Night with the Utes

[Staples]

Anyone else make it up to Runnin’ Utes night last night (and judging by the amount of people there, my guess is no?)  With the caveat that it’s always difficult to make much of anything from these things, I think there’s some promise on the team but don’t see us continuing our run of top four finishes in the conference.  We can count on Timmy Allen being solid, but besides that a few players stood out to me:

Rylan Jones – really impressed with the way he sees the floor, court vision is a step above anyone else on the team.  Didn’t score a ton but had a couple of impressive mid-range shots in the second half.  

Alfonso Plummer – looks like he has some talent, smooth looking shot.  

Matt Van Komen – he is tall, reminded me of David Foster.  I saw in the D-News that Krystko was thinking of redshirting him, but he could contribute right away defensively.  

Looks to be yet another rebuilding year.  If we could actually keep some players around there’s definitely some potential for a very good team down the road … but that’s a big if given recent history.  

[EutawStreet]

Are they using the same PA announcer as last year?  

[Staples]

Yep, same PA guy as last year.

[EutawStreet]

Thanks.  It’s tough enough to pay to watch them compete againt teams that cheat.  To sit and wonder which players will still be on the team next season.  To cringe at all of the silly turnovers that never seem to be addressed.  To hold your breath when they are trying to get the ball inbounds.  I’ll sit through all that and the jump roping and dancing grannies but, I can not listen to that announcer!  

[Tony (admin)]

Oh God I thought he was canned. Horrible.

[TheJuggernaut]

There’s a ton of talent on this team, with two impact players joining next year. If K can keep this roster together there’s potential for some special years in the near future.

[EagleMountainUte]

Every year this is what we say.  

[utefansince79]

On PAPER, we could be loaded once the incoming class gets a bit of experience.  (Never really know, some great high schoolers never make that next step) But if you took all the players who have left that could have been on this year’s lineup, it would have been a strong and deep team.