Smith Spectrum

Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
Construction

Former names	USU Assembly Center (1970-1971)
Location	900 E. 900 N. Logan, UT 84322
Owner	Utah State University
Operator	Utah State University
Capacity	10,270
Surface	Hardwood
Broke ground	1968
Opened	December 1, 1970
Construction cost	$3 million
Architect	Folsom and Hunt
Tenants
Utah State Aggies (Men's & Women's Basketball, Women's Volleyball, Gymnastics)

Interior of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in 2013

Interior of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.

The Dee Glen Smith Spectrum is a 10,270-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Utah State University in Logan, Utah. It is best known for being the home of the Utah State Aggies men's basketball team. It also hosts the women's team as well as gymnastics, volleyball, and other sporting events.

In addition to sporting events, the Smith Spectrum is utilized for concerts, commencement ceremonies, and other special events central to the Cache Valley community.

The arena, originally known as the Assembly Center, opened for its first basketball game on December 1, 1970. It became known as the Spectrum within the next year, and was named for Dee Glen Smith, founder of Smith's Food and Drug,^[1] whose contribution funded a 1988 renovation that added new offices for USU Athletics Department and the USU Ticket Office.

USU men's basketball

Main article: Utah State Aggies men's basketball

In December 2005, the Utah State Aggies played their 500th game in the Spectrum. In those games, USU amassed a dominating record of 398 wins and 102 losses versus its competition.

Over the last 17 seasons since Stew Morrill has been head coach, Utah State has amassed a home record of 245-31 (.888). In that same time period, the Aggies are 119-20 (.856) against league opponents and 125-12 (.912) in non-conference games at home. At the end of the 2008-09 season, Utah State held the second-longest home winning streak in the NCAA, having won 34 straight home games.^[2] The Aggies finished the 2007-08 season^[3] as well as the 2008-09 season^[4] with undefeated marks at home.

Large crowds are another characteristic of the arena, as the Aggies have averaged better than 7,000 fans per game in 38 of their 42 seasons in the Smith Spectrum, and have averaged better than 8,500 fans per game every year since the 2007-08 season.^[5]

In March 1990, two former Utah State students set off a water bomb that soaked UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian and other UNLV coaches and players with a blue-green dye. UNLV was awarded two technical free throws and made both of them. UNLV won the game 84-82.^[6]

References

Coordinates: 41°44′52″N 111°48′43″W / 41.74768°N 111.81197°W / 41.74768; -111.81197

Utah State University

Logan Campus	Logan Old Main Merrill-Cazier Library Smith Spectrum Romney Stadium Performance Hall Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Chase Fine Arts Center Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art USU Museum of Anthropology George Nelson Fieldhouse

Centers	Space Dynamics Laboratory Utah Botanical Center Swaner EcoCenter Utah Water Research Laboratory Prehistoric Museum Institute of Frescography Honors Program

People	Presidents Alumni Faculty

Athletics	Football Men's Basketball Big Blue Fight Songs Battle of the Brothers Old Oquirrh Bucket Mountain West Conference

Regional campuses	USU-Brigham City USU-College of Eastern Utah USU-Tooele USU-Uintah Basin

Outreach	USTAR WebAIM Shingo Prize National Center for Engineering and Technology Education KUSU-FM

Utah State Aggies men's basketball

Venues	George Nelson Fieldhouse (1940–1970) Smith Spectrum (1970–present)

Rivalries	In-state Utah schools

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Basketball arenas of the Mountain West Conference

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