BEAT LA!!... BEAT LA!! The Socal Road Trip

[Mormon Red Death]

First game is tomorrow @ USC at at 11pm Eastern on the PAC 12 Network

@ UCLA is Saturday 5pm Eastern on Fox

No lines yet for the games

[DrumNFeather]

If you can believe it, neither of these teams has better than a Q3 win out of conference. Our beloved Utes have one Q2 win (Grand Canyon).

3 of UCLA's 4 conference losses have come one the road, the lone home loss being ASU, and USC has yet to drop a home game in league play.

USC's net ranking is 78, while UCLA's is 86 and ours is 107.

No coach in their right mind wants to have to step up to a microphone and say that they lost to Andy Enfield.

[Mormon Red Death]

Usc -6.5 tonight

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[Mormon Red Death]

Anyone watching tonight?

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[LA Ute]

Anyone watching tonight?

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<raises hand>

[sancho]

https://www.utahby5.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2505&stc=1

[Mormon Red Death]

How is that not a flagrant on racocevic?

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[sancho]

Why are they playing a zone defense? Do they not watch game film?

[Mormon Red Death]

How is rakocevic still in the game? He got gach in the face

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[sancho]

GachScratchFever!

[Mormon Red Death]

GachScratchFever!Hell yeah!

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[DrumNFeather]

Very nice first half. Love that 3 freshmen started and that Gach rewarded Larry with some solid play. Can't let SC capitalize on that 6-0 run to end the half.

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[LA Ute]

When these Utes are bad, they’re pretty bad. But when they’re good, they are very good. Tonight is one of those very good nights.

[Mormon Red Death]

When these Utes are bad, they’re pretty bad. But when they’re good, they are very good. Tonight is one of those very good nights.Don't speak so soon.

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[Mormon Red Death]

So this team can get it done on the road

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[DrumNFeather]

So this team can get it done on the road

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4-1 on the road now!

[Mormon Red Death]

Headband Jayce came to play. 13pts and 13 rebounds

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[DrumNFeather]

The lineup tonight should be the lineup for the rest of the year: Sed, Both, Timmy, Riley, Jayce with Donnie and Parker off the bench. That really seems to be a lineup that works well and gets the right energy off the bench. The young guys are getting critical experience right now.

[sancho]

The lineup tonight should be the lineup for the rest of the year: Sed, Both, Timmy, Riley, Jayce with Donnie and Parker off the bench. That really seems to be a lineup that works well and gets the right energy off the bench. The young guys are getting critical experience right now.

I'm with you on this, as long as Donnie gets lots of minutes.

[LA Ute]

Don't speak so soon.

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I had to turn in shortly after the second half began. Surprised to see we only won by 7. But I’ll take the road win and the balanced performance.

[Mormon Red Death]

I had to turn in shortly after the second half began. Surprised to see we only won by 7. But I’ll take the road win and the balanced performance.They got a bunch of garbage points in the last 20 seconds

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[SoCalPat]

I'm done trying to figure this team out, project what they have to do to earn X seed in Vegas, etc.

All I know, is I'm in Vegas on work for almost all of the Pac-12 tournament. I wouldn't be surprised if I got to watch 3 games live. I also wouldn't be surprised if the team exited Vegas before I got there.

I can't believe in a team that loses at home as frequently as Utah does, in the manner Utah does. I also can't quit a team that over-performs on the road like Utah does. There's too many variables in play to say "What if?" with regard to an NCAA Tournament bid, but damned us all if we're not the most psychotic (and therefore compelling) team to watch in the league, and top 5 in the country. You just never know what you're going to get out of Utah basketball this year.

[UtahsMrSports]

I liked the minutes distribution last night. I think it makes sense to start gach and bring pvd off the bench.

[sancho]

You just never know what you're going to get out of Utah basketball this year.

Yes. It's like every other Larry season but amplified. Larry's teams have always had a few head shaking losses where the energy and focus just aren't there. Then they always have some games that suck you back in. Maybe it's more dramatic this season because the team is so young.

I wonder if Barefield should no longer be our go to guy when the shot clock is running down. He's too small to create a shot in those situations. I think Tillman going hard at the basket could be the better option.

[concerned]

Yes. It's like every other Larry season but amplified. Larry's teams have always had a few head shaking losses where the energy and focus just aren't there. Then they always have some games that suck you back in. Maybe it's more dramatic this season because the team is so young.

I wonder if Barefield should no longer be our go to guy when the shot clock is running down. He's too small to create a shot in those situations. I think Tillman going hard at the basket could be the better option.

Both Oregon and OSU really shut down Barefield and decided they were going to make somebody else beat us. They basically played a box and one on him. Too much of our offense was relying on him.

[Mormon Red Death]

I'm done trying to figure this team out, project what they have to do to earn X seed in Vegas, etc.

All I know, is I'm in Vegas on work for almost all of the Pac-12 tournament. I wouldn't be surprised if I got to watch 3 games live. I also wouldn't be surprised if the team exited Vegas before I got there.

I can't believe in a team that loses at home as frequently as Utah does, in the manner Utah does. I also can't quit a team that over-performs on the road like Utah does. There's too many variables in play to say "What if?" with regard to an NCAA Tournament bid, but damned us all if we're not the most psychotic (and therefore compelling) team to watch in the league, and top 5 in the country. You just never know what you're going to get out of Utah basketball this year.

I was thinking about this the other day. If Utah ended up as the 8th seed playing
Colorado - Wash - ASU - Oreg st those are all winnable (and very loseable) games.

One big problem is we go through scoring droughts like crazy....that can make this team seem maddening.

[SoCalPat]

Yes. It's like every other Larry season but amplified. Larry's teams have always had a few head shaking losses where the energy and focus just aren't there. Then they always have some games that suck you back in. Maybe it's more dramatic this season because the team is so young.

I wonder if Barefield should no longer be our go to guy when the shot clock is running down. He's too small to create a shot in those situations. I think Tillman going hard at the basket could be the better option.

Perhaps. I've always looked at the inconsistency of Larry's teams as far as how a result happened, not necessarily W-L. Then again, I'm still haunted by the R32 year, where when we lost (which is one thing), we got absolutely drilled (which is something completely different). Our MOD that year was borderline historic for a ranked team -- somewhere between 15-20 PPG.

The swings are just crazy this year. Nearly sweep the Arizona trip. Come home and get pounded by UW. Sweep the Bay Area trip. Come home and get swept by the Oregon schools. Now we go on the road and dominate USC for 35-plus minutes, a team we had ZERO answer for last year and who returned just about everyone? What Ute fan doesn't need a trip to the couch after this season? We make the insane look normal.

[LA Ute]

what ute fan doesn't need a trip to the couch after this season? We make the insane look normal.

lol

[DrumNFeather]

PVD!!!!

A few days late, but that ain't our faults!

[LA Ute]

Good collection of clips here, including post-game reactions from fans and players:


http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=25961218

[LA Ute]

The L.A. Times story:

UCLA squanders 22-point lead, loses at the buzzer to Utah 93-92
https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-utah-20190209-story.html?fbclid=IwAR36jQ9re6utBNy5L_sloQ7uZnEdmS eqm8jbMN4m79UDkD3bOqClfJqXRnI

[sancho]

PVD!!!!

A few days late, but that ain't our faults!

My account was suspended for a few days (I'm sure I deserved it), but I'm back, suckas.

Just an amazing feeling. Utes kept making mini-runs to cut it to 14, but UCLA always answered. Still a 14 point game with 3 minutes to go. That game was over.

How about the youngsters? Battin's best game as a Ute. Allen with great play and the huge offensive rebound on the FT. Gach with the deep clutch three.

My house exploded when PVD hit his shot.

[Diehard Ute]

My account was suspended for a few days (I'm sure I deserved it), but I'm back, suckas.

Just an amazing feeling. Utes kept making mini-runs to cut it to 14, but UCLA always answered. Still a 14 point game with 3 minutes to go. That game was over.

How about the youngsters? Battin's best game as a Ute. Allen with great play and the huge offensive rebound on the FT. Gach with the deep clutch three.

My house exploded when PVD hit his shot.

It wasn’t your account, the board itself was actually suspended

[LA Ute]

It wasn’t your account, the board itself was actually suspended

Right. There was a mixup about the hosting fee. We got it straightened out today.

[Old Standing ute]

I watched it in the Atlanta airport--Fox games are national.

Give Larry K & the players for not giving up when down by 22.

AZ on a 5 game losing streak---really want to beat them Thursday

[DrumNFeather]

My account was suspended for a few days (I'm sure I deserved it), but I'm back, suckas.

Just an amazing feeling. Utes kept making mini-runs to cut it to 14, but UCLA always answered. Still a 14 point game with 3 minutes to go. That game was over.

How about the youngsters? Battin's best game as a Ute. Allen with great play and the huge offensive rebound on the FT. Gach with the deep clutch three.

My house exploded when PVD hit his shot.

Same here. Dancing around my living room, tweeting like a mad man. It was fun. Hopefully the team can capitalize on it this week!

[UTEopia]

Larry has really improved as a coach in the last 10 days. He lost a game in which his team had a big lead in the first half and now he won a game when his team trailed by 22 with 13 minutes left. They also won on a designed end of game play. Amazing how good of a coach he is.

[mUUser]

....... We got it straightened out today.

Gracias. I know there's another Ute board with which you're involved that many might migrate to, but, no thank you.



Larry has really improved as a coach in the last 10 days....... Amazing how good of a coach he is.

Can't tell how much of this post is in jest, but, I'm really rooting for the guy. I couldn't say that about Giac or Boylen.

[LA Ute]

Can't tell how much of this post is in jest, but, I'm really rooting for the guy. I couldn't say that about Giac or Boylen.

I think patience is in order for LK. We really seem to have no choice, given his buyout. There are grounds for hope. In the case of Giac and Boylen, any grounds for hope vanished very early in their tenures.

[LA Ute]

The shot.

[UTEopia]

Can't tell how much of this post is in jest, but, I'm really rooting for the guy. I couldn't say that about Giac or Boylen.

It's mostly poking fun at us fans.