are asking for her advice. She said she tells them to make sure they do their research and know what they are getting into. "My problem was, when you get put in that situation after a stroke and everything, you just kind of jump into anything," Torp said. "After talking to people, I think I'm more apt to say, 'make sure you know what you're getting yourself into. Don't take the easy way out with the device.'" The heart surgery was something she is glad she went through. She said she knows it's the true way to make sure everything is OK and that there is nothing foreign in her body. In the future, Torp said she doesn't forsee any other complications. "The doctor said my heart is as good as new. 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