2021–22 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

2021–22 Utah State Aggies men's basketball
2021–22 Utah State Aggies men's basketball
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coach	Ryan Odom (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Nate Dixon; Matt Henry; Bryce Crawford;
Home arena	Smith Spectrum
	Seasons ← 2020–21 2022–23 →

2021–22 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 23 Boise State †	15	–	3	.833	27	–	8	.771
No. 24 Colorado State	14	–	4	.778	25	–	6	.806
San Diego State	13	–	4	.765	23	–	9	.719
Wyoming	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
UNLV	10	–	8	.556	18	–	14	.563
Fresno State	8	–	9	.471	23	–	13	.639
Utah State	8	–	10	.444	18	–	16	.529
Nevada	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
New Mexico	5	–	12	.294	13	–	19	.406
Air Force	4	–	13	.235	11	–	18	.379
San Jose State	1	–	17	.056	8	–	23	.258

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team will represent Utah State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by first-year head coach Ryan Odom, will play their home games at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah as members of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season

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]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Alphonso Anderson	10	F	6'6"	220	Senior	Tacoma, WA	Graduate transferred to Pacific
Liam McChesney	13	F	6'10"	185	RS Freshman	Prince Rupert, BC	Transferred to Illinois State
Karson Stastny	21	G	6'4"	175	Freshman	Celina, TX	Walk-on; transferred
Neemias Queta	23	C	7'0"	245	Junior	Barreiro, Portugal	Declare for 2021 NBA draft
Rollie Worster	24	G	6'3"	200	Freshman	Missoula, MT	Transferred to Utah
Zahar Vedischev	30	G	6'6"	180	Freshman	Moscow, Russia	Transferred
Marco Anthony	44	G	6'5"	225	RS Junior	San Antonio, TX	Graduate transferred to Utah
Kuba Karwowski	52	C	7'2"	220	Senior	Warsaw, Poland	Graduate transferred to Sam Houston State

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous college
Travis Wagstaff	1	G			Sophomore	Holladay, UT	Junior college transferred from Snow College
Brandon Horvath	4	F	6'10"	210	RS Senior	West River, MD	Transferred from UMBC. Will be eligible to play immediately since Horvath graduated from UMBC.
R. J. Eytle-Rock	5	G/F	6'3"	225	Senior	London, England	Transferred from UMBC. Under NCAA transfer rules, Eytle-Rock will have to sit out during the 2021–22 season. Will have one year of remaining eligibility.
Rylan Jones	15	G	6'0"	178	Junior	Salt Lake City, UT	Transferred from Utah. Under NCAA transfer rules, Jones will have to sit out during the 2021–22 season. Will have two year of remaining eligibility.

2021 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Muzamil Ameer Hamoda SG	Bahrain	Bridgton Academy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A	Mar 21, 2021
Muzamil Ameer Hamoda SG	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: – Rivals: – 247Sports: #65
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

Roster

2021–22 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Landon Brenchley (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Ridgeline HS	Providence, UT
F	1	Travis Wagstaff	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Olympus HS Snow College	Salt Lake City, UT
G	2	Sean Bairstow	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Churchie	Brisbane, QLD
G	3	Steven Ashworth	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Lone Peak HS	Alpine, UT
F	4	Brandon Horvath	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Sr	Southern UMBC	West River, MD
G	5	R. J. Eytle-Rock	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Barking Abbey School UMBC	London, England
F	10	Cade Potter	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Orange Lutheran HS	Orange, CA
F	11	Max Shulga	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	So	Basketball School of Excellence	Kyiv, Ukraine
C	12	Szymon Zapala	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	SMS PZkosz Wladyslawowo	Zaborze, Poland
G	15	Rylan Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Jr	Olympus HS Utah	Salt Lake City, UT
F	21	Norbert Thelissen	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	So	Heroes Den Bosch	’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
G	22	Brock Miller	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Sr	Brighton HS	Sandy, UT
F	24	Zee Hamoda	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Fr	Bridgton Academy	Riffa, Bahrain
C	32	Trevin Dorius	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS Jr	Wasatch HS	Heber City, UT
F	34	Justin Bean	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Sr	Southmoore HS	Moore, OK
F	35	Matthew Wickizer	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Kearns HS	North Salt Lake, UT

Head coach

Ryan Odom (Hampden–Sydney)

Assistant coach(es)

Nate Dixon (UNC Wilmington)
Matt Henry (Trinity)
Bryce Crawford (Ohio State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exibition
October 27, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	Montana Western	W 81-51		21 – Bean	10 – Bean	5 – Tie	Smith Spectrum (6,390) Logan, UT
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:30 p.m.	UC Davis	L 69–72	0–1	19 – Horvath	13 – Bean	6 – Jones	Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
November 12, 2021* 4:00 p.m., CBSSN	vs. Richmond Veterans Classic						Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD
November 18, 2021* 12:30 pm, ESPNU	vs. Penn Myrtle Beach Invitational Quarterfinals						HTC Center Conway, SC
November 19, 2021* 10:00 a.m./12:30 p.m., ESPNU/ESPN2	vs. New Mexico State/Davidson Myrtle Beach Invitational						HTC Center Conway, SC
November 21, 2021*	vs. Myrtle Beach Invitational						HTC Center Conway, SC
November 27, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	UT Arlington						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
November 29, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	Carroll (MT)						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
December 2, 2021* 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	Saint Mary's						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
December 8, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	at BYU Old Oquirrh Bucket						Marriott Center Provo, UT
December 11, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	New Orleans						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
December 15, 2021* 7:00 p.m., KJZZ	at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket						Dee Events Center Ogden, UT
December 18, 2021* 7:00 p.m., BTN	vs. Iowa Sanford Pentagon Showcase						Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, SD
December 21, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	Portland State						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
Mountain West regular season
December 28, 2021 TBA	at Air Force						Clune Arena Colorado Springs, CO
January 1, 2022 7:00 p.m.	San Jose State						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
January 4, 2022 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	Boise State						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
January 8, 2022 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	at New Mexico						The Pit Albuquerque, NM
January 12, 2022 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Colorado State						Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO
January 15, 2022 7:00 p.m.	Wyoming						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
January 18, 2022 9:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Fresno State						Save Mart Center Fresno, CA
January 25, 2022 9:00 p.m., FS1	San Diego State						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
January 29, 2022 TBA, CBSSN	at Nevada						Lawlor Events Center Reno, NV
February 1, 2022 7:00 p.m.	Air Force						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
February 5, 2022 TBA	UNLV						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
February 8, 2022 TBA	at Wyoming						Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY
February 11, 2022 7:00 p.m., FS1	Nevada						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
February 15, 2022 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	at San Diego State						Viejas Arena San Diego, CA
February 19, 2022 4:00 p.m.	at Boise State						ExtraMile Arena Boise, ID
February 22, 2022 8:00 p.m., FS1	New Mexico						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
February 26, 2022 8:30 p.m., FS1	Colorado State						Smith Spectrum Logan, UT
March 5, 2022 9:00 p.m., FS1	at San Jose State						Provident Credit Union Event Center San Jose, CA
Mountain West Tournament
March 9–12, 2022	vs. TBA						Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Source^[3]

References

^ McDonald, Ryan (2021-03-27). "Utah State's Craig Smith hired as Utah Utes men's basketball coach". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
^ "Utah State hires Maryland-Baltimore County's Ryan Odom as new men's basketball coach". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
^ "Utah State 2021–22 schedule". UtahStateAggies.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

[1] McDonald, Ryan (2021-03-27). "Utah State's Craig Smith hired as Utah Utes men's basketball coach". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-05-03.

[2] "Utah State hires Maryland-Baltimore County's Ryan Odom as new men's basketball coach". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2021-05-03.

[utahstateschedule-3] "Utah State 2021–22 schedule". UtahStateAggies.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

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