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A Tuesday night with a late start when everyone has work or school the next day against a team nobody knows about. They are lucky they got the 3k they did.

I’d expect the Sunday game vs a name opponent will have much better attendance. It’s also the last home game of the season and Brn Carlson’s last home game of his career barring a major upset…[Read more]

Wilson will win the backup job forcing Rose to transfer

Depends on who plays and who doesn’t

Stay tuned

First off Chris Hill was super paranoid about any incoming Coach committing recruiting violations and Utah getting out on probation.

NCAA Bball recruiting was all about cash and gifts at that time and Hill wanted no part of it. So after Majerus left a lot of very good Coaches expressed interest in the job but backed away when Hill told them…[Read more]

Few isn’t coming to Utah. He’s a god in Spokane and he didn’t have to compete with the Head football Coach at Gonzaga. He the biggest fish in the littlest pond. He gets all the attention and all of the funding. In other words he’s very comfortable.

Goodbye Pac12 refs and Pac12 network. You two losers deserve each other.

You can’t go into the big12 with a lame duck Coach who’s only around until you can afford to fire him. Figure out a way to pay that buyout and get a fresh start in a new conference with a new coach.

Keeping him around will do more harm than good.

Lose to OSU Oregon and a first round L in the Pac12 tournament and Utah is going nowhere but home.

High. Rumors are swirling that the few boosters that do donate to Bball are not happy with his results this season and short of a transfer portal miracle next season doesn’t look much better. Harlan is gonna have a choice to make. Is he loyal to smith who was his guy or the few boosters that might be able to keep this floundering program afloat

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.

Their hate is above and beyond just normal rivalry smack.

They are so jealous and upset that Utah has come in and stolen their thunder they can’t face the day

Any Utah praise sends them in a tailspin they have a hard time getting out of.

Just when they thought they were out of Utah’s shadow Whit tucks them right back into the darkness.

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Craig Smith is Coaching for his job. Miss the Big Dance and there is gonna be pressure for Harlan to fire him. An NIT bid maybe gets him another year as it shows progress but make no mistake the goal this season was a tournament bid and the season will be deemed a failure if Utah doesn’t get one.

As far as Worster I’ve heard Oregon

20 wins is the magic number

I think you need wins over Stanford, Cal, OSU and one win in the Pac12 tournament

That would be 20-13 and get Utah an at-large bid.

Some speculation online that Smith will be fired if the Utes miss the Big Dance.

Utah can’t afford to fire Smith after just 3 seasons.

He’s more than likely gonna get 2 more unless the team completely falls apart next season and they only win 10 games or something.

This was a senior experienced team and they have completely underperformed. Not sure what’s gonna happen next season when this team has 6-8 new players on it.

If someone needs to wear the black hat in the new big12 it might as well be Utah.

I’ve never understood the Zoobs fascination to be liked by everyone. It seems kind of weird in a creepy insecure kind of way.

If opposing fans don’t want to come to RES good stay away.

If Utah can somehow beat Cal, Stanford, at home and Oregon St on the road that is 18 wins and probably gets them an NIT invite.

Which is improvement over last season’s 17 wins and no post season.

In that scenario Smith keeps his job. If he loses to one of the Bay Area schools at home and OSU on the road and misses any postseason play Harlan h…[Read more]

So let’s talk replacements.

Would love to hear everyone’s idea of the gut to right the ship.

The list has to start and end with Alex Jensen

Can’t afford the buyout. Still paying for Coach K’s. For that reason he’ll get at least one more year.

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Is this Coaching or talent?

He was all but hired to be Utah’s next head Coach when Harlan and another big money donor went in another direction.

The contract was drawn up and just needed to be signed. Alex was in a very solid position with the Utah Jazz at the time and was considered an up and coming HC candidate in the NBA.

i.e. The timing wasn’t great but make no mis…[Read more]