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I would say that Capela is definitely the better defender in space, while Gobert is the better defender at the rim.

Wow, that’s harsh.

I’m assuming that everyone selected “Pac-12” as their logo of choice.

I like that idea, though I might make all 3 of the “open” years guaranteed match-ups with BYU in the Vegas Bowl, with the given outs you mentioned for the better bowls. Once we get into the lower tier bowls, I’d much rather play in Vegas with a big crowd, while also freeing up the regular season schedule for more A opponents.

He’s also improved his outside shot tremendously. His shot always looked good so you could see the potential but it never translated completely at the college level.

Now that you mention it I think you’re right. She wasn’t tackled by security but was covered up and escorted off. I do seem to remember her sliding/diving onto the logo because we all were thinking about how bad that would hurt because that turf was not forgiving, major turf rash.

Oh wow, I had forgotten about the streaker in the snow storm. If memory serves me correctly, she was tackled somewhat near mid-field and on that old astroturf, that could not have felt good.

Pick-em sounds about right, Utes are playing well right now and WKU is on a roll as well, some impressive wins on the road. Should be a fun game.

Let me be one fan at least that agrees with you. I still like the game itself, it’s everything that surrounds the game that has become unbearable at times. It still annoys me that we don’t play Utah State and Weber State every year in basketball, home and home. And in my (and I stress my) perfect world, we would play Utah State more regularly…[Read more]

The real question is: do they also get a downtown parade? I vote yes (I really don’t.)

Yeah, that was tough to listen to. The intro when he brought on Kragthorpe was awkward as hell, 5 minutes about how he was hired at the Tribune 25 years ago. I thought Kragthorpe had an excellent point that the NIT is there to be fun for teams if they want it to be. I only saw the last 3 minutes of regulation and the OT because the game didn’t…[Read more]

That dude just gets it. Shows up at the local games, goes out of his way to go into the tunnel after the half-time Jr. Jazz game to talk with the kids and take pictures, just a great guy.

It means BYU was REALLY bad at football last year, and particularly in that game against the Tigers. Except I just checked and at least according to the box score on ESPN, BYU ended up with 97 total yards of offense in that game so we missed it by 2. So close!

Incoming recruiting class is supposed to be really good so it appears Utes are on the upswing. We’ll see if that translates into a tourney bid next year.

I joined Dave Flemming’s (PBP announcer for the San Francisco Giants) group because he makes a charitable donation for every entrant. I will just say I am not doing well. Had Virginia as my champ and Houston as my dark horse final four team, don’t ask me why.

The only redeeming thing about the NIT is the chance to see the Utes in action for at least another game. Crowd will probably be about as sparse as the first game, perhaps even more so with school out. Hey, at least parking won’t be an issue.

They missed a real opportunity to go full international rules and allow goaltending. Wouldn’t surprise me to see most if not all of these rules implemented in the near future. The women’s game has already gone to quarters, leaving men’s college basketball as I believe the only level of basketball anywhere that still uses halves.

I think he wants at least the six fouls like the NBA. Doing away with foul outs entirely would be interesting but I’ve never seen him offer a solution as to how that would be done. In my mind there are at least 3 ways it could be done:

1. Free for all, no consequence beyond the standard free-throws allowed
2. Hockey system – player isn’t…[Read more]

I would have liked to see us go for the win with a three just because I didn’t think we were winning that thing in OT without Collette and Rawson. That being said, you really can’t ask for much more than a shot at the rim. Guy just made a nice block.

Horrible calls all around. I think Larry K is onto something with his suggestion they go to 6 fouls if the refs are going to call it that tight, otherwise you have a guy pick up 2 quick fouls and he’s gone for the rest of the half.