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The only time the Utes went to the NIT finals in the ‘70s and ‘80s was in 1974 against Purdue. Jonas was a Freshman and Judkins wasn’t on the team until the following year. I was too young to remember that team, however, it had some serious ballers with Burden, Sojourner, Medley, Jones and Menatti.
Anyways, another team that I liked was the ‘77-‘…[Read more]

The ‘80-‘81 team with Chambers and Vranes is probably my favorite, however, the 1983 team with Manny Hendrix (Freshman year) and Pace Mannion was fun to watch. I’ll never forget the on court celebration of Chris Winans when the Utes upset UCLA to advance to the sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. Other players of note included Angelo Robinson, Peter…[Read more]

I think you’re giving Wilson way to much credit. He’s just not a good quarterback.

If I remember right, the defensive line was fairly depleted (I’m not sure about any key player in particular). Of course, the pundits and announcers didn’t really mention that much. All I remember is them going on and on about Alabama losing one of their best offensive lineman. Despite the “depleted” d-line, Utah kicked the crap out of them…[Read more]