Jeff Hunter
LOGAN — A few minutes after the completion of practice at the Wayne Estes Center last Friday afternoon, Utah State guard Sam Merrill spent a few minutes with a couple of Aggie fans and their young children, autographing a basketball and chatting about USU’s surprising run to a share of the Mountain West title.
While still sporting a tight, gray T-shirt, Merrill had removed his arms from his mesh practice jersey, leaving it hanging from his neck and down his back in cape-like fashion.
Not that those Utah State fans — or anyone else from Aggie Nation, for that matter — needed another reason to look at the 2019 Mountain West Player of the Year like he was a superhero.