2008 National Champ

You can just stick to professional sports. I’m leaning in that direction myself.

If this is true, and Utah doesn’t come close to significantly matching the BYU offer, then I don’t really see a pathway for Snowden to stay with the Utes. No one in their right mind turns down a job in the same geographical location paying double the wages UNLESS they have sincere philosophical differences with their prospective future employer.…[Read more]

Now Data, if you follow traffic on this site, there were quite a few people that predicted the result versus Houston. I don’t think any serious Utah basketball fan is getting fooled anymore by Smith and the Utes.

Easier said than done. The shocking thing is that it seems like Utah State has a new head coach and roster every year and they still compete.

DT, you sound like you’re suffering from Battered Fan Syndrome. There’s no excuse for not being competitive at all in four of the seven conference games Utah has played so far this season.

Last time I saw a score that low was in the Four Corners, pre-shot clock era.

😆 🤣 😂 😹…what a Gong Show this program turns into whenever it plays a competent team.

Watching this team leaves me dead inside. You know there are serious issues with your team if some middle-aged guy can predict the outcome as if he had a crystal ball in his hand. Utah is to Houston, Iowa State, Baylor, Texas Tech, fill in the blank what Florida A&M, Queens, Radford, etc.. are to Utah, a light snack before a meal. There’s no…[Read more]

I don’t know. The Utes don’t come anywhere close to completely filling the Lower Bowl for any games I’ve been to recently with the exception of the games versus BYU. That’s why, at every game, during the first media timeout, they tell fans to come get closer to the action and fill empty seats.

Probably the easiest fix is to move the 3 PT line a few feet back, say to 25 or 26 feet and, as you say, eliminate it completely from the corners. To me, Silver is essentially a caretaker…an NBA lifer who goes along with the flow to maintain his privileged job (he makes well over $10M a year). Whatever the case, the NBA has to do something…[Read more]

Tony, season tickets are pretty cheap regardless….mine are $150 per ticket in the Lower Bowl. And that’s for 20 home games. How much lower can ticket prices go?

I’ll try that…how do you sync the game?

I used to be a huge basketball fan (college and pro) but now the only basketball I watch are the Utes and some March Madness. I started losing my interest in the NBA when the Golden State Warriors’ style of ball began its ascent and now it’s completely gone, more than likely never to return. Case in point, I went to see the Miami Heat versus the…[Read more]

Well, I’ve had season tickets for the last few years and I’m usually there for every home game. Utah’s biggest problem under Smith has been its inability be competitive on the road. Tomorrow, the Utes will be at #10 Houston. If they get comprehensively blown out, we’ll be back to Square 1.

I watched maybe three or four plays of this game. I wonder what the TV ratings will look like.

Nothing will change until the team starts winning consistently. And by winning consistently, I mean repeat NCAA tournament appearances, always in contention for winning the conference, and being nationally ranked. It’s a truism that winning fixes everything. I can guarantee anyone on this site that if Utah went on a decade plus run similar to…[Read more]

This is the second time that I’ve seen Erickson airball a FT. He did it last year as well. I’m almost 60 years old and have been watching organized basketball since the mid-70s and had never seen another player do that, either in the pros or college.

The Keita I saw last night was essentially no different than the Keita I saw during the 22-23 season. That should tell you all you need to know. In today’s version of professional basketball, at any level, there’s little to no role for a player that has zero offensive game.

I’ve watched the NBA and NCAA for almost 50 years and have seen many guys like Keita. He’s what’s known as a “gold brick”, essentially a guy who looks the part and has all of the physical measurables but, unfortunately, doesn’t have the requisite skills or innate basketball IQ to deliver what’s expected of him. I hope he’s taking BYU for the…[Read more]