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October 5, 1998

Utah's appearance in the 1998 NCAA Championship game was the first ever for a Western Athletic Conference team and the first for a Utah team since 1944.

Utah's appearance in the 1998 "Final Four" was the first for the Utes since 1966 and their third overall.

Rick Majerus has had 86 players on the honor roll since he has been at Utah and last year coached a pair of GTE Academic All-Americans in Michael Doleac and Drew Hansen.

The Utes posted a team 3.31 GPA spring quarter. It was tied for the second-highest team GPA among the athletic teams at the University of Utah.

The University of Utah has had consecutive first round picks in the last two NBA drafts. Keith Van Horn was picked second in 1997 while Michael Doleac was picked 12th this last June.

Rick Majerus has led the Utes to six NCAA Tournaments in the 1990's, reaching the "Sweet Sixteen" three times, the "Elite Eight" twice and the "Final Four" once.

Andre Miller graduated from Utah in June and became one of the first players in the country to take advantage of the NCAA ruling allowing non-qualifiers to gain an extra year of eligibility if they graduate in four years.

Utah finished the season ranked 2nd in the USA Today/ESPN poll and 7th in the Associated Press poll.

Andre Miller recorded the first triple double in an NCAA Tournament game since Magic Johnson when he totaled 18 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists in the Utes' West Regional Championship victory over Arizona. Miller was named the MVP of the West Region.

Hanno Mottola was named one one of the top foreign players in the country last year by Sports Illustrated.

Rick Majerus won his 300th game during the 1997-98 season. Majerus has a career mark of 309-111 (.736) in 14 years of coaching. He is the winingest Utah coach in modern times with a 210-59 (.781) record in nine years.

The Utes finished 16th in the country in attendance last season averaging 13,818 fans per game in the 15,000 seat Jon M. Huntsman Center.

Utah led the country in rebound margin last season (10.0). The Utes also finished fourth in scoring defense (57.6), sixth in won loss percentage (30-4, .862) and field goal percentage defense (38.6) and 16th in scoring margin (12.4).

It has been estimated that Utah's run to the championship game in the 1998 NCAA Tournament was worth $18 million to the school in media expsoure.

Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Nevada [Exh] on October 17, 2025

Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball at Oregon [Exh] on October 24, 2025

Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus San José State on November 3, 2025

Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Weber State on November 8, 2025

Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Holy Cross on November 10, 2025

Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Sam Houston State on November 15, 2025

Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Purdue Fort Wayne on November 18, 2025

Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Cal Poly on November 20, 2025

Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Grand Canyon on November 25, 2025 at 10 PM

Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus Butler on March 31, 2025 , Loss , 84, to, 86

Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 14-Seed UCF on March 11, 2025 , Loss , 72, to, 87

Completed Event: Men's Basketball at #23/22 BYU on March 8, 2025 , Loss , 74, to, 85

Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus West Virginia on March 4, 2025 , Loss , 69, to, 71

Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus Arizona State on March 1, 2025 , Win , 99, to, 73

Completed Event: Men's Basketball at #22/21 Arizona on February 26, 2025 , Loss , 66, to, 83

Completed Event: Men's Basketball at UCF on February 23, 2025 , Loss , 72, to, 76

Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus Kansas State on February 17, 2025 , Win , 74, to, 69

Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus #17/20 Kansas on February 15, 2025 , Win , 74, to, 67

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