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Utah State completes championship sweep of Mountain West with win over SDSU | Sports

LAS VEGAS — In their final season in the Mountain West, Utah State did what it had never done before. The Aggies have, multiple times, climbed the mountain of winning the regular season conference championship and rising to the peak by winning the conference tournament championship. But on Saturday, Utah State complete a sweep of both in the same season, clinching the conference tournament title with a 73-62 win over San Diego State exactly one week after claiming the outright regular season championship. In 13 seasons in the Mountain West, the Aggies hadn’t won an outright regular season title and conference tournament title in the same season, though this year’s rings will be number five and six for Utah State in its MW era. The win by the Aggies broke a tie between the two teams set up from the last four meetings in the title game. Utah State won in 2019 and 2020, the latter featuring Sam Merrill’s famed last-second buzzer-beater that punched USU’s ticket to a later cancelled NCAA Tournament. But San Diego State won the next two title-game bouts in 2021 and 2023, meaning the Aggies also broke a losing streak with Saturday’s victory. 14 Mar 2026: The

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Connor Bedard scores in OT to lift the Blackhawks past the Mammoth, 3-2 | Sports

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Connor Bedard scored off a rebound off a post at 3:57 of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 3-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night. Bedard, Tyler Bertuzzi and Frank Nazar each had a goal and an assist and Spencer Knight stopped 29 shots to help the Blackhawks sweep the season series in their third meeting with Utah in 12 days. In the 3-on-3 overtime, Alex Vlasic blasted a shot off the post, Bedard controlled the rebound and snapped it into the net. The young star then pounded on the glass in celebration. Dylan Geunther and JJ Peterka scored for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka made 20 saves. The Mammoth hold the first wild card in the Western Conference — six points ahead of San Jose. Bertuzzi tied it at 1 on a 4-on-3 power play 2:18 into the third period. He leads the NHL with 10 road power-play goals. Nazar gave Chicago a 2-1 lead at 9:17 to extend his points streak to a career-best five games. Peterka tied it with 6:15 remaining. Guenther opened the scoring with his 31st at 5:47 of the second. Up next Chicago: Visits Vegas on Saturday

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Utah State’s defense leads the way in semifinal win over Nevada | Sports

LAS VEGAS — Utah State’s defense has had its share of poor defensive outings late in the season. Friday’s semifinal victory over Nevada, in which the Aggies won by a convincing score of 79-66, will not be counted among those. And with the win, USU will advance to its first Mountain West Tournament championship game appearance since 2023. Jerrod Calhoun’s squad made life miserable for the normally efficient Wolf Pack offense. Nevada shot just 41% from the field, its 11th-worst mark of the season, and had a season-worst 15 turnovers (tied with one other game). Combined with Thursday’s win over UNLV where the Aggies held the Rebels to 60 points, it’s been quite the resurgence for the a USU defense that allowed 84.0 points per game in the final five games of the regular season. “It’s just attention to detail. It’s a long season, so at times you can get lackluster,” USU forward Karson Templin said. “Last year we had a similar end to our season. We kind of tailed off at the end of the regular season, lost some games. So I think this year we really wanted to emphasize that we’re going to get back to what we do,

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