Utes Host Wyoming Saturday

Jan. 18, 2000

SALT LAKE CITY - The Runnin' Utes are 13-3 overall and 2-0 in Mountain West Conference play. Utah has won 11 of its last 12 and two in a row after defeating San Diego State, 70-55, last Monday and Brigham Young, 56-49, last Saturday.

After sitting out the first eight games of the season with a knee injury, Hanno Mottola has led Utah in scoring in seven of the eight games since his return. He is averaging 21.1 points while shooting 57.3 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from three-point range (11-of-22). Mottola is also averaging 5.2 rebounds per game. Senior 6-7 forward Alex Jensen is second on the team in scoring average (13.4 ppg) and is tops in rebounding (6.7 rpg). Jensen is also shooting 56.7 percent from the field and 55.6 percent from three-point range. Senior 5-11 guard Jeremy Killion is also averaging double figures in scoring (10.3 ppg) while shooting 42.7 percent from three-point range. Sophomore 6-1 guard Gary Colbert leads the team in assists (4.3 apg).

Utah is outscoring the opposition 71.3 to 58.8 points per game and has a 32.6 to 28.6 edge in rebounding. The Utes are shooting 49.7 percent from the field, 42.3 percent from three-point range and 70.2 percent from the free throw line.

The Game at a Glance

Television: ESPN+Plus (KJZZ-TV 14 in Salt Lake City). Rich Waltz (play-by-play) and Irv Brown (analyst).
Radio: Utah Sports Network (570 K-NEWS in Salt Lake City and affiliate stations). On the Inter- net at www.UtahUtes.com. Bill Marcroft (play-by-play), Jeff Jonas (analyst) and Brad Stone (host).
Rankings: Utah is 22nd in the A.P. poll and 20th in the USA Today/ESPN poll.

Series Record: Utah leads Wyoming 80-65.
Utah's Record Home/Away/Neutral: 50-21/28-42/2-2
Last Meeting: Wyoming defeated Utah 62-56 on Feb. 12, 1998 in Laramie, Wyo.
Majerus vs. Wyoming Overall: 10-5 At Utah: 10-5

Utah Coach: Rick Majerus	Wyoming Coach: Steve McClain
Alma Mater: Marquette '70	Alma Mater: Chadron State '84
Record at Utah: 251-67/11th Season	Record at Wyoming: 29-16/2nd Season
Overall Record: 350-119/16th Season	Overall Record: 29-16/2nd Season

Utah Probable Starters

No.	Pos.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Ppg	Rpg	Hometown
50	F	Alex Jensen	6-7	225	Sr.	13.4	6.7	Centerville, Utah
13	F	Hanno Mottola	6-9	250	Sr.	21.1	5.2	Helsinki, Finland
52	C	Nate Althoff	6-11	260	Jr.	9.8	4.8	Delano, Minn.
32	G	Jeremy Killion	5-11	190	Sr.	10.3	1.9	San Diego, Calif.
3	G	Gary Colbert	6-1	175	So.	4.2	3.2	Alta Loma, Calif.

Utah Off the Bench

No.	Pos.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Ppg	Rpg	Hometown
4	G	Adam Sharp	6-2	180	So.	1.6	0.8	Salt Lake City
5	G/F	Tony Harvey	6-5	200	Sr.	8.1	2.2	Carson, Calif.
15	F	Nick Jacobson	6-3	185	Fr.	0.0	0.0	Roseville, Minn.
25	G	Brandon Sluga	6-4	210	Sr.	0.8	0.0	Taylorsville, Utah
35	F	Jeff Johnsen	6-4	200	So.	6.5	3.4	Murray, Utah
40	C	Phil Cullen	6-9	215	So.	5.7	2.6	Chelan, Wash.
42	F	Mike Puzey	6-8	215	Fr.	2.3	2.3	Roy, Utah

Wyoming Probable Starters

No.	Pos.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Cl.	Ppg	Rpg	Hometown
00	F	LeDarion Jones	6-7	232	Sr.	10.9	3.9	Bartow, Fla.
44	F	Marcus Bailey	6-4	185	Fr.	6.8	2.8	Cheyenne, Wyo.
22	C	Josh Davis	6-8	210	So.	13.7	8.7	Salem, Ore.
5	G	Anthony Blakes	6-2	188	Sr.	13.6	5.8	Phoenix, Ariz.
10	G	Chris McMillian	5-10	175	So.	9.9	3.0	Brea, Calif.

Coming Up
Utah plays the second of five games this season on ESPN's "Big Monday," hosting Colorado State on Monday at 10:04 p.m. (MST).

The Nation's Most Dominant Team in League Play the Last Five Years
As the Utes moved from the WAC into the Mountain West Conference, they took three impressive records with them. Entering the 2000 conference season, Utah's conference record over the past five years en route to winning five straight regular-season titles was 71-9 (.888), which is the best mark over that period of time in NCAA Division I. Utah has also been the nation's most dominant team in conference games at home in the past five years with a 40-1 (.976) record. The Utes have won 30 consecutive league games at home, which is the nation's longest current streak. Kansas had a string of 44 consecutive conference home wins snapped by Nebraska on Feb. 10, 1999. Utah's last home conference loss was to Fresno State (65-64) on Jan. 8, 1996.

At 2-0 in conference play this season, Utah has won 21 consecutive regular-season conference games since a 62-56 loss at Wyoming on Feb. 12, 1998. The Utes have won 19 consecutive conference games overall following a 54-51 loss to UNLV on March 5, 1998 in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament. For the first time in the history of the WAC, Utah won all 14 regular season games and all three games in the conference tournament last season.

Consecutive Conference Home Wins

1.	Utah	30
2.	Murray State	27
3.	Duke	22
4.	Arizona	21
5.	Weber State	19

Winning Percentage in Conference Games Overall Last Five Seasons

1.	Utah	71-9 (.888)
2.	Kentucky	68-12 (.850)
3.	Kansas	64-12 (.842)
4.	UCLA	71-19 (.789)

Winning Percentage in Conference Home Games Last Five Seasons

1.	Utah	40-1 (.976)
2.	Weber State	40-2 (.952)
3.	Arizona	41-4 (.911)

Rick Majerus

Head Coach - 11th Season at Utah - Marquette '70
Considered as one of the top coaches in America, Rick Majerus has entrenched the University of Utah in college basketball's power structure. The Utes' steady rise in national prominence since Majerus' arrival on the "Hill" at the start of the 1989-90 season was crystallized by a trip to the 1998 NCAA Final Four, where Utah finished as the national runner-up.

Entering his 15th season as a college head coach, Majerus' career winning percentage of .744 was the fourth-highest among active Division I coaches and ranked 15th all-time. Among active coaches, only Roy Williams (Kansas), Jerry Tarkanian (Fresno State and John Kreese (College of Charleston) had better winning percentages. By notching his 350th career victory with a 56-49 win at Brigahm Young on Jan. 15, Majerus became one of just nine coaches all-time to reach the 350 wins plateau in 16 seasons, only four coaches have won 350 games in fewer seasons than Majerus.

Majerus, who has never had a losing season, has averaged 22 wins per year over the course of his career. He has won 20 games 12 times and 30 games twice. Majerus has also guided eight teams to the NCAA Tournament and four others to the NIT.

A successful coach since the beginning, Majerus' best years have come at Utah. While leading the Utes to unprecedented success, Majerus has become the winningest coach in modern times at the U. Despite the fact that he coached just six games his first season due to heart surgery, Majerus' Utah teams have averaged nearly 24 wins a year. Take away his shortened debut season, and the Utes have won 20 games all but once, averaging 26 wins in nine full seasons under Majerus.

In each of the past five seasons, the U. has won at least 27 games, including a school-record 30 victories in 1997-98. Only 13 times has an NCAA Division I program won at least 25 games in five consecutive seasons. The Utes have claimed five consecutive Western Athletic Conference regular-season championships outright (including divisional titles the last three years) and made five straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

What Majerus' teams have accomplished since the beginning of his tenure is astounding. Consider:

In the '90s, Utah ranked eighth in NCAA Division I in both wins (250) and winning percentage (.767). Utah has averaged 25 wins over the last 10 seasons.

The past three seasons, Utah went 87-13 to post the fourth-most wins in NCAA Division I. Utah's .870 winning percentage during that time ranked second in the nation, just a tenth of a percentage point behind the College of Charleston.

The Utes have made seven trips to the NCAA Tournament under Majerus. Utah is one of just six programs to advance to at least the second round of the NCAAs in each of the past five seasons.

Utah has advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 four times and made back-to-back Elite Eight appearances in 1997 and 1998. The Utes also played in the 1998 NCAA Final Four, losing to Kentucky in the national championship game.

Majerus guided the Utes to the ninth-most wins (15) and the ninth-best winning percentage (.682) in NCAA Tournament play in the '90s. Over the past five years, Utah moved up to fourth place in NCAA Tournament wins (12) and eighth in winning percentage (.706).

Utah advanced it to the NIT Final Four in 1992, placing third.

Before departing the WAC after last season, Utah had won seven regular-season titles - including five in a row - in 10 seasons under Majerus.

Utah won the WAC Tournament championship in 1995, '97 and '99.

His players have been named All-America five times - twice consensus choices - conference player of the year six times and first team all-conference 16 times.

The Majerus File

Year-by-Year at Utah

Year	Overall	Pct.	Conf.	Finish	Postseason
1989-90	4-2 **	.667	- -	- -	- -
1990-91	30-4	.882	15-1	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1991-92	24-11	.686	9-7	4th	NIT Final Four
1992-93	24-7	.774	15-3	1st-T	NCAA 2nd Round
1993-94	14-14	.500	8-10	5th-T	- -
1994-95	28-6	.824	15-3	1st	NCAA 2nd Round
1995-96	27-7	.794	15-3	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1996-97	29-4	.878	15-1	1st *	NCAA Elite Eight
1997-98	30-4	.882	12-2	1st *	NCAA Runner-up
1998-99	28-5	.848	14-0	1st *	NCAA 2nd Round
1999-2000	12-3	.800	0-0
Totals	251-67	.789	120-30		11 Years
Career	350-119	.746	142-40		16 Years

* WAC Division Finish
** Majerus missed most of the season due to heart surgery

Breaking Down Majerus' Career Record

	All-Time	At Utah
Overall	350-119 (.746)	251-67 (.789)
Home	201-28 (.878)	139-10 (.933)
Away	109-69 (.612)	78-39 (.667)
Neutral	40-22 (.645)	34-18 (.654)
Conference Games	142-40 (.780)	120-30 (.800)
Conference Tournaments	18-7 (.720)	15-6 (.714)
Postseason NIT	8-4 (.667)	4-1 (.800)
NCAA Tournaments	16-8 (.667)	15-7 (.682)

Career Honors

1999 District Coach of the Year
1999 WAC Pacific Division Coach of the Year
1998 National Coach of the Year (John Wooden)
1998 National Coach of the Year (Playboy)
1998 District Coach of the Year
1997 District Coach of the Year
1997 WAC Coach of the Year (Media)
1997 Utah Sports Person of the Year
1996 District Coach of the Year
1995 District Coach of the Year
1995 WAC Coach of the Year
1993 District Coach of the Year
1993 WAC Coach of the Year
1992 National Coach of the Year (Playboy)
1991 National Coach of the Year (Basketball Times)
1991 National Coach of the Year (UPI)
1991 District Coach of the Year
1991 WAC Coach of the Year
1991 Utah Sports Person of the Year
1989 National Coach of the Year (The Hoop Scoop)

Majerus Records 350th Career Victory
Head coach Rick Majerus captured his 350th career win with a 56-49 victory at Brigham Young on Jan. 15. Majerus' career mark is 350-119 in 16 seasons. He also has a 251-67 record in 11 seasons at Utah.

Only four coaches in the history of college basketball have won 350 games in fewer seasons than Majerus. Nolan Richardson (Tulsa/Arkansas), Denny Crum (Louisville), Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) and John Thompson (Georgetown) reached the 350 career wins plateau in 15 seasons. Jerry Tarkanian (Long Beach State/UNLV), Billy Tubbs (Southwest Texas State/Lamar/Oklahoma), Bob Huggins (Walsh/Akron/Cincinnati) and Everett Case (North Carolina State) also posted their 350th career win during their 16th season.

Majerus became just the third coach at the U. to win 250 games with Utah's 70-55 win at San Diego State on Jan. 10. Vadal Peterson went 385-230 from 1927-53 and Jack Gardner, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, went 339-154 from 1953-71.

Utah vs. Wyoming Notes

Scouting Wyoming
The Cowboys are 11-6 overall and 1-1 in Mountain West Conference play after winning five of their last seven contests. Wyoming opened league play at home last week by defeating New Mexico (88-83) on Thursday and losing to Colorado State (77-71) on Saturday. The Cowboys play at BYU on Thursday night before facing the Utes. Wyoming had one common opponent with the Utes during the non-conference season, losing at Oregon State (83-77) on Dec. 20.

Sophomore 6-8 center Josh Davis ranks ninth in the MWC in scoring (13.7 ppg) and second in rebounding (8.7 rpg), leading the team in both categories. He also leads UW in blocked shots (1.3 bpg) and is shooting 52.0 percent from the field and 60.0 percent from three-point range. Senior 6-2 guard Anthony Blakes ranks 10th in the league in scoring (13.6 ppg) and is also averaging 5.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. Senior 6-7 forward LeDarion Jones is the third Cowboy averaging double figures in scoring (10.9 ppg). Junior 6-8 forward/center Ugo Udezue, a preseason all-Mountain West Conference pick, under went knee surgery after the fifth game and is out for the season

Wyoming ranks second in the MWC in scoring (84.6 ppg) and seventh in scoring defense (77.4 ppg) and is third in rebound margin (41.0-38.1 rpg). The Cowboys are also shooting 44.7 percent from the field and 37.3 percent from three-point range.

1999-2000 Standings
(As of Jan. 18)

		Conf.	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
1.	UTAH	2-0	1.000	13-3	.813
2.	UNLV	2-1	.667	11-4	.733
3.	Brigham Young	1-1	.500	12-3	.800
	Colorado State	1-1	.500	11-5	.688
	Wyoming	1-1	.500	11-6	.647
6.	New Mexico	1-2	.333	9-9	.500
7.	San Diego State	0-1	.000	5-9	.357
	Air Force	0-1	.000	4-9	.308

Head Coach Steve McClain
Steve McClain is in his second season at Wyoming after posting an 18-10 overall record and a fourth-place finish in the WAC Mountain Division with a 7-7 record in 1998-99. He also led the Cowboys to the second round of the NIT last season with an 81-77 defeat of USC. Before taking the post at UW, he was an assistant coach at TCU under Billy Tubbs from 1994-98. He helped lead the Horned Frogs to the 1998 NCAA Tournament and a No. 15 final A.P. ranking.

A Look at the Series
The Utes lead the overall series with Wyoming 80-65 and have a 50-21 advantage in games played in Salt Lake City. Utah has won 10 of the last 15 meetings but Wyoming has taken four of the last seven contests. Utah and Wyoming did not meet during the 1996-97 and 1998-99 seasons when the old rivals were placed in separate divisions of the 16-team WAC. Utah took 10 of the 17 games with Wyoming during the '90s.

The teams met twice during the 1998 conference season. The Utes won 75-58 on Jan. 17 in Salt Lake City while the Cowboys took a 62-56 win on Feb. 12 in Laramie, Wyo. The loss in Laramie was Utah's last in conference regular season play.

In the last confrontation, Wyoming came back from a 31-27 halftime deficit for a six-point win. After shooting 60.0 percent in the first half, the Utes cooled off to 33.3 percent shooting in the second half. As a result, UW had a 47.8-44.7 edge in field goal percentage for the game. The Cowboys also had the advantage at the free throw line, making 13-of-21 while the Utes made 6-of-10.

Wyoming's Jeron Roberts led all scorers with 20 points while Utah's Michael Doleac had 16. Of the players who will appear in Saturday's game, Hanno Mottola had 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting from the field, five rebounds, two blocks and two assists in 32 minutes. Alex Jensen had five points, two boards and two assists in 25 minutes. Among the current Cowboys, Andy Young had seven points and two assists in 31 minutes as a starter. Bradley Mann added 7 points, making both of his three-point attempts, in 17 minutes.

Utah vs. Colorado State Preview

Scouting Colorado State
The Rams, winners of 10 of their last 11, are 11-5 overall and 1-1 in Mountain West Conference action. Colorado State opened league play last week with a 71-70 loss to New Mexico at home on Monday and a 77-71 win at Wyoming on Saturday. The Rams play at Brigham Young on Saturday before facing the Utes. Highlighting its non-conference wins, CSU defeated Oregon State (83-78), Colorado (79-57) and Washington State (74-61) at home, and UCLA (55-54) in the Pearl Harbor Classic in Laie, Hawaii.

Senior 6-8 forward Ceedrick Goodwyn leads the MWC in scoring (19.3 ppg). He is also first on the team in assists (2.7 apg) and second in rebounds (4.8 rpg). Junior 6-3 guard John Sivesind is second on the team in scoring (11.8 ppg) and is shooting 45.7 percent from three-point range. Junior 6-3 guard Ron Grady is the third Ram averaging double figures in points (10.2 ppg). Junior 6-7 forward Garrett Patik is CSU's leading rebounder (5.6 rpg) and ranks 11th in the conference.

Colorado State ranks fourth in the conference in scoring (72.1 ppg), second in scoring defense (61.9 ppg) and sixth in rebound margin (31.8-31.2 rpg). The Rams are shooting 49.3 percent from the field and lead the nation with 44.3 percent shooting from three-point range.

Head Coach Ritchie McKay
Ritchie McKay's 19-11 record and .633 winning percentage posted in his first season at Colorado State rank as the 10th-best in school history. Forty-five universities in NCAA Division I had new head coaches in 1998-99. Only 10 of those coaches, including McKay, led their squads into postseason competition. The Rams made it to the quarterfinals of the NIT last season. McKay is in his fourth season as a head coach. He went 24-29 in two seasons at Portland State before taking over at CSU.

Series Notes
Utah has won the last nine meetings after Colorado State had won five of six dating back to the beginning of the 1992 conference season. One of the most thrilling games of late in the series was an 86-82 win by the Utes in double overtime on Jan. 18, 1996 in Salt Lake City.

In the last meeting, Utah defeated Colorado State 60-48 on Feb. 14, 1998 in Fort Collins, Colo. The Utes led the Rams 18-14 at halftime after both teams shot just 25 percent in the first half. Both teams also shot only 37.3 percent for the game. However, Utah made 19-of-23 free throws while CSU went 5-of-10 at the line. The Utes also had a 37-30 advantage in rebounds.

Andre Miller led the Utes with a game-high 16 points and six assists. Of the players who will play in Monday night's game, Hanno Mottola had 10 points, going 6-of-7 from the free throw line, and eight rebounds in 29 minutes. Alex Jensen contributed two points and six rebounds in 23 minutes.

Noting the Utes

Game #16 Rewind
Hanno Mottola scored four of his 18 points in the final minute and Utah beat instate rival BYU 56-49 on Saturday in Provo, Utah. It was the 350th victory for coach Rick Majerus.

Mottola completed a three-point play and Alex Jensen hit a three-pointer to help the Utes (13-3, 2-0 MWC) break a 34-34 tie with 16 minutes remaining. BYU (12-3, 1-1 MWC) closed within 51-49 when Mikeli Wesley hit 1-of-2 free throws with 7:04 left, but the Cougars didn't score again. BYU missed five free throws and numerous field goal attempts down the stretch.

The Cougars, who have lost 11 straight games to Utah, shot 51 percent (11-of-20) in the first half but slumped to 25 percent (5-of-20) in the second. Utah didn't fare much better in the last seven minutes. After Nate Althoff hit 1-of-2 free throws with 6:54 to play, the Utes went scoreless until Mottola's basket with 50.8 seconds left.

Tony Harvey, who finished with seven points, stole a pass by BYU's Todd Christensen and made 1-of-2 free throws with 36 seconds to go. Moments later, Mottola blocked Wesley's three-point try and then hit the game's last basket.

Althoff had 11 points for Utah, 10 of them as the Utes built a 31-30 halftime lead. Althoff went 5-of-9 from the field and also had six rebounds. After playing only six minutes in the first half because of foul problems, Alex Jensen played 17 minutes in the second half and had nine points, making 3-of-6 field goals and both three-pointers he attempted. He also had six rebounds, an assist and a blocked shot. However, Jensen's numbers didn't reflect his performance as he made numerous hustle plays and kept the ball alive several times to give Utah offensive rebounds.

Wesley led BYU with 21 points while Terrell Lyday, who had scored 87 points in his three previous games, was held to 12.

Odd and Ends
Utah has cranked it up defensively to start the conference season. The Utes held San Diego State to 38.0 percent field goal shooting (19-of-50) on Monday and BYU to 40.0 percent field goal shooting (16-of-40) on Saturday. BYU's 40 field goal attempts is the lowest by a Ute opponent this season. The Utes also held BYU without a field goal for the final 7:50 of Saturday's game.

Utah's 20-point loss at Louisville was its worst since suffering a 101-70 loss to Kentucky in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament on Mar. 21, 1996. The Utes have not lost a game by more than 16 points (87-71 at New Mexico on Feb. 1, 1997) since then. Utah has lost just three games by 20 points or more during Rick Majerus' 11-year tenure.

With its win over San Diego State, Utah improved to 27-11 in conference openers (16-3 home/11-8 road) since joining the Western Athletic Conference in 1962.

Three Utes have shot over half of their field goals from three-point range. Jeremy Killion has taken 75 of his 119 attempts, Tony Harvey has shot 52 of 98 and Phil Cullen has attempted 41 of 78 field goals from beyond the arc. Alex Jensen has taken over one-third of his field goal attempts from three-point range (54-of-134).

Oregon State shot 55.6 percent (30-of-54) against the Utes on Dec. 28, the highest percentage by a Utah opponent this season. Texas had the second-best shooting night by an opponent this season, making 55.1 percent (27-of-49) of its field goals.

Eleven players have started for the Utes this season in seven different lineups.

Utah has shot 50 percent or better from three-point range in five games this season: Stony Brook (50.0), Utah State (66.7), Washington State (50.0), Chicago State (52.4) and Oregon State (60.0).

In all three losses, Utah was on the road, outrebounded and committed more turnovers.

The Utes have scored above 80 points twice this season with 84 in their win over Chicago State on Dec. 18 and 87 in their win over Oregon State on Dec. 28.

Utah has held three opponents below 50 points and 11 opponents below 60 points this season.

Utah surrendered a season-low 42 points in its 35-point win over Utah State on Dec. 7. The Utes also gave up a season-low shooting night to USU, allowing the Aggies to shoot just 30.8 percent from the field and 18.8 percent from three-point range.

Rick's Remarks

On the win over BYU
"I thought we missed excellent shots but it's a game that turns on defense and rebounding and we defended well. In the face of adversity, a lot of players hang their heads, but we hung tough. There's no greater satisfaction."

On playing Wyoming
"It will be a very difficult game. They're an up-tempo team and it's going to be a game where the pace will be very fast. They gave Indiana a whale of a contest and have played a great schedule. They're an outstanding rebounding club with nice athleticism. Jones, Blakes and Davis are all averaging double figures in scoring, so it will be a test for us again defensively. We're also going to have to shore up some offensive miscues before then. I think enough can be said about Wyoming simply with its nice win over New Mexico. Steve McClain really has them playing at a fever pitch."

In the Polls
Utah moved up four spots to No. 20 in the USA Today/ESPN poll released on Jan. 16 and climbed eight places to No. 22 in Associated Press poll released on Jan. 17. Utah has been ranked in at least one of the national Top 25 polls for 18 consecutive weeks, dating back to last season. The Utes were out of the A.P. Top 25 poll for one week before climbing back in on Jan. 17. Utah has been ranked 14 out of the last 18 weeks by A.P.

Utah had been ranked in the national polls every week since early in the 1994-95 season before falling out in December of 1998. Utah has finished among the top 10 teams in the nation three consecutive years.

Awesome Alex
Senior forward Alex Jensen (6-7, 225) has started all 83 games since the start of the 1997-98 season after returning from a two-year LDS church mission. A preseason all-Mountain West Conference selection, Jensen is off to a great start to the season. He has Utah's second-best scoring average (13.4 ppg), shooting 56.7 percent from the field and 55.6 percent from three-point range to rank seventh in the nation. He is the team's top rebounder (6.7 rpg). Jensen has led Utah three times in scoring, 10 times in rebounds and four times in assists this season. He has also scored in double figures in all but three games - including two 20-point performances - and has had seven rebounds or more in eight games.

Jensen scored a career-high 25 points with a career-best nine field goals and three 3-point field goals against Augusta State on Dec. 3. Against Washington State on Dec. 11, he had 21 points by going 7-of-10 from the field, 3-of-4 from three-point range and 4-of-6 from the free throw line. He also had a season-high nine rebounds, five assists and two steals in 38 minutes against Wazzu. Most recently, he had 18 points while making 7-of-8 field goals and 4-of-5 three-pointers against San Diego State on Jan. 10. Jensen is also an excellent defensive player who can defend all five positions on the floor.

Perhaps one of the best unknown players in the country, Jensen earned first team all-Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division honors last season and was named to the league all-defensive team. His triple-double of 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists against Fresno State on Jan. 25, 1999 was only the second in the 31-year history of the Jon M. Huntsman Center, the other was posted by Magic Johnson of Michigan State in the semifinals of the 1979 NCAA Final Four.

Jensen Entering Select Company
Senior forward Alex Jensen could become the ninth Ute all-time and the fourth under Rick Majerus to record 1,000 points and 800 rebounds during their careers. Jensen currently has 1,075 career points and 763 career rebounds. He became the 28th Ute to surpass the 1,000-point plateau with 10 points against Oregon State on Dec. 28. The Centerville, Utah, native needs 37 more rebounds to become the ninth Ute to post 800.

Jensen currently ranks 26th in career scoring, ninth in total rebounds, second in offensive rebounds (293) and fifth in defensive rebounds (470) at the U.

Utah 1,000 Points/800 Rebounds Club

Name	Points	Rebs.
Keith Van Horn (1993-97) *	2,542	1,074
Billy McGill (1959-62)	2,321	1,106
Josh Grant (1988-93) *	2,000	1,066
Danny Vranes (1977-81)	1,701	951
Tom Chambers (1977-81)	1,698	876
Mitch Smith (1985-89)	1,628	1,036
Ken Gardner (1968-71)	1,291	892
Michael Doleac (1994-98) *	1,519	886

* played for Rick Majerus

Mentioning Mottola
Hanno Mottola was rated among the top players in college basketball during the preseason. Playboy magazine selected Mottola to their 10-player All-America team. He was also named one of the early finalists for the Wooden and Naismith National Player of the Year awards. Basketball News named Mottola as the 12th-best inside-outers in college basketball. The Mountain West Conference media selected Mottola as the preseason player of the year, while both the media and coaches placed him on the preseason all-conference team.

He's Baaaack. . .
After missing the first eight games of the season with a partial medial collateral tear in his left knee, senior forward Hanno Mottola (6-9, 250) has quickly made his presence known after returning to the line-up. He has led the Utes in scoring in seven of the eight games since his return, averaging 21.1 points per game. In the five games prior to the San Diego State game on Jan. 10, he scored 131 points in 152 minutes, shooting 45-of-72 from the field and 9-of-14 from three-point range. Mottola had a double-double with a career-high 32 points and 11 rebounds against Texas on Dec. 22. He also made a personal-best 12 field goals in 21 attempts in that game. He had a double-double with 20 points, making 6-of-10 field goals, and 10 rebounds against Southern Utah on Jan. 1. For his efforts, he was named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Week (Dec. 21-Jan. 2) on Jan. 3. Mottola closed out his hot streak with a game-high 27 points - making 8-of-12 field goals, 2-of-3 three-pointers and 9-of-12 free throws - in 31 minutes at Louisville on Jan. 6.

Mottola would rank 13th in the nation in scoring, but he hasn't played enough games to qualify for the national stats. With the NCAA requirement being 75 percent of games played, the Utes would have to play 32 games this season for Mottola to qualify for the NCAA stats.

Mottola earned first team all-Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division honors last season and was named second team all-WAC in the Mountain Division in 1997-98. As a junior, the Helsinki, Finland, native ranked 13th in the WAC in scoring (15.3 ppg) and was Utah's top scorer during the conference season with an average of 16.4 points per game. Mottola led the Utes in scoring a team-best 13 times, scoring in double figures in all but four of the 33 games and tossing in 20 points or more on nine occasions. He was the team's leading rebounder in 11 games and had two double-doubles.

Mottola ranks high in several career statistical categories at the U. He is 17th all-time in scoring (1,303), seventh in defensive rebounds (335), ninth in offensive boards (156) and tied for 10th place in blocked shots (44).

Take Note of Nate
Junior center Nate Althoff is coming off one of his better weeks as a Ute. The Delano, Minn., native averaged 15.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots in wins over San Diego State on Jan. 10 and Brigham Young on Jan. 15. Althoff also shot 13-of-17 (.765) from the field and 5-of-6 (.833) from the free throw line

Althoff tallied career-highs with 20 points and eight field goals made against San Diego State. He went 8-for-8 from the field and 4-for-4 at the line with a team-high 7 rebounds (4 offensive) and 3 blocked shots in 29 minutes against the Aztecs. Althoff then came back with 11 points (10 points in 14 minutes in the first half) by making 5-of-9 field goals and 1-of-2 free throws in 20 minutes against BYU. He also led the Utes with six rebounds.

Althoff missed four games with a sprained ankle and returned to action on Jan. 1. In the four games since his return, he has averaged 12.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. He has started 10 of the 12 games he has played in this season.

Lighting It Up From Downtown
Utah ranks second in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (.423) according to the NCAA statistics released on Jan. 18. As a result of their marksmanship from long range, the Utes also rank eighth in the NCAA in overall field goal percentage (.497).

Utah shot 50 percent or better from three-point range in four of six games from Dec. 7 through Dec. 28. The "Gunnin'" Utes tied a school record with 14 three-pointers against both Utah State (Dec. 7) and Washington State (Dec. 11). Against Utah State, Utah shot 73 percent (11-of-15) from three-point range in the first half, breaking the school record of 10 three-pointers in a half set in 1993 and 1995, both times against Fresno State. The Utes continued their hot shooting by going 12-of-20 (60.0%) from downtown against Oregon State on Dec. 28.

However, the Utes have not shot better than 41.2 percent from three-point range in its last five games, shot a combined 28-for-83 (33.7%) from behind the arc during that stretch.

Defense, Defense, Defense
One of the trademarks of a Rick Majerus coached team is a stifling half-court defense. In the last 10 seasons under Majerus, Utah has ranked in the top 30 in the nation eight times in field goal percentage defense, seven times in the top 25 in scoring defense, seven times in the top 25 in scoring margin and seven times in the top 30 in rebound margin.

Through 16 games this season, Utah has given up an average of 58.8 points per game to rank 13th in the nation in scoring defense as of Jan. 18. Utah's opponents are also shooting just 42.1 percent from the field and 34.5 percent from three-point range.

Utah ranked fourth in the NCAA in scoring defense last season, giving up just 55.4 points per game. The Utes have been in the top eight three times in 10 seasons. The Utes ranked ninth in the nation in rebound margin last season (8.2 rpg) and have been ranked among the top 15 teams in the country in that category five years in a row. Utah has been among the top 30 teams in the nation in field goal percentage defense five consecutive years, including four top-10 rankings. The Utes were 29th in the NCAA in field goal percentage defense last season, limiting their opponents to 39.5 percent shooting from the floor.

Thanks to their stifling defense, the U. has also ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation in scoring margin five years in a row and seven times in the last 10 years. The Utes ranked fifth in the nation in scoring margin in 1998-99, outscoring the opposition by an average of 15.9 points per game.

Utes Lead the Nation with 45-Game Home Winning Streak

Utah enters this week with the longest active homecourt winning streak in NCAA Division I. The Utes have won 45 straight in the Jon M. Huntsman Center dating back to a Dec. 31, 1996 loss to Wake Forest. Utah's current streak began with an 84-63 win over Colorado State on Jan. 4, 1997. It is also the longest homecourt winning streak in school history. Murray State had the longest homecourt winning streak in the nation at 47 games before losing to Southeast Missouri State on Jan. 15. Duke currently ranks second (43), Cincinnati is third (39) and Weber State is fourth (30).

The Utes are 10-0 at home this season. Utah went 14-0 at home in 1998-99 to post the sixth undefeated home season in the 31-year history of the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Five of those undefeated home seasons have come under Rick Majerus: 1990-91 (16-0), 1992-93 (15-0), 1994-95 (15-0), 1997-98 (13-0), 1998-99 (14-0). The Utes are 139-10 (.933) in the Huntsman Center under Majerus and have never lost back-to-back home games.

The Utes also won 27 consecutive home games from Jan. 29, 1994 through Jan 2, 1996. The streak ended with a 65-64 loss to Fresno State on Jan. 8, 1996. Combining the two lengthy streaks and 13 wins sandwiched in between the two losses, Utah has won 85 of its last 87 games played in the Huntsman Center.

Current NCAA Division I Homecourt Winning Streaks

	Team	Games	Next Home Game
1.	UTAH	45	Jan. 22 Wyoming
2.	Duke	43	Jan. 19 N.C. State
3.	Cincinnati	39	Jan. 19 Memphis
4.	Weber State	30	Jan. 22 E. Washington

Whiting Transfers
Junior guard Trent Whiting, who was previously declared a medical redshirt for this season, has been granted his release from the University of Utah. Whiting has transferred to Brigham Young to attend school as a non-scholarship player. He will sit out this season as a medical redshirt and be eligible to play for BYU as a senior after the 2000 fall semester ends.

Whiting played his last game for the U. on Dec. 3 and was limited all season by a congenital condition in his femur bones. The Kuna, Idaho, native and former junior college All-American at Snow College averaged 5.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in five games this season.

Utes Favored to Win Inaugural MWC Championship
Both the league coaches and media overwhelmingly selected Utah to finish atop the conference and claim the first-ever Mountain West Conference men's basketball title. New Mexico was picked second in both polls, followed by a third-place tie in the coaches' poll with UNLV and Wyoming. Colorado State was selected to finish fifth, BYU sixth and then another tie for seventh place between San Diego State and Air Force. In the media poll, UNLV was chosen to finish third, followed by Wyoming, Colorado State, BYU, San Diego State and Air Force.

Ute seniors Alex Jensen and Hanno Mottola were named to the preseason all-conference team by both the coaches and the media. The media honored Mottola as the league's top returning player.

Utes Move to Mountain West Conference
The 1999-2000 season marks the beginning of a new era in Utah basketball history. The Utes joined seven other institutions on July 1, 1999 in the launch of the new Mountain West Conference. It is the newest NCAA Division I conference, but the names of the members should be very familiar. The new conference - half of whose schools were charter members of the Western Athletic Conference when it was formed back in 1962 - consists of Utah, Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State and Wyoming.

Craig Thompson is the conference's first commissioner. Amy Turner is the Assistant Commissioner for Communications. The league concludes its first season of competition with the Mountain West Conference Tournament, March 9-11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Of the eight teams comprising the new league, five received postseason invitations a year ago: Utah and New Mexico were in the NCAA Tournament field, each advancing to the second round, Colorado State, UNLV and Wyoming played in the NIT.

Mottola Third Ute Academic All-American in Two Years
Hanno Mottola, carrying on in the tradition of academic success under head coach Rick Majerus, was selected as a GTE second-team Academic All-American in 1998-99. Mottola carried a 3.33 cumulative GPA in economics.

Utah has more Academic All-Americans than any other program in the last two years. Michael Doleac and Drew Hansen were both named to the GTE Academic All-America team as seniors in 1997-98. Doleac, biology major, was a first-team selection with 3.41 GPA. Hansen, holder of a near-perfect 3.99 GPA in political science/economics, made the third team. Because of them, Utah became the first NCAA Final Four team to have two Academic All-Americans in its starting line-up.

NCAA Tournament Returns to the Huntsman Center in March
The University of Utah's Jon M. Huntsman Center will host NCAA Tournament West Region first and second round games in March. Four first round games will be played on March 16 and two second round games will take place on March 18.

Recognized as a site of championships, the Huntsman Center, which opened its doors in 1969, has housed numerous national championships. In 1979, the arena accommodated the NCAA Final Four - deemed one of the most successful ever held - featuring Michigan State's Magic Johnson and Indiana State's Larry Bird in the championship game. The arena has also hosted eight national gymnastics championships.

This marks the 13th time the Huntsman Center has hosted the NCAA Tournament. The JMHC ranks third among the nation's arenas for the most NCAA Tournament games hosted, with 63 having been played in the building.

Classroom Champions
Three of the five starters for the Runnin' Utes - Hanno Mottola, Alex Jensen and Jeremy Killion - made the U. of U. academic honor roll for the 1999 spring semester. Reserve Adam Sharp, as well as walk-ons Zac Dalton, Charles Huff, Sid Krommenhoek and Brandon Sluga, were also selected to the honor roll. Mottola and Sharp were named to the Western Athletic Conference all-academic team and honored as WAC scholar-athletes.

During the 1998 fall semester, nine Utes (seven on scholarship) were named to the academic honor roll. Scholarship players making the list with at least a 3.00 GPA were Mottola, Sharp, Shane Willis, Killion, Phil Cullen, Gary Colbert and Brad Crockett. Walk-ons Dalton and Krommenhoek also made the list.

All players on Utah's roster are on track to graduate and the team's cumulative grade point average is above a 3.00. Utah's team GPA has been above a 3.05 in each of the last three years. Rick Majerus has had 18 players make the honor roll a combined 108 times during his tenure.

Majerus Featured in DIRECTV and ESPN Commercials
Utah head coach Rick Majerus has been named DIRECTV's advertising spokesman for its college basketball pay-per-view package, ESPN FULL COURT, during the 1999-2000 season. Majerus will appear in both print ads and television commercials produced by DIRECTV throughout the 1999-2000 college basketball season. Majerus will also appear with college basketball analyst Dick Vitale in an ESPN commercial promoting the cable network's college basketball coverage.

Summer Action for Mottola and Althoff
Hanno Mottola played for the Finnish National Team in a four-country tournament with Lithuania, Russia and Germany in Helsinki in May. Mottola ranked second in the tournament with averages of 16.3 points and 6.7 rebounds. He also led the tournament in three-point field goals by going 7-of-9 (.778).

Nate Althoff played for the Nike NIT All Stars team that toured Austria and the Czech Republic for 13 days in early August. He averaged 3.5 points and 2.2 rebounds per game during the trip. He also shot 78.6 percent from the free throw line.

Noting the 1998-99 Season
Utah tied for the fourth-most wins in school history with a 28-5 record. The Utes' .848 winning percentage was the ninth-best all-time at Utah in seasons with 20 games or more.

Utah won 23 consecutive games to break the school record. The streak started on Dec. 19 with an 89-55 win over Loyola Marymount at the Huntsman Center and continued through the first round of the NCAA Tournament with an 80-58 win over Arkansas State on Mar. 12. The streak was halted with a season-ending 66-58 loss to Miami (Ohio) on March 14 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Utah became the first team in the history of the Western Athletic Conference to go undefeated against league foes. The U. won all of its league games during the regular season with a 14-0 record to win the Pacific Division title by five games over Fresno State and New Mexico. Utah then went 3-0 in the conference tournament to capture its third WAC Tournament title all-

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West Conference/NCAA Stats

Team

(As of Jan. 17)		MWC	NCAA
Scoring Offense	71.3	7th
Scoring Defense	58.8	1st	13th
Scoring Margin	+12.6	1st
FG Percentage	.497	1st	8th
FG Pct. Defense	.421	3rd
FT Percentage	.702	3rd
Reb. Offense	32.6	6th
Reb. Defense	28.6	1st
Rebound Margin	+3.9	1st
3 Pt. FG/Game	7.85	3rd
3 Pt. Percentage	.423	2nd	2nd
3 Pt. FG Pct. Defense	.345	5th
Assists	17.31	2nd
Turnover Margin	+0.19	5th
Steals	7.06	7th
Blocked Shots	2.81	5th

Individuals

(As of Jan. 17)			MWC	NCAA
Nate Althoff
	Scoring	9.8	21st
	Field Goal Pct.	.608	2nd
	Rebounds	4.8	16th
	Blocked Shots	1.00	8th

Gary Colbert
	Assists	4.27	3rd
	Assists/TO Ratio	1.56	7th

Phil Cullen
	Blocked Shots	0.56	13th

Tony Harvey
	Scoring	8.1	28th
	Free Throw Pct.	.844	2nd
	Assists	3.31	9th
	Assists/TO Ratio	2.12	2nd

Alex Jensen
	Scoring	13.4	11th
	Rebounding	6.7	5th
	Field Goal Pct.	.567	4th
	Free Throw Pct.	.688	14th
	Assists	3.12	11th
	3 Pt. FG Pct.	.556	1st	7th
	3 Pt. FG Made	1.88	9th
	Assists/TO Ratio	1.79	4th

Jeremy Killion
	Scoring	10.3	19th
	Field Goal Pct.	.487	15th
	3 Pt. FG Pct.	.427	8th
	3 Pt. FG Made	2.00	7th

Utah in the Polls

	Associated Press		USA Today/ESPN
1.	Cincinnati (61)	1.	Cincinnati (30)
2.	Arizona (4)	2.	Arizona (1)
3.	Stanford (1)	3.	Stanford
4.	Auburn (3)	4.	Auburn
5.	Duke	5.	Syracuse
6.	Syracuse (1)	6.	Duke
7.	Kansas	7.	Connecticut
8.	Connecticut	8.	Kansas
9.	Florida	9.	Florida
10.	Michigan State	10.	Michigan State
11.	Indiana	11.	Indiana
12.	Oklahoma State	12.	Oklahoma State
13.	Ohio State	13.	Texas
14.	Texas	14.	Tennessee
15.	Tulsa	15.	Ohio State
16.	Tennessee	16.	Oklahoma
17.	Oklahoma	17.	Tulsa
18.	Kentucky	18.	Kentucky
19.	St. John's	19.	UCLA
20.	Vanderbilt	20.	UTAH
21.	North Carolina	21.	North Carolina
22.	UTAH	22.	DePaul
23.	DePaul	23.	St. John's
24.	Maryland	24.	Vanderbilt
25.	UCLA	25.	Illinois

Utah's Ranking by Week

	Associated	USA Today/
	Press	ESPN
Preseason	15	15
Nov. 14	16	15
Nov. 21	19	17
Nov. 28	20	19
Dec. 5	nr	25
Dec. 12	nr	25
Dec. 19	nr	24
Dec. 26	21	24
Jan. 2	18	22
Jan. 9	nr	24
Jan. 16	22	20

Consecutive Weeks Ranked by

Associated Press	1
Last Time Not Ranked	Jan. 10, 2000

Consecutive Weeks Ranked by

USA Today/ESPN	18
Last Time Not Ranked	Jan. 25, 1999

Climbing the Career Charts

Scoring

1.	Keith Van Horn (1993-97)	2,542
2.	Billy McGill (1959-62)	2,321
3.	Josh Grant (1988-93)	2,000
4.	Mike Newlin (1968-71)	1,849
5.	Luther Burden (1972-75)	1,790
6.	Jeff Judkins (1974-78)	1,740
7.	Danny Vranes (1977-81)	1,701
8.	Tom Chambers (1977-78)	1,698
9.	Mitch Smith (1985-89)	1,628
10.	Andre Miller (1995-99)	1,618
	- - -
17.	Hanno Mottola (1996-Present)	1,303
26.	Alex Jensen (1994-95, 97-Present)	1,075

Blocked Shots

1.	Mitch Smith (1985-89)	157
2.	Keith Van Horn (1993-97)	126
3.	Michael Doleac (1994-98)	124
4.	Josh Grant (1988-93)	109
5.	Albert Springs (1983-87)	76
6.	Larry Cain (1989-93)	67
7.	Andre Miller (1995-99)	65
8.	Paul Afeaki (1990-92)	57
9.	Danny Vranes (1977-81)	49
10.	Hanno Mottola (1996-Present)	44
	Tom Chambers (1977-81)	44

Total Rebounds

1.	Billy McGill (1959-62)	1,106
2.	Keith Van Horn (1993-97)	1,074
3.	Josh Grant (1988-93)	1,066
4.	Mitch Smith (1985-89)	1,036
5.	Danny Vranes (1977-81)	951
6.	Ken Gardner (1968-71)	892
7.	Michael Doleac (1994-98)	886
8.	Tom Chambers (1977-81)	876
9.	Alex Jensen (1994-95, 97-Present)	763
10.	Mike Sojourner (1972-74)	733

Offensive Rebounds

1.	Josh Grant (1988-93)	337
2.	Alex Jensen (1994-95, 97-Present)	293
3.	Michael Doleac (1994-98)	288
4.	Mitch Smith (1985-89)	260
5.	Keith Van Horn (1993-97)	235
6.	Andre Miller (1995-99)	189
7.	Walter Watts (1988-91)	178
8.	Brandon Jessie (1994-96)	161
9.	Hanno M?tt?la (1996-Present)	156
10.	Byron Wilson (1990-93)	148

Defensive Rebounds

1.	Keith Van Horn (1993-97)	839
2.	Josh Grant (1988-93)	729
3.	Michael Doleac (1994-98)	598
4.	Mitch Smith (1985-89)	549
5.	Alex Jensen (1994-95, 97-Present)	470
6.	Andre Miller (1995-99)	454
7.	Hanno Mottola (1996-99)	335
8.	Byron Wilson (1990-93)	301
9.	Phil Dixon (1989-94)	279
10.	Walter Watts (1988-91)	275

Utah's Record When. . .

Leading At Half	13-1
Trailing At Half	0-2
Tied At Half	0-0
Leading With 5:00 Remaining	12-0
Trailing With 5:00 Remaining	1-2
Tied With 5:00 Remaining	0-1
In Overtime	0-0
Utah Outrebounds Opponent	10-0
Opponent Outrebounds Utah	2-3
Utah Commits More Turnovers	3-3
Opponent Commits More Turnovers	10-0
Utah Has More Free Throw Attempts	7-1
Opponent Has More Free Throw Attempts	6-2
Utah Shoots 50% or Better	8-1
Utah Shoots Less Than 50%	5-2
Opponent Shoots 50% or Better	3-1
Opponent Shoots Less Than 50%	10-2
Utah Shoots Better Than Opponent	11-1
Opponent Shoots Better Than Utah	2-2
Utah Bench Outscores Opponent Bench	11-1
Opponent Bench Outscores Utah Bench	1-1
Utah Scores Less Than 60	1-2
Utah Scores Between 60-69	1-0
Utah Scores Between 70-79	9-1
Utah Scores Between 80-89	2-0
Utah Scores Between 90-99	0-0
Utah Scores 100 or More	0-0
Opponent Scores Less Than 60	10-1
Opponent Scores Between 60-69	1-0
Opponent Scores Between 70-79	2-1
Opponent Scores Between 80-89	0-1
Opponent Scores 90 or More	0-0
On Mondays	2-0
On Tuesdays	3-0
On Wednesdays	1-1
On Thursdays	1-1
On Fridays	2-1
On Saturdays	4-0
On Sundays	0-0
On ABC	0-0
On ESPN	2-1
On ESPN+Plus	1-0
On Local Television	3-2

Consecutive Games with a 3-Point FG	42
Consecutive Games Oppon. under 100 points	115
Consecutive Games Oppon. under 90 points	104
Utah's Last Overtime Game	Mar. 5, 1999 vs. Tulsa (W, 64-61)

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