OH NO IT’S ROAD GAME DAY!!!!!

From what I’ve seen the Utes have been projected as a “First Four Out” or “Last Four In” team from most Bracketology predictions. I think we have to win this game to have any chance of staying in that range.

C Smith coaching for his job tonight.

You don’t lose to OSU, Stanford, Washington, USC on the road and get swept by ASU and keep your job.

A loss tonight eliminates any chance of an at large bid and probably eliminates them from NIT consideration.

That would make this season a complete and utter failure. No way Smith survives that.

Winning today and one or more games in Vegas massively important to go dancing.

Shockingly, a top 4 seed in the conference tourney is very much within reach. The best path to that is a Colorado win tonight over Oregon and obviously us sweeping the road trip. If us and Colorado win tonight, the game on Saturday effectively becomes a play-in for the 4 seed. Beating Oregon on the road will be a tall task, not sure we’ve ever beaten them on their home floor that I can remember.

We have one single win in Eugene in the PAC12 era (and just 2 in Salt Lake)

Easily our hardest conference opponent since we joined.

My heart says to make the 2 hour drive to Eugene. My head says don’t waste the money.

Sadly, the road Utes have shown up, as expected.

Carlson had a great game senior night, but this game and his previous couple weeks haven’t been good, and somehow, he’s adding turnovers on top of his not playing well.

I really want to like Smith. He’s got energy and seems likable but quirky. But his teams don’t seem to improve. If anything, they regress, as they are still making the same mistakes, but on top of that, they then add new mistakes or problem (like Carlson having more turnovers).

If the Beaves were really this good of a defensive team, they wouldn’t have 4 conference wins, and the same for their shooting. But not only are the Utes making one look good they’re making both look good for a bad team.