Men's Basketball Travels To San Diego State Monday

Jan. 9, 2000

Game #15

Utah Utes (11-3)
vs.
San Diego State Aztecs (5-8)

Jan. 10 - 9:04 p.m. (PST)
Cox Arena (12,414) - San Diego, Calif.

Coming Up

Utah plays at Brigham Young on Saturday at 1:07 p.m. (MST) before returning to the Huntsman Center to host Wyoming on Jan. 22 at 1:07 p.m. (MST).

A Quick Look at Utah

The Runnin' Utes enter Mountain West Conference play with an 11-3 record. Utah had a nine-game winning streak halted with a 75-55 loss at Louisville on Thursday.

After sitting out the first eight games of the season with a knee injury, Hanno Mottolo has led Utah in scoring the last six games. He is averaging 24.5 points while shooting 62.2 percent from the field and 64.7 percent from three-point range (11-of-17). Mottolo is also averaging 6.0 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 (6.8 rpg). Jensen is also shooting 55.0 percent from the field and 51.1 percent from three-point range. Senior 5-11 guard Jeremy Killion is also averaging double figures in scoring (11.2 ppg) while shooting 51.9 percent from the field and 48.3 percent from three-point range. Sophomore 6-1 guard Gary Colbert leads the team in assists (4.5 apg).

Utah is outscoring the opposition 72.5 to 59.7 points per game and has a 32.5 to 28.7 edge in rebounding. The Utes are shooting 50.0 percent from the field, 43.9 percent from three-point range and 69.9 percent from the free throw line.

Series Record: Utah leads the all-time series with San Diego State 36-8.

Utah's Record Home/Away/Neutral: 20-1/13-6/3-1

Last Season: The Utes swept the season series winning 79-53 on Jan. 16 in San Diego and 86-38 on Feb. 11 in Salt Lake City.

Majerus vs. San Diego State Overall: 16-1 At Utah: 16-1

The Game at a Glance

Utah Coach: Rick Majerus
Alma Mater: Marquette '70
Record at Utah: 249-67/11th Season
Overall Record: 348-119/16th Season

San Diego State Coach: Steve Fisher
Alma Mater: Illinois State '67
Record at SDSU: 5-7/1st Season
Overall Record: 189-89/9th Season

Television: ESPN. Bob Carpenter (play-by-play) and Jimmy Dykes (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 18th in the A.P. poll and 22nd in the USA Today/ESPN poll.

Utah Probable Starters

No. Pos. Name           Ht.   Wt.   Cl.   Ppg    Rpg   Hometown50   F   Alex Jensen    6-7   225   Sr.   13.4   6.8   Centerville, Utah13   F   Hanno Mottolo  6-9   250   Sr.   24.5   6.0   Helsinki, Finland40   C   Phil Cullen    6-9   215   So.    5.9   2.6   Chelan, Wash.   32   G   Jeremy Killion 5-11  190   Sr.   11.2   1.9   San Diego, Calif. 3   G   Gary Colbert   6-1   175   So.    4.8   3.4   Alta Loma, Calif.

Utah Off the Bench

No. Pos. Name           Ht.   Wt.   Cl.   Ppg   Rpg   Hometown 4   G   Adam Sharp     6-2   180   So.   1.7   0.8   Salt Lake City 5  G/F  Tony Harvey    6-5   200   Sr.   7.9   2.1   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, Utah35   F   Jeff Johnsen   6-4   200   So.   6.8   3.6   Murray, Utah42   F   Mike Puzey     6-8   215   Fr.   2.7   2.2   Roy, Utah52   C   Nate Althoff   6-11  260   Jr.   8.7   4.5   Delano, Minn.

San Diego State Probable Starters

No. Pos. Name            Ht.   Wt.   Cl.   Ppg    Rpg  Hometown32   F   Michael Marion  6-6   190   Jr.    7.6   2.4  Portland, Ore.33   F   Myron Epps      6-6   210   So.   12.9   6.0  Tulare, Calif.42   C   Marcelo Correa  6-10  225   Jr.   11.3   6.8  Franca, Brazil 4   G   Donte Wilson    6-3   175   Sr.    5.2   1.5  McKinney, Texas 5   G   Bradley Jackson 5-10  165   Fr.    8.2   2.7  Inglewood, Calif.

Mottolo Named Mountain West Player of the Week

Utah forward Hanno Mottolo, a senior from Helsinki, Finland (Makelanrine HS), was named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Week (Dec. 21-Jan. 2) on Jan. 3. After missing the first eight games of the year due to a partial tear in the medial collateral ligament in his left knee, Mottolo returned with a bang and led the Utes to four straight wins over then-No. 14 Texas, Oregon State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Southern Utah.

Mottolo scored 104 points (26.0 average) and shot 61.7 percent (37-60) from the field in four games. He went 7-for-11 (64%) from three-point range and 23-for-30 (77%) from the foul line. Mottolo also grabbed 32 rebounds (11 offensive/21 defensive), had five assists, two steals and three blocks.

In the 79-73 win over Texas on Dec. 22, he recorded his first double-double of the year with a career-high 32 points and 11 rebounds. Mottolo went 3-for-5 from three-point land and 5-for-7 from the free throw line. He also made a personal-best 12 field goals in 21 attempts. Against Oregon State on Dec. 28, Mottolo scored 29 points (13-for-19), hit 8-of-10 free throws and went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc in the 87-77 win. He also pulled down six rebounds and blocked two shots. In the Wisconsin-Milwaukee game Dec. 30, Mottolo scored a game-high 23 points (10-for-16) and had five rebounds as the Utes cruised 71-57. Mottolo finished the week with his second double-double of the season (seventh of his career) with 20 points and 10 boards in the 73-56 win over Southern Utah, Jan. 1. He was 6-of-10 from the field and 8-of-10 from the charity stripe.

This is Mottolo's first player of the week honor of the season and the second of his career. It also marks Utah's first selection of the season.

Utah vs. San Diego State Preview

Scouting San Diego State

The Aztecs are 5-8 following a 74-63 loss at Pacific on Saturday. Also last week, SDSU posted 74-63 win over High Point on Sunday anda 72-67 loss to Cal State-Fullerton on Wednesday.

Sophomore 6-6 forward Myron Epps leads the team in scoring (12.9 ppg) and is second in rebounding (6.0 rpg). Junior 6-1 center Marcelo Correa is second in scoring (11.3 ppg) and is the team's top rebounder (6.8 rpg). Freshman 5-10 guard Bradley Jackson leads the team in assists (4.2 apg) and is third in scoring (8.2 ppg).

San Diego State has been outscored (72.8 to 64.7 ppg) and outrebounded (38.1 to 32.3 rpg) this season. The Aztecs are shooting 41.8 percent from the field and 26.7 percent from three-point range.

Series Notes

Utah won both games over San Diego State last season by an average of 37 points when the Aztecs were coached by Fred Trenkle. Utah has won the last eight games in the series and has taken 22 of the last 24 meetings. The Aztecs' last win over the Utes was 76-73 on Jan. 22, 1994 in San Diego.

A Match-Up of Two Great Coaches

Two of the top college basketball coaches of the last decade meet for the third time on Monday. Rick Majerus led Utah to a 238-64 record (.788), one NCAA Final Four and seven NCAA Tournament appearances from 1989-99. Steve Fisher led Michigan to a 184-82 record (.691), three NCAA Final Fours and eight trips to the NCAA Tournament from 1989-97. As the interim head coach in 1989, Fisher went 6-0 to lead the Wolverines to the NCAA title.

Fisher has taken both of the previous meetings between himself and Majerus. Utah lost to Michigan, 81-65, on Dec. 1, 1990 in Ann Arbor, Mich., in Majerus' first full season at Utah after coaching just six games during the 1989-90 season due to heart surgery. The two coaches met again on Nov. 23, 1994 in the Maui Invitational with the Wolverines defeating the Utes, 73-69.

Last Meeting

Utah defeated San Diego State, 86-38, on Feb. 11, 1999 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The Utes held SDSU to 19 points in both the first and second half and posted 48 points in the second 20 minutes of play. Utah outshot the Aztecs 51.7 to 32.6 percent from the field and made 12-of-24 three-point field goals. The Utes also had a 39 to 28 advantage on the boards posted 23 assists on 31 baskets.

Jeremy Killion led the way against his hometown team with 20 points, making 6-of-7 field goals and 5-of-6 three-pointers. Alex Jensen had 15 points on 6-of-9 field goal shooting and added seven assists and five boards. Tony Harvey and Hanno Mottolo contributed 12 and 11 points, respectively. Donte Wilson led the Aztecs with 10 points while David Abramowitz had seven.

Noting the Utes

Game #14 Rewind

Utah's nine-game winning streak was snapped with a 75-55 loss at Louisville on Thursday night at Freedom Hall. The Utes (11-3), which hadn't lost since Dec. 1 at Weber State, committed 17 turnovers and were outrebounded by the Cardinals 37-22. As a result, Louisville scored 20 points off turnovers and had 19 second-chance points to the Utes' three.

Hanno Mottolo, who got into foul trouble in the first half, scored 20 of his 27 points in the second half to lead the Utes. The Cardinals led by as many as 30 points several times late in the second half. Trailing 72-42 with 5:13 remaining, a 13-3 run by Utah cut the margin to 20 by game's end.

Nate Johnson scored 19 points and Tony Williams added 12 for Louisville (9-3). Louisville's frenetic pressure confused Utah from the game's opening moments. The Utes scored the first two points then committed four straight turnovers as the Cardinals went ahead 12-4. Leading 30-18 with 3:23 remaining, Louisville scored the final 10 points of the half to take a 22-point halftime lead.

Utah rebounded from 30 percent shooting in the first half to make 55 percent of its shots in the second half and 42 percent for the game. After lighting it up from downtown as of late, the Utes made just 4-of-14 three-pointers. Mottolo was the only Ute scoring in double figures. Alex Jensen and Nate Althoff each added seven points.

Odd and Ends

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.
Three Utes have shot over half of their field goals from three-point range. Jeremy Killion has taken 65 of his 106 attempts, Tony Harvey has shot 43 of 84 and Phil Cullen has attempted 37 of 71 field goals from beyond the arc.
Utah had shot 59.0 percent or better from the field in three of its last four games before shooting 51.0 percent against Southern Utah on Jan. 1. Utah shot a season-best 60.9 percent against Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Dec. 30.
Before the Wisconsin-Milwaukee game, Utah had allowed its last two opponents to shoot better than 55 percent from the field. 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 shot 55.1 percent (27-of-49) on Dec. 22. The Utes' defense clamped down against UWM on Dec. 30, allowing the Panthers to shoot just 31.4 percent from the field and 28.6 percent from three-point range. Southern Utah shot 42.3 percent from the floor and 26.7 percent from behind the arc on Jan. 1.
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 nine 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.

From the Training Room

Junior 6-11 center Nate Althoff returned to action against Southern Utah on Jan. 1 after missing four games. Althoff sprained his left ankle with 7:02 remaining in the first half of Utah's game against Sioux Falls on Dec. 17.

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 transfered 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. Mountain West Conference rules stipulate that he loses a year of eligibility, meaning that Whiting's BYU career will start in mid-December 2000 and end in March 2001.

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.

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 300th career victory during the 1997-98 season, Majerus became one of just one of 12 coaches all-time to reach the 300-win plateau in 14 seasons, only five coaches have won 300 games in less time.

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	11-3	.786	0-0
Totals	249-67	.788	118-30		11 Years
Career	348-119	.745	140-40		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	348-119 (.745)	249-67 (.788)
Home	201-28 (.878)	139-10 (.933)
Away	107-69 (.608)	76-39 (.661)
Neutral	40-22 (.645)	34-18 (.654)
Conference Games	140-40 (.778)	118-30 (.797)
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)

Personal Information
Birthdate: February 17, 1948
Hometown: Sheboygan, Wis.
Education: Marquette, B.A., History, '70 Marquette, M.A.T., Guidance and Counseling, '79
Hired at Utah: April, 1989
First Game: Nov. 24, 1989 vs. Cal State-Stanislaus

Majerus Closing In On Two Milestones

Head coach Rick Majerus will take a 348-119 career mark in 16 seasons and a 249-67 record in 11 seasons at Utah into the Utes' game at San Diego State on Monday. He needs just one more win to surpass 250 win plateau at Utah and two more wins to reach 350 career wins.

Majerus is vying to become just the third coach at the U. two win 250 games. 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.

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 mark 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) posted their 350th career win during their 16th season.

Rick's Remarks

On the loss to Louisville -

Coach (Al) Maguire used to have a saying: 'A dead fish stinks from the head.' I didn't get our team ready to play. I don't think we've gotten our butt whipped like this in eight, nine, 10 years. The bad thing is we saw them do this to Carolina. . . . Louisville came with the attitude they needed to come with, and we didn't."

On facing San Diego State's Steve Fisher -

I think he's a good coach. He's got to find players who appeal to him, his personality and his system. And I'm sure he's doing that. I think he's a very good coach who's proven in his record. I think he'll have a lot of success here. I just hope he's doesn't have more than us."

In the Polls

Utah jumped two spots to No. 22 in the USA Today/ESPN poll released on Jan. 2 and moved up three places to No. 18 in Associated Press poll released on Jan. 3. Utah has been ranked in at least one of the national Top 25 polls for 16 consecutive weeks, dating back to last season. The Utes are back in the A.P. Top 25 poll for the second week after a three-week absence. Utah was ranked 11 consecutive weeks by A.P. before falling out on Dec. 6.

Before falling out on Dec. 14, 1998, Utah had been ranked in the national polls every week since early in the 1994-95 season. After a seven-week absence, the Utes returned to both of the top 25 in both polls on Feb. 1, 1999. Utah has finished the season ranked among the top 10 teams in the nation three consecutive years.

Awesome Alex

Senior forward Alex Jensen (6-7, 225) has started all 81 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 55.0 percent from the field and 51.1 percent from three-point range, and is the top rebounder (6.8 rpg). Jensen has led Utah three times in scoring, nine times in rebounds and four times in assists this season. He has also scored in double figures in all but two 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 15 points while making a career-best five three-pointers in seven attempts against Southern Utah on Jan. 1. Jensen is 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 1,048 career points and 751 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 49 more rebounds to become the ninth Ute to post 800.

Jensen currently ranks 22nd in career scoring, ninth in total rebounds, third in offensive rebounds (288) and fifth in defensive rebounds (463) 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 Mottolo

Hanno Mottolo was rated among the top players in college basketball during the preseason. Playboy magazine selected Mottolo 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 Mottolo as the 12th-best inside-outers in college basketball. The Mountain West Conference media selected Mottolo 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 Mottolo (6-9, 250) has quickly made his mark after returning to the line-up. He has led the Utes in scoring in all six games since his return, averaging 24.5 points per game. In the last three games, he has scored 131 points in 152 minutes, shooting 45-of-72 from the field and 9-of-14 from three-point range. Most recently, Mottolo had 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. He had a double-double with 20 points, making 6-of-10 field goals, and 10 rebounds against Southern Utah on Jan. 1. Mottolo 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.

Mottolo 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. He led the conference in free throw percentage (.833) and was ninth in field goal percentage (.482). Mottolo also made 35.4 percent of his three-point field goals (34-of-96). Mottolo 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.

Mottolo ranks high in several career statistical categories at the U. He is 18th all-time in scoring (1,281), seventh in defensive rebounds (330), ninth in offensive boards (156) and 12th in blocked shots (42).

Lighting It Up From Downtown

Utah led the nation in three-point field goal percentage (.448) and ranked 22nd in the NCAA in three-point field goals per game (8.2) as of Jan. 3. As a result of their marksmanship from long range, the Utes also rank eighth in the NCAA in overall field goal percentage (.505). 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 three games. Against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Dec. 30), Southern Utah (Jan. 1) and Louisville (Jan.6), the Utes have shot a combined 15-for-43 (34.9%) from behind the arc.

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 11 games this season, Utah gave up an average of 58.5 points per game to rank 14th in the nation in scoring defense as of Jan. 3. Through 14 games, Utah's opponents are shooting just 42.5 percent from the field and 34.0 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.

Slow Start, Fast Recoveries

Starting the season with 2-2 record was not unfamiliar territory for the Utes. Last season, Utah began with a 5-4 record before winning its next 23 games. After a splitting its first four games this season, Utah won its next nine before a loss at Louisville on Jan. 6. Here is a statistical comparison between Utah's start and finish to last season, as well as one between its first four games and next nine contests (heading into Louisville) this year.

1998-99

Games 1-9	FG%	3-FG%	PPG	RPG	AS/TO Ratio
Utah	44.6	29.7	66.0	36.2	.976
Opponents	39.9	40.3	59.3	31.2	.793

Games 10-33	FG%	3-FG%	PPG	RPG	AS/TO Ratio
Utah	48.9	35.8	73.3	35.9	1.68
Opponents	43.7	31.7	53.9	26.5	1.25

1999-2000

Games 1-4	FG%	3-FG%	PPG	RPG	AS/TO Ratio
Utah	46.6	36.2	67.5	36.0	1.09
Opponents	39.9	32.3	57.0	30.3	.959

Games 5-13	FG%	3-FG%	PPG	RPG	AS/TO Ratio
Utah	52.2	48.2	76.7	32.1	1.37
Opponents	42.4	33.1	59.2	27.1	.648

Home Unbeaten Streak at 45 Games

After defeating Southern Utah on Jan. 1, Utah retained the second-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, which began with an 84-63 win over Colorado State on Jan. 4, 1997, ranks ahead of Duke's 42 consecutive home wins. It is also the longest homecourt winning streak in school history. Murray State has the longest homecourt winning streak in the nation at 46 games. Cincinnati has the fourth-longest (38).

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 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.	Murray State	46	Jan. 13 - Eastern Illinois
2.	UTAH	45	Jan. 22 - Wyoming
3.	Duke	42	Jan. 12 - Georgia Tech
4.	Cincinnati	38	Jan. 14 - Ohio

Utah Also Boasts of 30 Consecutive Home Conference Wins

As the Utes move from the WAC into the Mountain West Conference, it will take a streak of 30 consecutive home wins in league action with them. Utah's last home conference loss was to Fresno State (65-64) on Jan. 8, 1996. Over the last five years, Utah's home record in conference games was 40-1 (.976), while its conference record overall was 71-9 (.888) en route to winning five straight regular-season titles.

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 Mottolo were named to the preseason all-conference team by both the coaches and the media. The media honored Mottolo 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.

Mottolo Third Ute Academic All-American in Two Years

Hanno Mottolo, 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. Mottolo 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.

Classroom Champions

Three of the five starters for the Runnin' Utes-Hanno Mottolo, 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. Mottolo 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 Mottolo, 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.

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.

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 Mottolo and Althoff

Hanno Mottolo played for the Finnish National Team in a four-country tournament with Lithuania, Russia and Germany in Helsinki in May. Mottolo 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-time.

Five Straight 25 Win Seasons

Utah joined an elite group in college basketball history by posting its fifth consecutive 25-win season in 1998-99. Only 13 times has an NCAA Division I program won 25 games in five consecutive seasons. The Utes are tied with five other programs with five straight 25-win campaigns, owning the only active streak among that group. This season, Utah could tie Syracuse's run of six straight 25-win seasons from 1990-96 for the seventh-longest streak of 25-win seasons. UCLA tops the list with 10 consecutive 25-win seasons from 1966-76.

Twenty-Twenty Vision

For the 27th time in its history, Utah won 20 games in 1998-99. Under current coach Rick Majerus, Utah has hit for 20 wins in eight of his 10 seasons, including the last five in a row. Majerus' 20-win seasons at Utah: 1990-91 (30-4), 1991-92 (24-11), 1992-93 (24-7), 1994-95 (28-6), 1995-96 (27-7), 1996-97 (29-4), 1997-98 (30-4), 1998-99 (28-5).

Harvey, Jensen and Mottolo Rated Among Top 25 at Their Position

Three Utes were ranked among the top 25 players in the nation at their respective positions by Dick Vitale's College Basketball. Tony Harvey (6-5, 200) was ranked as the 21st-best shooting guard in the nation, while Alex Jensen (6-9, 250) was rated as the 20th-best swing forward. Hanno Mottolo (6-9, 250) was rated at the fourth-best power forward in the country.

Ute Frontcourt Rated One of the Best in the Nation

Utah's frontcourt of Hanno Mottolo (6-9, 250), Alex Jensen (6-7, 225) and Nate Althoff (6-11, 260) was ranked as the third-best in the nation by Athlon Sports. The Ute trio was rated behind UConn's Kevin Freeman, Jake Voskuhl, Ajou Ajou Deng and Cincinnati's Pete Mickeal, Kenyon Martin, Jermaine Tate and DerMarr Johnson.

Utes on Television

A record of 22 Utah games will be televised this season, including all 14 Mountain West Conference regular-season games. The Utes will be featured 11 times on ABC, ESPN and ESPN Regional Television. Utah's game at Washington State on Dec. 11 was also carried nationally by Fox Sports Net.

The Utes' game at New Mexico on Feb. 19 will be broadcast regionally by ABC at 4:00 p.m. (MST). Five of Utah's Mountain West Conference games-three of which are at home-will be televised as a part of ESPN's "Big Monday" line-up at 10:00 p.m. (MST). The national cable network will carry Utah's games at San Diego State on Jan. 10, Colorado State at home on Jan. 24, New Mexico at home on Jan. 31, UNLV at home on Feb. 21 and at Wyoming on Feb. 28. ESPN also televised Utah's home game against Texas on Dec. 22.

ESPN Regional Television, a syndicated over-the-air network under the moniker of ESPN+Plus, will feature Utah three times in its Mountain West Conference "Game of the Week" package. KJZZ-TV is the network's Salt Lake City affiliate. Ten Utah games will also be televised locally by KJZZ-TV.

Utah Tradition

Utah has a 1,440-749 all-time record in its 92nd season. The U. entered the year ranking 11th in the NCAA in all-time winning percentage with a .657 mark. Utah also ranked 14th in the NCAA in all-time wins, and was one of just 16 schools that have 1,400 victories.
The Utes have won three national championships, winning the 1916 AAU championship, 1944 NCAA championship and 1947 NIT title. Utah is one of only 33 schools to win the NCAA Division I men's basketball title.
Utah has made four trips to the NCAA Final Four: 1944 (champions), 1961 (4th), 1966 (4th) and 1998 (runner-up). Only 12 teams have more Final Four appearances than Utah. Only 11 schools have been in more championship games than the Utes.
All-time, only 14 schools have appeared in the NCAA Tournament more times than Utah. The Utes have played in the NCAAs 21 times and have a 31-24 record (.564).
During the decade of the '90s, the Utes won the eighth-most games in NCAA Division I with a 250-76 record. Utah's .767 winning percentage in the last 10 years also ranked as the eighth-best in the nation.
The past three seasons, Utah had the second-highest winning percentage in NCAA Division I (.870), falling just a tenth of a point behind the College of Charleston (.871). The Utes had the fourth-most wins in NCAA Division I the past three years with an 87-13 record.

Utes in the Mountain West Conference/NCAA Stats

Team

(As of Jan. 3)	MWC	NCAA
Scoring Offense - 73.8	4th
Scoring Defense - 58.5	1st	14th
Scoring Margin - +15.3	1st
FG Percentage - .505	1st	8th
FG Pct. Defense - .417	3rd
FT Percentage - .695	4th
Reb. Offense - 33.3	6th
Reb. Defense - 28.1	1st
Rebound Margin - +5.2	1st
3 Pt. FG/Game - 8.23	2nd	22nd
3 Pt. Percentage - .448	1st	1st
3 Pt. FG Pct. Defense - .329	5th
Assists - 17.92	2nd
Turnover Margin	+0.69	4th
Steals - 7.69	6th
Blocked Shots - 2.62	6th

Individuals

(As of Jan. 3)		MWC	NCAA
Gary Colbert
	Assists	4.75	3rd
	Assists/TO Ratio	1.63	7th
	Steals	1.33	15th

Phil Cullen
	Blocked Shots	0.62	12th

Tony Harvey
	Scoring	8.4	24th
	Free Throw Pct.	.833	2nd
	Assists	3.15	13th
	Assists/TO Ratio	2.05	3rd

Alex Jensen
	Scoring	13.9	9th
	Rebounding	6.9	5th
	Field Goal Pct.	.558	5th
	Free Throw Pct.	.727	11th
	Assists	3.38	9th
	3 Pt. FG Pct.	.523	3rd
	3 Pt. FG Made	1.77	9th
	Assists/TO Ratio	1.83	5th

Jeff Johnsen
	Field Goal Pct.	.506	15th

Jeremy Killion
	Scoring	11.8	16th
	Field Goal Pct.	.540	8th
	3 Pt. FG Pct.	.483	6th
	3 Pt. FG Made	2.23	4th

Utah in the Polls

Associated Press      USA Today/ESPN 1.   Stanford (62)   1.   Stanford (29)    2.   Connecticut (5) 2.   Connecticut        3.   Cincinnati (3)  3.   Cincinnati (2) 4.   Auburn          4.   Arizona 5.   Arizona         5.   Auburn 6.   Florida         6.   Florida 7.   Syracuse        7.   Duke 8.   Duke            8.   Syracuse 9.   Kansas          9.   Kansas10.   Indiana        10.   Michigan State11.   Michigan State 11.   Indiana12.   Maryland       12.   Oklahoma State13.   Ohio State     13.   Tennessee14.   North Carolina 14.   North Carolina15.   Tennessee      15.   Maryland16.   Oklahoma State 16.   Texas17.   Texas          17.   Illinois18.   UTAH           18.   Ohio State19.   Illinois       19.   Oklahoma20.   Oklahoma       20.   UCLA21.   LSU            21.   Temple22.   Tulsa          22.   UTAH23.   DePaul         23.   DePaul24.   UCLA           24.   Kentucky25.   Kentucky       25.   Tulsa

Utah's Ranking by Week

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

Consecutive Weeks Ranked by Associated Press: 2

Last Time Not Ranked: Dec. 20, 1999

Consecutive Weeks Ranked by USA Today/ESPN: 16

Last Time Not Ranked: Jan. 25, 1999

1999-2000 Standings

(As of Jan. 9)		Conf.	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
1.	BYU	0-0	- -	11-2	.846
2.	UTAH	0-0	- -	11-3	.786
3.	UNLV	0-0	- -	9-3	.750
4.	Colorado State	0-0	- -	10-4	.714
	Wyoming	0-0	- -	10-4	.714
6.	New Mexico	0-0	- -	8-7	.533
7.	San Diego State	0-0	- -	5-8	.385
8.	Air Force	0-0	- -	4-7	.364

Upcoming Schedule

January 10 (Monday)
Denver at Air Force, 7:05 p.m.
Wyoming at Wichita State, 7:35 p.m.
*BYU at UNLV, 7:35 p.m.
*New Mexico at Colorado State, 7:00 p.m.
*Utah at San Diego State, 9:04 p.m. (ESPN)

January 13 (Thursday)
*New Mexico at Wyoming, 7:00 p.m.

January 15 (Saturday)
*UNLV at Air Force, 7:05 p.m.
*Utah at Brigham Young, 1:04 p.m. (ESPN+Plus)
*Colorado State at Wyoming. 7:00 p.m.

Last Week's Results

January 3 (Monday)
Wyoming 89, Idaho State 83

January 4 (Tuesday)
UNLV 72, High Point 52

January 5 (Wednesday)
Cal State Fullerton 72, San Diego State 66
Wofford 51, Air Force 50
BYU 77, UC Irvine 66

January 6 (Thursday)
Colorado State 89, Texas-Pan American 70
Louisville 75, Utah 55

January 8 (Saturday)
North Texas 100, Wyoming 85
Pacific 74, San Diego State 63
BYU 82, Utah State 73

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
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18. Hanno Mottolo (1996-Present) 1,281
22. Alex Jensen (1994-95, 97-Present) 1,048

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. Tom Chambers (1977-81) 44
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12. Hanno Mottolo (1996-Present) 42

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) 751
10. Mike Sojourner (1972-74) 733

Offensive Rebounds
1. Josh Grant (1988-93) 337
2. Michael Doleac (1994-98) 288
3. Alex Jensen (1994-95, 97-Present) 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 Mottola (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) 463
6. Andre Miller (1995-99) 454
7. Hanno Mottolo (1996-99) 330
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	11-1
Trailing At Half	0-2
Tied At Half	0-0
Leading With 5:00 Remaining	10-0
Trailing With 5:00 Remaining	1-2
Tied With 5:00 Remaining	0-1
In Overtime	0-0
Utah Outrebounds Opponent	8-0
Opponent Outrebounds Utah	2-3
Utah Commits More Turnovers	2-3
Opponent Commits More Turnovers	9-0
Utah Has More Free Throw Attempts	7-1
Opponent Has More Free Throw Attempts	4-2
Utah Shoots 50% or Better	7-1
Utah Shoots Less Than 50%	4-2
Opponent Shoots 50% or Better	3-1
Opponent Shoots Less Than 50%	8-2
Utah Shoots Better Than Opponent	10-1
Opponent Shoots Better Than Utah	1-2
Utah Bench Outscores Opponent Bench	9-1
Opponent Bench Outscores Utah Bench	1-1
Utah Scores Less Than 60	0-2
Utah Scores Between 60-69	1-0
Utah Scores Between 70-79	8-1
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	8-1
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	1-0
On Tuesdays	3-0
On Wednesdays	1-1
On Thursdays	1-1
On Fridays	2-1
On Saturdays	3-0
On Sundays	0-0
On ABC	0-0
On ESPN	1-1
On Local Television	3-2
Consecutive Games with a 3-Point FG	40
Consecutive Games Oppon. under 100 points	114
Consecutive Games Oppon. under 90 points	102
Utah's Last Overtime Game	Mar. 5, 1999 vs. Tulsa (W, 64-61)

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