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Jazz GM Zanik to continue rebuild, signs multiyear deal – Cache Valley Daily

FILE – Utah Jazz general manager Justin Zanik speaks during a news conference Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in Salt Lake City. The Utah Jazz have signed Zanik to a multiyear deal as he continues the franchise’s roster makeover.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz have signed general manager Justin Zanik to a multiyear deal as he continues the franchise’s roster makeover. Zanik just finished a busy offseason after dealing All-Stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell and breaking up the nucleus of a roster that had been to the playoffs in each of the past six seasons. The franchise also parted ways with veteran coach Quin Snyder, bringing in former Spurs and Celtics assistant Will Hardy. Gobert was dealt to the Timberwolves while Mitchell is now with the Cavaliers. Zanik is entering his fourth season as the general manager. He came to the franchise in 2013 as an assistant general manager before taking the same role with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2016. He returned to the Jazz in 2017 and was elevated to GM in 2019. “Justin’s basketball acumen, ability to create meaningful relationships throughout the league, and management of our front office are invaluable assets,” Jazz executive Danny Ainge

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USU basketball picked to finish eighth in Mountain West preseason poll – Cache Valley Daily

Utah State head coach Ryan Odom looks on against the Colorado State during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) In the 2022-23 Mountain West preseason poll, the voters picked Utah State to finish eighth of the 11 teams in the conference. San Diego State was picked to win the conference, garnering 16 of the 20 first-place votes. Wyoming came in at second with the other four, followed in order by Boise State, Colorado State and New Mexico to round out the top five (it may be worth noting that ballots were due prior to the release of the news that Colorado State star guard Isaiah Stevens is likely to miss the season with an injury so the voters couldn’t have taken it into account on their ballots). Utah State has been picked seventh or lower just three times in its prior nine seasons in the conference. Each time the Aggies were picked that low, they exceeded those expectations, often drastically. In 2014 USU was picked 10th (the lowest it’s ever been picked) and finished fourth; and, in 2018 the Aggies were picked to finish ninth but

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Five things to know for “Bridger’s Battle” between Utah State and Wyoming – Cache Valley Daily

The winner of the annual contest between Utah State and Wyoming will take home the traveling “Bridger Rifle,” a .50 caliber Rocky Mountain Hawken rifle that was popular among mountain men and widely considered to be what Jim Bridger carried. Each year’s game score will be notched into the maple stock. Utah State football is on a winning streak for the first time since the end of last season with nearly 301 days spanning between those streaks. The Aggies’ recently-acquired winning ways will be on the line this Saturday as they travel to face Wyoming. The Cowboys have lost two of their last three games but did win 27-14 last week at New Mexico. This matchup will be as crucial as the previous two for USU. The team’s resurgence into contention for the Mountain West crown has little-to-no room for error. The Aggies retain control over their own destiny and a win will keep it that way. USU will also be playing for the right to take home Bridger’s Rifle, the travelling trophy that began to be awarded in 2013 as part of what is now a 119-year old rivalry with 71 games played between the two sides. Though being

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