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I don’t think Dawes would get off the bench for a Majerus team. Too many times not boxing out.

This is probably more of a function of having a whole bunch of stiffs on the team as anything else. There’s not a single guy on the team whose play screams “I have to be out there if we’re going to be successful.” That means every minute is up for grabs for any player.

This, of course, goes back to our dismal recruiting. And that, of course, goes…[Read more]

Sorry I was responding to the inconsistent lineups. Guards have always been crucial (especially point guard) to success in college. Not having a point guard is contributing to the inconsistent lineups. Hard to believe Smith hasn’t had a true point guard in 4 years.

It’s not surprising and I think that’s b/c of what we have on the roster: too many decent or good players but no great players. And it doesn’t feel like anybody on the roster has really separated themselves from the pack to clearly claim the consistent lions share of the minutes. On a given night, Ausar has a great game and then he follows it up…[Read more]

What are you talking about? Smith had Brandon Carlson for the first 3 years here and did nothing. Brandon plays for the OKC Thunder. Smith’s biggest issue as I see it is he has had horrible guards his entire time here. Davon was probably the best but he left us after playing half a season and even he had some serious flaws.

The college is,…[Read more]

Player – Average Mins – Std Deviation
G. Madsen – 28.82 – 5.95
Wahlin – 24.55 – 6.92
Lovering – 22.91 – 5.86
Mike S – 22.64 – 7.78
Ausar – 20.36 – 8.29
Hunter Erickson – 20.27 – 3.29
Dawes – 17.27 – 7.82
Little – 15.36 – 8.56
M. Madsen – 10.45 – 7.02
Keller – 10.45 – 4.61
Lohner – 8.82 – 6.42

Good stuff. What is Dawes’ deviation.

My assumption is he has the most whiplash of any Utah player, 20 minutes one night, 2 the next.

Hey Eagle, actually I don’t mind taking the trip up to Laramie. I’ve always wanted to see a game there and this contest gives me the perfect opportunity. I’ve already made reservations and, boy, am I glad I could use hotel points to do so. I don’t know if anyone has checked but hotel prices in Laramie make what the Grand America charges in SLC…[Read more]

Rick and Emerson I also think a consistent point guard playing big minutes would create more stability and define roles better. Seems like Smith’s rotations are based on who won’t turn the ball over and that varies depending on how good the other teams defense.

you could be right. lower talent level makes it harder to settle in.

I’m definitely surprised. Nice expected us to finish bottom 3.

The program has a long way to go, but I’m not terribly disappointed in the season.

I don’t think Smith is a bad coach. He has overachieved with the talent he has. Problem is recruiting and NIL. He has been unable to recruit top talent and donors don’t want to support a losing team or a coach that hasn’t proven he can win.

To be fair to Coach Smith I think the biggest problem related to this is talent level. The U simply doesn’t have one player who could be considered an NBA-level player in a few years. We may have a few European-level. We also don’t have a dog – a player who just gets after it 100% of the time. So what do you do as a coach? Smith is choosing to…[Read more]

I’d like to see someone with NBA ties. Good players want to play in the NBA. It has worked for TDS so far. Bryant and Jensen have both Utah ties and NBA ties.

Living in Big D and next door neighbor is a Baylor grad so have a short road trip planned with him for November 15th. And fellow Utes, if you make the trip to Waco be sure and plan on going 20 miles north on I35 to West, Texas for some fantastic Czech cuisine such as kolache, klobasnek and strudels as the town has one of the largest concentrations…[Read more]

Indeed pretty much all of our regular players have their outstanding games, but none of them have had consistently good performances and most of them have had a number of rather bad outings.

Yes, pleasantly surprised. YTD, the Men’s BB has overachieved a bit in B12 Hoops and in 2024 the FB team underachieved…