USU Coach Calhoun Gives Update On ‘Really Good’ Non-Conference Schedule
Jun 26, 2025, 3:39 PM | Updated: 3:57 pm
Utah State's student section, "The Hurd', gets amped up as the Aggies host Colorado State at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Tuesday, February 11, 2024. (USU Athletics, Triston Hartfiel)
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LOGAN, Utah – Are the Utah State Aggies on the verge of adding the Memphis Tigers as a non-conference home-and-home opponent?
For a program always on the lookout for resume-building non-league games, the reported series would be a massive draw for the USU hoops program.
Jon Rothstein first reported the news in early June, and Utah State head coach Jerrod Calhoun all but confirmed the news during a media scrum on Tuesday, June 24.
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NEWS: Utah State and Memphis will begin a home-and-home series on February 14th in Logan, according to a source.https://t.co/3Lx0nYYQ8g
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) June 6, 2025
“The formula is four to five quad ones, quad twos at our level, non-league,” Calhoun said of how he plots out a schedule.
He continued, “Getting the Memphis Tigers and Coach (Penny) Hardaway, great program to come in here to Logan.”
Rothstein reports the Tigers will travel to Logan for a Valentine’s Day date on February 14, 2026.
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Memphis Tigers
The Tigers went 29-6 last season. They won the regular-season and postseason AAC titles in 2025.
The Tigers were ranked No. 25 in the final AP Top 25 poll.
Gone Campin’ 🏕️ pic.twitter.com/x6BakRcQB6
— Memphis Basketball (@Memphis_MBB) June 24, 2025
Former NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway is 158-68 as a head coach at his alma mater. Hardaway has led Memphis to seven consecutive 20-win seasons.
USU’s 2025 schedule is coming soon
The second-year Aggie head coach expects to announce Utah State’s full non-conference slate in the coming days.
day by day ➡️ brick by brick #AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/UfD4TTgtMI
— USU Men's Hoops (@USUBasketball) June 25, 2025
“There’s going to be a really, really good schedule ahead of us,” Calhoun stated. “Great games early, like really early. So we’ve got to have a great summer. We’ve gotta understand and educate our new guys. The 11 non-conference games are going to be really, really important., They’re going to be here before you know it.
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