Lots of movement in the Utah State basketball world, though much of it involves former star players. Volleyball released its full non-conference schedule, with men’s basketball getting another peek into the news by officially announcing participation in one of two planned multi-team events for the Aggies. These are the mid-week headlines for Utah State athletics-related stories. USU Volleyball releases non-conference schedule The non-conference schedule for Utah State volleyball under first-year head coach Keith Smith will resemble many of those crafted by his predecessor. The Aggies are set to face an incredibly difficult 10-game slate that will feature last year’s national runner-up (Kentucky), with seven total teams on the list having participated in last year’s NCAA Tournament. Utah State will also spend most of its time on the road, with only three home games (UCLA, Utah and Utah Valley). The Aggies will host Utah in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Sept. 11. Aug. 28 at Kentucky  Aug. 29 vs Eastern Kentucky (Lexington, KY) Aug. 30 vs South Florida (Lexington, KY) Sept. 4 vs Iowa State (Santa Barbara, CA) Sept. 5 at UC Santa Barbara Sept. 9 vs UCLA Sept. 11 vs Utah Sept. 15 at Weber State Sept. 17 vs

Is the new Pac-12 cursed when it comes to basketball? No fewer than three potential men’s basketball stars in the debut season of the new Pac-12 have either faced substantial injuries or left their team. First, San Diego State lost transfer win Nick Anderson to a torn ACL and meniscus. Then Boise State lost its top transfer acquisition, Ty Rodgers, to an undisclosed lower-body injury that required surgery. And just this week, Gonzaga lost its projected starting point guard, Mario Saint-Supery, to Europe. All three players would have been on the shortlist for a preseason All-Pac-12 team. Anderson, a transfer from Rice, averaged 15.5 points last year and would have been one of the best 3-point shooters in the conference. San Diego State needed a high-level scorer to replace, and also improve upon, what Miles Byrd and Reese Dixon-Waters brought on the wing. Brian Dutcher got that when he signed Anderson, but lost it during an innocuous drill in a May workout. Rodgers’ potential as a star was less certain, but there was an argument that he could be the top player in the preseason, if not the actual season. EvanMiya.com ranked him 142nd among all transfers this offseason, the

With every Pac-12 men’s basketball team having filled out its respective rosters to the point where no coach has more than one or two spots to fill, it’s an almost perfect time to make a first attempt at a power ranking for the upcoming 2026-27 season. And that’s exactly what we did on the Full Court Press on 106.9 FM, 1390 AM, The FAN. We’ll have maybe another check-in as the season gets closer, but there probably won’t be any major changes barring significant developments (like injuries or final roster additions). You can find a link to the whole show below, which is where we revealed our rankings and the detailed explanations behind each pick. For this written version, we’ll just go through each team in alphabetical order and show where we ranked them with a summary of our reasoning. At the bottom of the article, you’ll find the table that concisely summarizes our respective rankings in a more visually-friendly manner. For the reader’s information, the rankings included with these capsules for each team in returning production and transfer class will be relative to the rest of the conference (we were going to include high school recruiting rankings, but no