A news report indicates that Utah State is getting a new cornerback transfer from SEC country.

Daniel Gray, a 2012 Tennesee signee, will transfer to Utah State this fall, according to Eric Woodbury of Go Vols Xtra. Gray went to Boyd Anderson in Florida, the high school of Aggies receivers Travis Reynolds and JoJo Natson.

Last year, Gray saw action in eight games with only six total tackles and started once as a freshman. A coaching change at UT seemed to bolster a decision to leave the V...

The Mountain West has agreed to a multi-year deal with Direct TV to air approximately 10 football games and no fewer than 25 men's basketball games starting next season.

The conference announced the deal Wednesday afternoon, giving the conference an additional regional imprint to its national deals with CBS Sports Network and ESPN. Root Sports reaches an estimated 2.5 million households across nine states in the Rocky Mountain region. The Tribune's Scott Pierce predicted a regional deal was forthcoming.

What does it mean for Utah State? More games will be on TV. Fans can enjoy more contests, especially basketball, from the comfort of home ...

Utah State will have another game on the ESPN family of networks, but the time and channel have yet to be decided.

The Aggies' Nov. 9 contest at UNLV was one of 15 games picked up by ESPN, the Mountain West announced Thursday afternoon. Five of Utah State's games have been picked up by CBS Sports Network, and another at San Jose State will air on ESPN, aside from the recently announced contest.

This announcement lacks the punch of the previous ones. ESPN could air the game on ESPNU or online on ESPN3 if it chooses. If UNLV continues its recent struggles, the game is probably a candidate for going online....

Utah State will be competing in the Mountain West this fall, but a USA Today report shows that the school still has ground to make up when it comes to producing revenue against some of the conference's heavy hitters.

The athletic department has seen its revenue more than double in the last six years, but the Aggies' budget still trails all Mountain West schools. The USA Today database ranks Utah State at No. 108 in revenue against all other Division I schools, generating just over $21 million in 2012.

Th...

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post incorrectly characterized one of Terrell Young's college opportunities. Young was offered a preferred walk-on spot at Southern Utah.

Judge Memorial coach Dan Del Porto wishes he had one more year with Terrell Young.

When Young joined the Bulldogs as a sophomore from Alpine, he was a little guy with some exceptional skills. As time has gone on, he's grown to 6-foot-3, and his shot has become one of the biggest threats on the floor.

One more year of grooming, Del Porto said, and he might've gotten a lot more college attention.

"He would've been on a lot ...

In the short spring hoops season so far, Malek Harwell has stepped up.

The 6-foot-4 rising junior from Idaho has been turning a lot more heads as the top scoring threat for Utah Pump N Run 16-U Red. He was a menace in last weekend's Double Pump Spring Classic in Las Vegas, showing the ability to shoot from all over the floor and get to the basket against other solid prospects.

That effort paid off early this week, as Harwell got his first college offer from Utah State. And it's probably not going to be the last one for the 15-year-old shooting guard.

"This year he's made such a jump," coach Jason Long. "A lot of people can't believe how much better he's gotten. He's n...

The NFL Draft is over. Many teams have already bolstered their summer rosters with undrafted free agents.

Time to talk about it.

Here's some Miami and Indianapolis reaction, respectively, to Will Davis and Kerwynn Williams being taken in the NFL Draft:

Will Davis, Miami Dolphins (3rd round, 93rd overall)

• GM Jeff Ireland talking about the defensive backs in the South Florida Sun Sentinel:

"I feel good about the position. I think...

At least two more Utah State players have signed NFL free agent contacts.

The school announced Saturday night that defensive tackle Al Lapuaho had signed with the St. Louis Rams, and receiver Chuck Jacobs had signed with the San Francisco 49ers. With Will Davis and Kerwynn Williams being taken in the NFL Draft, and Matt Austin quickly signing a contract with the Seattle Seahawks, five Aggies from the program's 2012 season now know where they'll be headed this summer.

A native of West Valley City, Lapuaho came to Logan two years ago from Snow College. He put an exclamati...

Sure, it would've been nice to hear his name called in the NFL Draft.

But as it stands, Matt Austin isn't sweating the details. The 24-year-old wideout from Utah State knows he's in good hands after signing with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent.

"I'm feeling good, I'm just relieved now," he told the Tribune shortly after the conclusion of the draft. "I've just been blessed with this opportunity to play in the NFL, and I've got to take advantage of it."

Austin lands with a competitive team, but also has a lot of friends already in Seattle. Former Aggies Robert Turbin and Bobby Wagner play there, as well as his junior c...

Can't make it to Romney Stadium this season? Don't sweat it. Just tune into CBS Sports Network for your Aggies fix.

Of course, the football team would probably like the stands packed for its games after the Mountain West Conference just announced a new 21-game package for this fall: Utah State has five games on CBS Sports Network, including four at home.

The Aggies will get a chance to boost their exposure with home games against BYU, Boise State, Hawai'i and Colorado State being aired on the network. Utah State will also get airplay when it visits Air Force in its conference opener on Sept. 7.

Includi...

This past December, assistant athletic trainer Mike Williams saved basketball player Danny Berger's life with his steadiness and swiftness in an emergency.

Utah State has decided those are the kind of qualities it wants in its head athletic trainer.

On Thursday afternoon, the school via news release announced Williams will assume the role on May following the retirement of Dale Mildenberger, a 38-year employee at the university. It wraps up a high-profile year for Williams, who was widely recognized for his heroics after treating Berder with an automated external defibrillator on Dec. 4.

Williams has been recognized by the university...

Hanging around Logan for most of the last month and a half, Matt Austin has been able to help the younger crop of Utah State receivers get better at spring practice.

But he's also been restless, looking for a chance to play himself.

"I'm ready for the wait to be over," he said. "I'm bored without football in my life. It's great to see my boys step up and play, but it makes me miss it that much more."

Austin, who led the Aggies in receptions and yards last year, isn't sure if he'll be taken in the NFL Draft, but he'll know a lot more about his future after this weekend. Whether he gets drafted, or whether he's looking for somewhere t...

When Tay Glover-Wright grabbed an interception in the Utah State spring game, his old roommate was cheering as loudly as anyone on the sidelines.

Will Davis, who crept up the depth chart this past season and became a legitimate NFL Draft prospect, felt a little strange not being on the field. But seeing the defense succeed gave him some closure on his Utah State career.

"It was good to see everybody doing well back there," he said. "Tay got a pick, Mo Alexander is back there hitting guys, all those guys are doing well. It was weird being one of the older guys, but also an honor to be like one of them who went to the NFL."

Davis has ...

ESPN announced its initial seven televised games as part of its Mountain West Conference deal. And Utah State football learned it will have an early national primetime stage to show it's a true contender this season.

The Aggies' game at San Jose State on Sept. 27 has been plugged in for a 7 p.m. MT kickoff on ESPN - the flagship.

It won't be easy: It comes at the end of a brutal stretch of four of five games on the road and a short week after playing USC. San Jose State returns quarterback David Fales and 15 other starters who all surely remember being smothered in a 49-27 Aggies win last year.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Kerwynn Williams will try to keep everything normal. Stick to routine. Do the things he does every weekend.

The difference is this weekend, it's likely that one phone call will change his life.

"I'm going back to Las Vegas, and I'm not going to do anything special," he said. "I'm going to go about my day doing normal things, and just wait for my name to be called."

That's one way to wait out the NFL Draft.

The 5-foot-8 running back has hopes of going in the mid- to late rounds of the draft this weekend. Between his tape at Utah State and his workouts - he declines to say where he's been, prefe...

Logan • Call it a last fix, if you want. Utah State football won't go dark, but the Aggies aren't going to be practicing with coaches for the next few months. And fans won't get much football.

But the Spring Game offered some food for thought between now and August. There will be more to digest over the summer, and all exhibitions should be taken with a grain of salt, but here are some things rattling around the noggin after watching Utah State play in the closest thing it'll have to a game until it goes to Rice-Eccles Stadium (it'll be here before you know it):

No need to worry about linebackers •

Two Utah State athletes announced their plans to transfer on Twitter on Friday afternoon, confirming that they won't be suiting up for the Aggies again.

Quarterback Adam Kennedy, who did not participate in football practice this spring, announced he's planning to go to Arkansas State, giving substance to rumors that cropped up this week.

"Excited to play next year at Arkansas State! Looking forward to the opportunity to work with the players/coaches at ASU! #BigThingsAhead" he tweeted.

Kennedy was the subject of speculation on

The Utah State football team takes the field tomorrow for its annual spring exhibition, an event expected to draw several thousand Aggie fans to Romney Stadium to see what the Matt Wells era might look like.

There's a lot of returning talent and coaches, so don't expect too much to change. But aside from the unique format, here's some things fans can watch for:

Looking for red zone targets • The Utah State passing unit has been best when its moving between the 20s, and sometimes those last few yards to the end zone have been a challenge. If Joe Hill can't move the rock on the front seven, it falls to the r...

Utah State has announced the format for its spring football game at 2 p.m. on Saturday, pitting the Blue team (offense) against the White team (defense).

It's the Aggies' own spin on the spring exhibition, a continuation of the battle throughout spring camp. Fans will see two 15-minute quarters with normal clock rules, followed by two 10-minute running clock quarters, according to a school news release.

The offense will be looking for the end zone, but in this format, both squads have different ways to score.

Aside from the standard touchdown, extra...

Three seniors at the U - Miami, not the one you're thinking of - have taken a special interest in pushing Utah State quarterback Chuckie Keeton as the next Heisman candidate.

Their grades depend on it.

Melody Cheikhali, Jennifer Locey and Jennifer Ramirez have gained some attention on Twitter in the last week for their new account: @Chuckie4Heisman. It's part of the three seniors' project for their Sports Information class.

The instructions were simple: Pick a football player (not a Miami player) and make a Heisman campaign for him. That includes a video, a flyer or poster, a news release and an iPhone app (in developm...

Does NFL Draft analyst Mike Mayock think Utah State is gaining a reputation as an NFL talent producer?

The NFL Network's top expert said he might not be the best person to ask.

"Ask Pete Carroll," Mayock said in his Thursday pre-draft conference call. "Pete Caroll had one of the best drafts last year, and Bobby Wagner and Robert Turbin were phenomenal."

Mayock says recent draft success stories have done a lot to boost Utah State's profile and brand.

"Anytime you see guys drafted out of a school like Utah State, it increases the school's visibility," he said. "I think it's great."

This year, the top draft candidates for Utah State are running back

Chuckie Keeton isn't just Utah State's most high-profile athlete - he's won over the state as well.

At Tuesday's State of Sport awards, sponsored by the Utah Sports Commission, Keeton was revealed to be the top vote-getter in the College Male Athlete category, another validation of the success he's had as an Aggie.

The contest got more than 50,000 votes in its various categories. Keeton beat out fellow football stars Star Lotulelei and Reggie Dunn of Utah, but also Weber State phenom and NBA rookie sensation Damian Lillard.

Keeton was first-team all-WAC after throwing for 3,373 yards and 27 touchdowns last season, establishing himsel...

Utah State basketball has a late addition to its incoming recruiting class: Viko Noma'aea, a 20-year-old point guard whom the Aggies hope can add some scoring and composure in the backcourt.

Noma'aea graduated from Sierra Vista High (Las Vegas, Nev.) in 2011, and has spent the last two years working for his parents and serving an LDS mission in Paris. He was only back a few weeks when he decided committing to Utah State would be the best choice for continuing his basketball career.

"I want to do what I love, and it was a tough decision to go [on a mission] in the first place," he said. "But I trusted that everything would take care of itself. I'm very happy and excited to be...

Logan • With the spring exhibition ahead, only a non-padded practice in between, it would've been easy for Monday's practice to get a little lost in the shuffle.

But if the Utah State football team is looking ahead, it wasn't reflected in their 13th spring session on Monday morning. The tempo was up and there wasn't much time for slacking. The Aggies are expecting a crowd of several thousand on Saturday, and they don't want to disappoint.

That meant more time on the field, longer drives - squeezing to the last drop.

"You've gotta be in good shape to do this stuff," offensive tackle Kyle Whimpey said. "The way Coach [Matt] Wells runs i...

The Utah State football team has only one more week to go this spring. Coach Matt Wells is getting a good feel for who could be a big part of his team this fall.

Some extra notes and quotes from Thursday's scrimmage:

• Some extra faces in the receiving game: Brandon Swindall is quietly becoming a reliable target. At 6-foot-4, he has the build of a go-get-the-ball receiver, and now his hands are starting to match. He got six catches for 87 yards today, including a key grab on the second team's two-minute drill touchdown drive. He's been better at contested balls, an area of great need for the receiving corp...

Logan • It's going to be a bumpy start to fall.

Utah State learned as much when the Mountain West released its conference football schedule this afternoon, a slate that gives the Aggies four of its first five games on the road and its toughest conference opponents all before mid-October.

Coach Matt Wells and his program will be tested early with games at Utah, Air Force, USC and San Jose State to start the season. The lone break at home will be against Weber State.

If the Aggies can get through that stretch clean, they'll be rewarded with home games against Boise State and BYU - no pushovers for a home stand. The game against the Broncos could well de...

There was no mincing of words after Wednesday's practice: Defense won.

Aggies coach Matt Wells has been guarded about giving one unit the edge over another, but after watching the defense make plays and the offense unable to execute in morning practice, he was resolute.

"I thought the defense won from the very start," he said. "From period one to finish."

Although the offense regrouped to score on a two-minute drill at the end of practice, the other side of the ball set Wednesday's pace. Wells cited performances from the secondary as the defining factor that went into the solid effort: Brian Suite, Maurice Alexander and Tay Glover-Wright among them.

Overall, We...

If you're an Aggie fan, and if you understand all those newfangled smartphone technologies, you probably should grab a listen to the Front Row Show.

Run by three Utah State fans - Matt Sonnenberg, Josh McDonald and Jeff Browning - the podcast is a nice hub for the discussion and dissection of Utah State athletics. The crew put together a basketball postseason award show, and I participated.

Here's a link to the show.

I thought I'd share my ballot with the fans, because after all, basketball season just ended last night.

Here's the categories the Front Row Show picked, and here's m...

Logan • Especially in spring, practice can crystalize around a routine. From one drill to the next, the pattern can reinforce a factory-like staleness.

The Utah State coaching staff has an answer: break the routine.

When the Aggies, for example, take on an unexpected scheduling adjustment by playing full-team, full-contact drills in the middle of practice instead of building up to it for the end, it makes the environment a little more lively. Monday's change-up went well, coach Matt Wells said.

"We came in early, thudded it up," he said. "Did the team stuff in the middle and more of the individual at the end to change up the monotony and change up the routine a little...

Tribune columnist Kurt Kragthorpe checked out Utah State football practice on Thursday:

Logan - The touchdowns came more easily for Utah State's offense via long drives than on scripted opportunities that started closer to the goal line Thursday at Romney Stadium.

In the scrimmage portion of the Aggies' ninth of 15 sessions in spring practice, the offense dominated early before the defense re-established itself.

"We came out pretty strong and took it to the defense, but we kind of slowed down and didn't finish as well as we wanted to," said running back Joe Hill.

On the other side, "It's really, really frustrating as a defense to ...

Nikki Ekstrom quickly learned how quickly word gets around on the internet - or at least how quickly videos get around.

She posted a video Monday evening, just a 45-second clip of her son's reaction to an April Fool's Day joke. The next day, she was flooded by texts, messages and even media inquiries.

Who was this kid, the strangers asked. What was his story?

"We weren't expecting this at all," Ekstrom said. "It's kind of crazy."

For the last few days, the video of Colin Ekstrom, her 7-year-old son has been making the rounds in Logan. The video shows his less-than-enthusiastic reaction to a prank put on by Cache Valley Daily a...

Utah State fans might not exactly be dialing up Mel Kiper Jr. for his NFL Draft commentary after he marked down the Seattle Seahawks last year for drafting Bobby Wagner, among others.

But, love or hate it, the ESPN analyst has been long considered one of the foremost authorities on the draft, where pro prospects might go, and if they can cut it in the NFL.

In a Wednesday conference call with a lot of media listening in, Kiper addressed the two Utah State players who have the highest chance of going in the draft later this month: running back Kerwynn Williams and corner Will Davis.

Utah State athletics has had a good friend in Charlie Denson the last few years.

The president of Nike Brand who helped lead a logo and image overhaul for Utah State, Denson will be honored as this year's commencement speaker on May 4. He'll receive an honorary degree as well, alongside Sen. Orrin Hatch among others.

Denson has close ties to the university, an alum in 1978 who went to work for a Portland store that would birth the world's largest and most lucrative athletic wear company. Besides being a contributor to the Aggies — he auctioned off a private tour and lunch for a recent...

I'm going to have to hand it to Cache Valley Daily for this one.

The Logan-based website had an April Fool's Day story that turned out to be quite a successful venture: "LDS Church to purchase Utah State University, rename it BYU-Logan." I saw some Twitter reaction Monday from some rush-to-judgement Aggies that was pretty funny, but this video passed on by a Twitter follower has to be the best.

This video posted on Facebook shows a young USU fan abso...

Logan • Coach Matt Wells has called it "give and take." But sometimes, the battle between the first-team offense and defense seems more substantial.

It felt more like a brawl as Maurice Alexander tore a ball from Brandon Swindall's hands, only moments after the big wideout had made a contested catch on the sidelines. Nevin Lawson made it clear who was winning, also on the first full team series, after intercepting Chuckie Keeton.

But the offense regrouped on their second try, getting underneath passes to Jojo Natson and Travis Reynolds for big yardage. And t...

Logan • A few extra notes from Utah State's first football scrimmage on Thursday:

Offensive depth should be a concern • Matt Wells has mentioned it before, but that point was reinforced by how hard it was for the second- and third-string teams to move the ball. Jeff Manning struggled the most of any quarterback, going 1-for-10 with all three picks. But the issues are attributable to a number of factors: The offensive line isn't blocking as well further down the depth chart, and there were a number of outright drops by receivers. The deepest position might be running back, as Abou Toure

March Madness doesn't really transmit via television for Stew Morrill.

The Utah State basketball coach watched other coaches stride the court, other players go up for rebounds, other teams celebrate success in college basketball's most treasured event. Addressing the media Wednesday morning, Morrill didn't say he felt left out - he went with "strange."

"After so many years playing in the postseason, it was a strange feeling," he said. "We're kind of settled in right now."

But still, the venerable Aggie said he didn't look back with regret on bowing out of the postseason — the first time Utah State has not participated in a postseason...

As wonderful as Utah State's indoor complex is, nothing quite replicates the feeling of being on the field.

More space. More excitement. A sense of what game day might feel like come fall.

It was refreshing to get out from under a ceiling, coach Matt Wells said after the football team's first outdoor practice on Wednesday.

"It was good energy," he said. "That'll happen when you get out there."

The culmination of Wednesday's practice was red zone drills, and the defense did well again. Wells said he was impressed by how the unit operated from first through second team, and came away feeling the battle in the trenches was key.

"The defensive line was domin...

Logan • It doesn't hold 70,000 people, and it doesn't host nationally televised events. But Utah State's Laub Indoor Training Center has at least one thing in common with the Superdome.

Sometimes, the lights go out.

The building's power outage was only about five minutes long - not nearly the wait the nation had to endure during the Super Bowl. But it happened in the middle of Utah State's football practice on Monday morning. And as all teams must learn to do, the Aggies had to adjust.

The momentary outage occurred when the team usually runs 7-on-7 passing drills, so the Aggies instead turned on the auxilary corner lights and moved into individual wor...

The Mountain West has officially announced a TV deal with ESPN for football and men's basketball that, combined with the conference's CBS Sports deal, could reportedly bring the conference up to $116 million in television revenue during the next seven years.

The long-rumored deal was stamped with simultaneous announcements from the Mountain West and ESPN's PR department. The releases state the deal allows ESPN to televise up to 22 conference football games - including all Boise State home ga...

Logan • On Wednesday, another solid day by the defensive backs carved an important point into relief: Utah State is looking for more big plays from its receiving corps.

Cameron Sanders and Sus Valero notched picks on the day, but there were other potential good catches in 11-on-11 drills that fell to the turf.

After the Aggies' second spring practice, Matt Wells asked for more.

"I thought the wideouts need to step up and make plays," he said. "When the ball's in the air, they need to find out a way to make a play. Contested, uncontested, it doesn't matter."

One of the few true long balls of the practice - from Chuckie Keeton - hit a receiver de...

On the first day of spring practice, pass defenders had a solid day.

The secondary's best returning player is Nevin Lawson, who helped set the tone with several pass break-ups. Devonta Glover-Wright notched an interception, as did freshman linebacker Nick Vigil, who dove for his pick.

It's a solid start in a secondary that has a few question marks, namely, who might start opposite Lawson, already one of the team's top leaders and a returning all-WAC honoree. Glover-Wright is attempting to establish himself as the next man up after watching Will Davis become an NFL prospect in one season.

Returnee Maurice Alexander is trying to make a switch to safety, but is a good at...

Scott Barnes hasn't had much time to hang around in Logan this month.

He came home from Indianapolis in the witching hours of Monday morning, woke up for work that day to be Utah State's athletic director, and then went home preparing to fly out Tuesday to San Jose.

In his third year of the NCAA men's tournament selection committee, Barnes has gotten used to the idea that he'll be stretched thin in March.

"It's a pretty hectic month," he said. "I get in the office an average of one day a week, usually on Monday. It's part of stewarding the sport of college basketball and managing the tournaments."

That's what's going on for Barnes these next few weeks. Even aft...

Utah State has released its spring football depth chart, and spring practice starts Tuesday morning. Taking a look and offering some thoughts (asterisk indicates the first-team guy entering spring, but remember spots are fluid):

Offense

X-Receiver
7 Travis Van Leeuwen (6-3, 195, Sr., 3L)*
11 Alex Wheat, Jr. (6-4, 214, Jr., SQ)

T-Receiver
18 Bruce "Jojo" Natson (5-7, 151, So., 1L)*
82 Jordan Jenkins (5-10, 199, Jr., SQ)

Left Tackle
74 Kevin Whimpey (6-5, 300, Jr., 1L)*
79 Logan Molohifo'ou (6-6, 310, So., 1L)

Left Guard
54 Jamie Markosian (6-2, 302, Sr., 3L)*
75 Taani Fis...

While Utah State was wrapping up its season, two incoming recruits finished their high school careers last week. Jojo McGlaston and Carson Shanks didn't get the results they wanted — few ever do, except Jalen Moore — but they definitely got noticed for their efforts to keep their seasons going:

• McGlaston's Gaels went all the way to the NorCal finals, a first-ever for the school, but could not overcome College Park on Saturday.

Las Vegas, Nev. • If the Aggies could've held on, who knows where the legend of Devyn Christensen might've taken them.

The school's all-time leading scorer played all-star basketball on Friday in the 84-82 loss to Idaho. She hit shots from way outside the line that the Vandals could only watch in amazement.

Her 37 points might've been remembered very differently in a win, but either way, it was a career that merited a special final chapter.

"Tonight what you saw is that fighting spirit she has," coach Jerry Finkbeiner said. "Devyn's an and-one type of kid, she's a Kobe type of kid. She kinda made a little bit of ever...

Las Vegas, Nev. • The season came to an end late Thursday night. Utah State will gather the wagons around its injured group. If a postseason invitation comes along, they'll likely let it pass.

It's that kind of year, Stew Morrill said. One with four season-ending injuries. One with starters who used to be role players or seldom-played reserves. And even they were banged up.

"I don't think we would be given an opportunity," Morrill said of his 21-10 team. "On the slight chance we were invited, with the injuries and everything, our administration feels pretty strongly that maybe we just oughta shut 'er down."

It met its end quietly. Spencer Butterfield ...

Wednesday's round up of scores and Thursday's schedule from Orleans Arena:

Wednesday

Women's basketball

No. 3 Idaho 57, No. 6 San Jose State: The Spartans led most of the way, but a last-second lay-in by Krissy Karr rolled in at the buzzer. It completed a three-game sweep this season for the Vandals, who face Utah State on Friday.

No. 2 UTAH STATE 78, No. 7 Denver 65: The Aggies never trailed, bursting out to a quick lead and holding on thanks to 13 3-pointers...

Las Vegas, Nev. • The best freshman not on the all-WAC newcomer team made a case to try again with the whole postseason voting thing.

How could the league's coaches have missed Makenlee Williams?

Well, maybe she could take a few more shots than her 5.6-per-game average. If she has more nights like her 6-for-8, 16-point performance in a 78-65 win over Denver in the WAC tournament, she'll get noticed.

"I mean, Mak's a stud. We all know that," said Jennifer Schlott, who didn't shoot poorly herself. "She looked to shoot tonight, which was great because we always tell her to because she's the best shooter on this team - one of them. She c...

The wrap-up from Tuesday and Wednesday's schedule at Orleans Arena. All games are listed in Mountain Time:

Tuesday's games

Women's basketball

No. 7 Denver 73, No. 10 Texas State 63: Diamond Ford scored 27 for the Bobcats, but a balanced effort on offense and a rebounding edge helped the Pioneers advance.

No. 8 New Mexico State 76, No. 9 UT Arlington 63: A 23-point outing from Kelsie Rozendaal and three other scorers in double digits set the pace for the Aggies, who held the Mavericks to 33.9 percent shooting.

Men's basketball

No. 7 Texas State 68, No. 10 S...