Sophomore center Greg Smith will leave Fresno State to declare for the NBA.

Smith's uncle Stephen Shelley said that the move was 'official' and that he wouldn't test the waters.

Smith was a second-team All-Western Athletic Conference pick after finishing second on the Fresno State men's basketball team in scoring at 11.7 points per game and first in rebounds, at 8.1 per game.

The job status of head coach Steve Cleveland was a factor.

"I would have loved to have Cleveland as a coach. He taught me to be mature and gave me responsibilities," Smith said. "He helped me in many ways grow up as an 18-, 19-year-old freshman. I have to give a lot of credit to him."

Smith said he's very confident he can play at the NBA level: "I know what I'm capable of and I know I'm ready to play against that talent."

Smith was the WAC Freshman of the Year in 2009-10.

Keeping Kansas State off the glass is a high priority for Utah State.

"They really hit the glass," Utah State guard Brockeith Pane said of the Wildcats. "They're top five in the country in offensive rebounding. They go to the glass every time with three or four guys. You can't scout that; that is something you have to see for yourself, and we'll go out there and do a good job at it."

USU head coach Stew Morrill made offensive rebounding an extra incentive for the scout team in preparation for the Aggies' first round matchup with K-State.

"You know what we did with our scout squad is we told them that if they got an offensive rebound we'd buy them a milkshake," Morrill joked. "We don't have the athletes on our scout squad like K-State has, but we just tried for several days to emphasize how hard they were going to go to the boards. Normally you have three guys go to the offensive boards in preparation — we had five."

Utah State defeated Boise State by a final of 77-69 in the title game of the 2011 WAC Tournament.

Brockeith Pane was named Tournament MVP and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by teammates Tai Wesley and Nate Bendall, Adrian Oliver (San Jose State) and La'Shard Anderson (Boise State).

Utah State senior Tai Wesley won Player of the Year honors in the Western Athletic Conference.

Nevada's Deonte Burton won Freshman of the Year.

Joining Wesley on the All-Conference First Team is teammate Brockeith Pane, Adrian Oliver (San Jose State), Troy Gillenwater (New Mexico State) and La'Shard Anderson (Boise State).

On the Second Team are Greg Smith (Fresno State), Jeff Ledbetter (Idaho), Dario Hunt (Nevada), Brian Green (Utah State) and Bill Amis (Hawaii).

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