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Utah State announces Wesley Brooks as next head coach of women’s basketball – Cache Valley Daily

Image courtesy of Utah State University LOGAN — The embattled Utah State women’s basketball program will turn its future over to Ohio State assistant coach Wesley Brooks as the Aggies look to bounce back from a turbulent five-year stretch. “Wesley is a great developer of people, not only as high-preforming student-athletes, All-Americans and professionals, but as young women in society,” USU Athletic Director Diana Sabau said in a statement. “Under his leadership, we look forward to advancing the trajectory of women’s basketball at Utah State University.” Brooks holds two decades of coaching experience, starting out as a manager under then-head coach John Beilein at West Virginia and later becoming a graduate assistant and eventually director of basketball operations with the Mountaineers. For the 2007-08 season, he took on an assistant coaching role at Robert Morris, moving on shortly after to have stints at, Texas Southern (2008-11), North Texas (2011-15), Utah (2015-17), Michigan (2017-21) and most recently Ohio State (2021-24).  “I am thankful and honored that Diana and President (Elizabeth) Cantwell have given me the opportunity to lead the Utah State women’s basketball program,” said Brooks in the Aggies’ press release. “I am excited and look forward to establishing a program

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First 4A baseball RPI revealed, Bear River in top five – Cache Valley Daily

The UHSAA released the first of several RPI rankings to be revealed this week. This morning the baseball rankings were posted and Region 11 teams were not very well represented at the top as Bear River is the only team from the region to be inside the top 10 of the RPI. The Bears came in ranked fourth of the 24 teams in the 4A classification with Ridgeline at 13th, Green Canyon at 20th, Sky View at 23rd and Logan in the 24th spot. Box Elder, in the 5A RPI, came in at 13th of 31 teams. Five more RPI rankings are scheduled to be revealed this week, one each weekday through Friday. The time of reveal for all of them will be 10 a.m. Tuesday (April 2) – Boys and Girls Lacrosse Wednesday (April 3) – Softball Thursday (April 4) – Boys Soccer Friday (April 5) – Boys Volleyball UHSAA 4A Baseball RPI Snow Canyon (12-3) Dixie (15-5) Desert Hills (13-4) Bear River (9-4)  Crimson Cliffs (12-4) Pine View (11-4) Timpanogos (9-6) Stansbury (7-5) Cottonwood (7-3) Provo (9-2) Park City (8-5) Uintah (7-4) Ridgeline (9-4) Hurricane (5-7) Mountain Crest (6-6) Payson (5-7) Mountain View (6-6) Juan Diego (4-9) Cedar

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The biggest task for USU’s new head coach has little to do with X’s and O’s – Cache Valley Daily

Youngstown State head coach Jerrod Calhoun gives directions against the Michigan in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) LOGAN — Roughly 48 hours after Jerrod Calhoun was officially announced as head coach of men’s basketball at Utah State, the program received some welcome news. Isaac Johnson, the team’s starting center last year who showed several flashes of brilliance, indicated his intention to stick with the Aggies for his junior season on his Instagram account. “We ain’t done yet,” the 7-foot center said to conclude his post. That re-commit, or “run it back” post — since such things are almost necessary in the transfer portal age of college sports — is one of what Calhoun and Aggie fans everywhere will be hoping to see more of in the coming days. It also represents the most important task the new head coach now faces: Keep this roster together at all costs. Funnily enough, “all costs” can be literal, given NIL, but figuratively it’s very true as well. Of the 16 players on last year’s roster, the only one obligated to leave is Darius Brown who has no eligibility

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Harrison Barnes keys big 3rd quarter that carries the Kings past the Jazz 127-106 – Cache Valley Daily

Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis, left, dunks the ball over Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler (24) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Randall Benton) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Barnes scored 24 points and keyed a big third-quarter run for Sacramento that carried the Kings to a 127-106 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night. Barnes took on a bigger role offensively for the short-handed Kings and delivered with 16 points in the decisive third quarter. “We knew we had some different lineups out there,” Barnes said. “Coach told everyone they had the green light. Shoot and be aggressive. … I tried to shoot with confidence.” Keegan Murray scored 25 points to lead the Kings. De’Aaron Fox had 24 points and 12 assists, and Domantas Sabonis had 17 points and 11 rebounds for his 57th straight double-double. That helped the Kings complete a three-game series sweep against Utah for their first season sweep against the Jazz since 2001-02. Sacramento moved into a tie for seventh place in the Western Conference with Phoenix but remained two games behind sixth-place Dallas in the race to avoid the play-in tournament. Brice

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