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Aggies favored to win Big West Conference By
USU athletic media relations
In the coaches poll, Utah State received all but one first-place vote in garnering 64 points, while Long Beach State was picked to finish second, and Boise State was favored to finish third. In the media poll, the Aggies received 18 or a possible 22 first-place votes, while the 49ers were picked to finish second with four first-place votes. The media tabbed UC Santa Barbara to finish third in the league, with UC Irvine a close fourth. "Like I have been telling our players all along, expectations are a good thing," commented USU head coach Stew Morrill. "The best thing you can do with expectations is take it as a compliment, it means your program is in good shape, and that you have good players. What we are going to try to do is meet those expectations head on and do the best we can." Utah State returns four starters and eight letterwinners off of last year's team that had a nation-long 19 game winning streak before losing in the first-round of the NCAA Tournament. Among those four starters returning is first-team all-league forward Shawn Daniels, and honorable mention guards Bernard Rock and Tony Brown. Along with all the veterans returning for USU this season with five seniors on the team, Utah State also added seven newcomers to the squad with three junior college players and four freshmen.
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