When he was introduced last spring, Craig Smith stood at the podium and told the Utah State faithful he was going to work his hands to the bone to get the Aggies back to prominence. It didn’t even take a full season in Logan, and on Tuesday afternoon, the USU men’s basketball program was recognized for its stellar 2018-19 season.
USU earned four of the six individual regular-season Mountain West Conference awards, including Coach of the Year for Smith, Player of the Year for junior guard Sam Merrill and a double honor for freshman center Neemias Queta, who was named both Freshman of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.