Getting Our Mojo Back - Utah hosts Washington/Wazzu

[DrumNFeather]

Whatever buzz was created by the Oregon road sweep has evaporated after losing the last four, despite not being favored in any of those games. Last week we allowed both UCLA and USC to get off to hot starts and neither team looked back.

Against Oregon and Oregon St., the Utes allowed 66 points to each team. Over the last four games, the Utes have allowed an average of 85 points per game...and Larry has said we've lost a lot of our Mojo. Couple this with what Colorado has done and the buzzards are starting to circle around the program just a little bit...particularly on the Twitter.

Washington comes in having won two road games this year in league play, but most recently lost at home to Stanford...so who knows what to expect from the.

Wazzu picked up its first league win on Saturday against Cal, but I would still hope that they would be a fairly easy out. With this Ute team, who knows.

Larry seemed to open up the rotation over the weekend, probably partially due to the games being blowouts, but I liked what I saw from Chris Seeley, and I'm encouraged that some of the young guys are getting playing time. It will be interesting to see if that carries into this week.

With three straight road games coming up after this weekend, it is imperative that the Utes get themselves to 4-4 so that they are at least treading water heading into the Arizona & Colorado roadies.

[DrumNFeather]

Playing pretty well so far. I love seeing Seeley and Tillman out there.

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[DrumNFeather]

Nothing from Bealer, nothing from Barefield.

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Bibbins on the other hand has been fantastic.

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[DrumNFeather]

Free throws have been a challenge tonight.

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[DrumNFeather]

Tillman with some clutch offensive boards allowed the Utes to take a minute off the clock, and then he hit two free throws.

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[DrumNFeather]

Despite trying to give it away, the Utes get the win. I'll just high five myself here, guys.

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[Old Standing ute]

Some credit to Larry K & his staff. They had a plan to attack the zone & followed it, even when Rawson went out early with fouls.
Washington beats USC because of coaching or lack there off by Enfield, whereas Utes listen. & play together.
4-4 would be nice after Sunday.

[Two Utes]

Some credit to Larry K & his staff. They had a plan to attack the zone & followed it, even when Rawson went out early with fouls.
Washington beats USC because of coaching or lack there off by Enfield, whereas Utes listen. & play together.
4-4 would be nice after Sunday.

I like this team. I like Bibbins. We don't have a go to scorer and our bench is thin. I think PVD is playing better. I think Seeley has a lot of potential. Tillman is way good for a Frosh (but a bit on the small side). If Barefield could get some consistency he is all-league. And Johnson is getting better. I think we may surprise some people by the end of the year

[concerned]

So here is a tidbit I heard last night at the game: when CH got dinged $10K for yelling at the head of officials, it wasn't because of the foul calls during the game. Hill was furious that the refs let Hurley get away with murder on the sideline all game long. It is widely agreed upon that Hurley is the biggest jerk and least liked among all the Pac 12 coaches, an asshole on the sidelines, and the refs don't do anything to reign him in.

[Scorcho]

So here is a tidbit I heard last night at the game: when CH got dinged $10K for yelling at the head of officials, it wasn't because of the foul calls during the game. Hill was furious that the refs let Hurley get away with murder on the sideline all game long. It is widely agreed upon that Hurley is the biggest jerk and least liked among all the Pac 12 coaches, an asshole on the sidelines, and the refs don't do anything to reign him in.

that's interesting, Hurley got fined after the Colorado game. I guess he thought he had some additional leeway after paying that.

Last nights win was a relief, but other Utah teams would have buried a team like that. Sadly, I'm still convinced this team is just not very good

[DrumNFeather]

So here is a tidbit I heard last night at the game: when CH got dinged $10K for yelling at the head of officials, it wasn't because of the foul calls during the game. Hill was furious that the refs let Hurley get away with murder on the sideline all game long. It is widely agreed upon that Hurley is the biggest jerk and least liked among all the Pac 12 coaches, an asshole on the sidelines, and the refs don't do anything to reign him in.

Just one time it would be nice to see him hit with an early tech...maybe he should just start every game out with one. No wonder Hill was livid.

[Diehard Ute]

So here is a tidbit I heard last night at the game: when CH got dinged $10K for yelling at the head of officials, it wasn't because of the foul calls during the game. Hill was furious that the refs let Hurley get away with murder on the sideline all game long. It is widely agreed upon that Hurley is the biggest jerk and least liked among all the Pac 12 coaches, an asshole on the sidelines, and the refs don't do anything to reign him in.

As I watched that game it was from the same seat I’ve always sat in. The same place I’d always get a hello and quick chat from Big Rick as he went to the floor for all those years.

I looked at my parents at halftime and told them if this was the mid 90’s Majerus would already have been ejected for half of what Hurley did. The league has obviously told the officials to look the other way

I also find it odd Dr Hill was fined when his rant was picked up by the media for ‘public comments’ but Hurley who whines to the media only got a “reprimand”, no fine.


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[Diehard Ute]

I like this team. I like Bibbins. We don't have a go to scorer and our bench is thin. I think PVD is playing better. I think Seeley has a lot of potential. Tillman is way good for a Frosh (but a bit on the small side). If Barefield could get some consistency he is all-league. And Johnson is getting better. I think we may surprise some people by the end of the year

PVD still can’t shoot.

He’s 2-8 from the game, and all 8 shots are 3’s.

For the year he’s at 32% overall, 26% from 3, 67% from the line and gets less than 1 rebound per game

I hope his game improves, but I don’t know that he’s the guy we want taking that many 3’s


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[LA Ute]

Same problem all season. We keep trying Bealer, Caldwell, and PVD in that 5th man role. All we need is someone who will (1) hit open threes, (2) play energetic defense, and (3) not turn the ball over. We can't seem to find someone to make it work.

Swinney made an interesting point on his podcast this week (I listened to the whole thing while I was home, sick). He said Utah has too many "marginal PAC-12 players" on the roster. I think he's right, and that's why we can't find the "someone to make it work." We need 2-3 more true PAC-12 talents on the team. Maybe next year's incoming players from the strong recruiting class will be the answer going forward.

[Diehard Ute]

Maybe we need to up our self appointed media folks from MWC to Pac-12 levels? I mean Swinney couldn’t even stay retired for an entire year.


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[UtahsMrSports]

I wonder if we'll give up on starting Bealer/Caldwell/PVD and start Tillman as a SF instead.

He's started the last two. I imagine he will stay there.

[Mormon Red Death]

Btw.. Washington had a great player for a nickname that i can't believe no one has said:
"Matisse is monet!"

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[Old Standing ute]

Utes by 12 tonight (per Vegas).

Article today in Trib really talked up Devante Doutrive--currently red-shirt. He was a 4*/top 100 player.

[Mormon Red Death]

They are letting anyone but bibbins shoot

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[Mormon Red Death]

Ticky tacky fouls being called tonight

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[Mormon Red Death]

What kind of name is "drick"?

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[Diehard Ute]

Short for Fredrick? Not a good name. Not as bad as Kodi with an "i", but not a winner.

Nope. His name is actually Drick.

WSU is his third school.


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[Diehard Ute]

Our halftime ‘entertainment’ blows


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[Dwight Schr-Ute]

I’m not used to watching Barefield play defense. Not bad.


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[Mormon Red Death]

There was no contact there.

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[UtahsMrSports]

Solid win. 4-4 and right in the middle of the conference. Would love to see a split this week.

[DrumNFeather]

Solid win. 4-4 and right in the middle of the conference. Would love to see a split this week.

Someway somehow.

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[DrumNFeather]

Running it back this week in Washington. The Huskies are coming off of being swept against the Oregon schools, so they will be looking to get a little mojo back of their own. This one feels like it could be a slug fest for us, and would go a long ways towards pushing us up near the top of the league and challenging for that #4 seed in Vegas. A loss makes the WSU game a must-win just to keep pace and end the weekend 8-7, with three straight at home to finish things out.

[SoCalPat]

Running it back this week in Washington. The Huskies are coming off of being swept against the Oregon schools, so they will be looking to get a little mojo back of their own. This one feels like it could be a slug fest for us, and would go a long ways towards pushing us up near the top of the league and challenging for that #4 seed in Vegas. A loss makes the WSU game a must-win just to keep pace and end the weekend 8-7, with three straight at home to finish things out.

Calling my shot: If we beat Washington, we make the tournament. We will have business to take care of in the meantime but it won't be insurmountable.

I am very optimistic for Vegas. The league is wide open this year, and we've been better/equal to Arizona for 50 of our 80 minutes played. A semifinal or final against UA would be beyond epic.