EagleMountainUte

Smith’s original contract was for six years. That means that he had two more seasons, until 2027, after this one. I will say that it only surprises me due to the timing. Couldn’t they have done it at the end of the season? His results surely didn’t warrant an extension.

You completely missed my point…a larger endowment directly translates to many more alumni with deeper pockets. And that translates to more donations to the athletic department. There’s no scenario in my mind where I can even contemplate either Gonzaga or SMC having the ability to outbid Utah. I’ll give you an example…Mark Few has been…[Read more]

I have to think that, at this point of the season, this Utah team with Deivon would easily be three to five wins better. Just off the top of my head, with him, we probably beat Saint Mary’s at home, probably beat Mississippi State on the road, and definitely win the away games versus OK St, WV, and UCF. If we just win three of those, we’re…[Read more]

Do they have more money than I think? Gonzaga has a student population of just over 7300 and an endowment of $439M. SMC has a student population of just under 4K and an endowment of $215M. Utah has a student population of almost 33K and an endowment of $1.65B And yet, somehow, both Gonzaga and SMC can recruit better basketball players, of…[Read more]

Another stupid loss to a bad team away from the road…another game that, with some decent play and taking care of the ball, would have been a win. How many times have we seen this play out? 19 turnovers in this game for Utah…now the Utes get to fly cross country to play a pissed-off Arizona team that will take out all of its aggression on…[Read more]

I think that’s the answer. Utah basketball fans are tired of two decades of mirages on the basketball court.

16 turnovers with over 13 minutes left in the game!!! Disgraceful…

I definitely don’t think that we’re one coach away from greatness. What I can’t get over is seeing schools that have fewer basketball resources do better than Utah. How are Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s, both small Catholic schools with budgets dimensions smaller than the flagship university of the State of Utah, serial entrants to the NCAAs?

Absolutely…I can’t understand how something like that isn’t reviewed.

Ridiculous…10 turnovers in 16 minutes of the 1st half…and most of them were of the unforced variety. Why do the Utes look like they’ve never played with each other whenever they go on the road?

What does Smith see in Keller besides being a big body? He needs to throw it down instead of laying it up when going to the basket.

Plus making TOs on multiple trips down the court.

Getting outrebounded in a major way. UCF is getting multiple looks just about every time down the court.

LOL…I remember not long ago when you could get a decent house for $56K. Now, that only gets you a roof? Inflation is a bitch….

I was nailed to my couch for all the USA games. Hopefully, they’ll spread the love in future editions and have games in other cities. You also need to include Russia and maybe have a Best of Europe team as well,

Utah has most certainly exceeded my expectations but leaves me with a feeling of what could have been if they had just been mediocre in shooting FTs in a few games. With just a mediocre percentage in shooting FTs, this team would easily be 17-9 and looking like a bubble team for the Dance. As it stands right now, to even get any cursory…[Read more]

I’m not certain that Lovering qualifies for a “Covid Year”, since he was still in high school when the policy was implemented. My understanding is that the “Covid Year” exception only applies to individuals who were athletes during the 19-20 and 20-21 seasons. Lovering didn’t start college at Colorado until 21-22.

Where are they playing this season? I know that season tickets cost about the same as a meal at McDonald’s.

Just my opinion…if you look at Coach K’s trajectory at Utah, the team was getting progressively worse every season after the departure of Wright and Poetl. His tenure here was a sinking ship and, just looking at his body language during games, you definitely got the impression that A. He’d much rather be somewhere else doing something else and…[Read more]