Oregon & OSU Come to Town

[DrumNFeather]

A big home stand lies ahead for the Utes as they get set to host the Ducks and Beavers.

Oregon is up first on Thursday (is that game really not on TV?). They come in with a NET ranking of 66, qualifying them as a Q2 win if the Utes can get it done. They come in 3-4 in the league, and only have 4 home games left after this weekend. It is a great opportunity to get a quality win and keep them at arm's length as well.

Wayne Tinkle has done a great job with the Beavers this year, as they come in 4-3 in league play with a NET ranking of 77 (Q3). They certainly have the horses to come to SLC and win, but this again would be a big time opportunity for the Utes to put some distance between themselves and a close-in-the-standings foe (understanding of course that there are 9 games yet to play after this).

Getting out of this weekend 7-2 in league play would be huge for the back half of the season, especially given the other games on the docket - We know Arizona/ASU will take a 4th loss this week, and the SoCal schools both travel to Washington, so a good possibility of each of them losing as well. Big opportunity for the team.

[Diehard Ute]

A big home stand lies ahead for the Utes as they get set to host the Ducks and Beavers.

Oregon is up first on Thursday (is that game really not on TV?).

Game is on Fox Sports 1



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[DrumNFeather]

Game is on Fox Sports 1



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Ah, ok. ESPN didn't list a network when I looked before.

[Diehard Ute]

Ah, ok. ESPN didn't list a network when I looked before.

Probably don’t want to advertise for Fox haha


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[Dwight Schr-Ute]

Unis getting throwbacks for one of the games this weekend.

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[chrisrenrut]

Unis getting throwbacks for one of the games this weekend.

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Makes you wonder how short those shorts are.

[Mormon Red Death]

Let's get it on!

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[Mormon Red Death]

Terrible foul call on batten. He got all ball

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[chrisrenrut]

Why did Oregon get the ball after the injury? It should have been a foul on the guy who tried to hurdle Jace.

[Mormon Red Death]

If we didn't turn it over So much we'd be up by 20

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[Mormon Red Death]

What a horrible end to the half

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[Mormon Red Death]

2nd time tonight Jayce has missed both free throws

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[Mormon Red Death]

The shitty thing about this game is that we have more talent than Oregon

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[Mormon Red Death]

3rd time tonight we have missed both free throws

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[Mormon Red Death]

I like this small lineup where batten plays center

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[Mormon Red Death]

This team is like a Stanford from last year. We have 5 conference wins and 4 of them are versus the bottom 4 in the league

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[hostile]

It’s like we haven’t seen pressure before

[SeattleUte]

The shitty thing about this game is that we have more talent than Oregon

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I don’t know about us having more talent. That seems like bias. Regardless, Dana Altman just owns Larry Krystkowiak. Owns him. I don’t care if we played their women’s team coached by Altman, Oregon would win. Altman is a better coach by a long ways. We lose to Oregon every time and wherever, whatever the context. And usually it isn’t close. I think I’m more weary of Krsystkowiak losing to Altman every single cotton pickin time he plays him than any other structural disappointment with this program. I want a coach who can beat Altman 50% of the time; no sometimes is enough. That’s all I ask.

[SoCalPat]

I like this small lineup where batten plays center

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Until teams get the ball within 5 feet of the basket, anyway.

[SoCalPat]

The shitty thing about this game is that we have more talent than Oregon

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That’s not big-picture thinking. Let’s not forget that if Bol Bol is healthy, we don’t have more talent and we likely lose by 15-20. Also, talent doesn’t turn the ball over 19 times. I do agree with your overall premise that we are better than we showed tonight.

[LA Ute]

Also, talent doesn’t turn the ball over 19 times.

Yes, a thousand times.


I do agree with your overall premise that we are better than we showed tonight.

The frustrating mystery of this team.

[Scorcho]

It's clear where we don't have talent - in ball handling and passing. There is not one player on the team who could be categorized as an excellent passer. We have Gach playing PG because he's long and quick, but he doesn't have great ball handling or passing skills yet. Oregon shut us down with an aggressive man-to-man defense. If Gach were already the player we need him to become, he'd have done to Oregon what Richardson did to us - drive the ball and finish at the rim.

I'm sure everyone thought Jones would provide the ball handling and passing we need, but he hasn't.

Oregon (like UW) has great length and speed at every position and Utah has to counter with Jaylon Johnson, Riley Battin and Van Dyke. I love those guys but its an unfair fight.

[Mormon Red Death]

Two shot clock violations in a row egads

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[Mormon Red Death]

Wheels are coming off now

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[Mormon Red Death]

Can't make a shot

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[Mormon Red Death]

Less than a point a minute so far

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[Mormon Red Death]

We are a horrible free throw shooting team

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[concerned]

We are a horrible team

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Fixed it for you. This could be my last game attended this year. I'm worn down.

[Mormon Red Death]

Fixed it for you. This could be my last game attended this year. I'm worn down.I don't blame you. This is brutal

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[DrumNFeather]

What's even more frustrating is that even with the horrific first half we were only down 8...and then just collapsed in the last minute.

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[sancho]

Tres Tinkle is the best player in the Pac-12. Would he even make the all-conference team in any other P5 conference?

[Mormon Red Death]

We are a horrible free throw shooting team

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[LA Ute]

Something is really wrong in the program. Even OSU’s players all seem quicker across the board than we are.

[LA Ute]

They’re owning us.

And Jayce is a stiff.

[DrumNFeather]

They’re owning us.

And Jayce is a stiff.Jayce is a try hard. If he could solve his hands issue, he could be effective for us.

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[Mormon Red Death]

That tinkle 3 was a dagger

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[UTEopia]

OSU simply has better players at almost every position than Utah.

[concerned]

OSU simply has better players at almost every position than Utah.

We are overmatched

[DrumNFeather]

OSU simply has better players at almost every position than Utah.We need to find a Stephen Thompson Sr. to put on our staff...or is that Chris Jones?

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[sancho]

Sad week for sports. Swept at home. Man-to-man secret is out for all future opponents. I read 2 articles about how high school football is dying in America. Utah lacrosse started, reminding me that when football does die, we still won't have a soccer team. The Lakers shopped Kuzma around all week.

Superbowl better be good tomorrow.

[UBlender]

Fixed it for you. This could be my last game attended this year. I'm worn down.

My 4th grade son's Jr Jazz team tipped off at the same time as the Utes. Their only bucket in the first half came when a kid on the other team got confused and broke out of a scrum at midcourt to score a layup....on the wrong basket. The second half was better, but that's the kind of game it was for my son's team. Rough game even though they've been pretty good this year and won most of their games.

Anyway, that was a MUCH more fun game than it sounds like the Utes game was. We'll see if I have the stomach to watch my recording of the Utes today.

[LA Ute]

My 4th grade son's Jr Jazz team tipped off at the same time as the Utes. Their only bucket in the first half came when a kid on the other team got confused and broke out of a scrum at midcourt to score a layup....on the wrong basket. The second half was better, but that's the kind of game it was for my son's team. Rough game even though they've been pretty good this year and won most of their games.

Anyway, that was a MUCH more fun game than it sounds like the Utes game was. We'll see if I have the stomach to watch my recording of the Utes today.

The 9 minutes without Utah scoring and looking totally incompetent during all that time might be too much for you. You’ve been warned.

[sancho]

Anyway, that was a MUCH more fun game than it sounds like the Utes game was. We'll see if I have the stomach to watch my recording of the Utes today.

You should watch just to see Timmy Allen. He had a great 2nd half. We made three separate runs in the game, but Tres Tinkle did something each time to break our run.

But, yeah, the offense is really struggling.