SALT LAKE CITY — Craig Smith jabbered a mile a minute when introduced to Utah State boosters and the media, last spring, but already the first-year basketball coach’s record has caught up with the rhetoric.
He’s still good at dropping one-liners, but he’d much rather watch his guards dropping 3s. That part is working out nicely. USU is third in the Mountain West Conference in distance shooting.
Wednesday at the Spectrum, his Aggies stretched their record to 21-6 with a 71-55 win over New Mexico. Smith has barely been in Utah long enough to pick up his laundry, but already the team is being mentioned as an at-large entrant in the NCAA Tournament.