Underdogs no more, Sam Merrill is confident his Utah State Aggies won’t assume that, even though this season has been quite the ride, that come Thursday evening in Las Vegas it’ll be a cake walk. Quite the opposite, in fact. The junior guard who was named the Mountain West Conference’s Player of the Year Tuesday said USU’s 25-6 record, its 15-3 stretch in conference play, its dominance in regular season awards will mean nothing when the ball is tossed at center court in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament.
He’s not just saying it.