Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round) on March 10, 2026 , Loss , 66, to, 73
Final Score
Men's Basketball
66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
The University of Utah Athletics
Crimson Downs White In Night With The Runnin' Utes Scrimmage
10/22/2001 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Oct. 22, 2001
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah fans got their first glimpse of the 2001-02 men's basketball team at the team's annual Night with the Runnin' Utes on Monday at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Over 4,000 fans were in attendance to watch skills contests and a scrimmage, and to get autographs from their favorite players and head coach Rick Majerus.
Junior Britton Johnsen got a big roar from the crowd with a couple of nifty jams-including a smooth 360 move-to win the slam dunk contest.
The fans then had a chance to get involved with shooting and dribbling competitions. The players selected shooting partners from the stands for the three-point shootout. Tim Frost, a transfer from Portland who will sit out this season, chose his partner wisely. With a strong contribution from assistant coach Dick Hunsaker's son Holton, Frost's duo won with 11 treys.
The Crimson team, consisting of more of the first team players and veterans, defeated the white team 42-25 in the scrimmage. The two teams were fairly even in the second 10-minute half, both scoring 14 points before the Crimson team made a strong run in the final two minutes.
A couple of Ute newcomers showed why Althon's recently placed them among the top 100 freshmen in the country. Chris Jackson, a 6-11 center from Los Alamos, N.M, had an impressive showing with nine points and seven rebounds to lead the White team. Martin Osimani, a 6-3 guard from Montevideo, Uruguay, who split time at point guard between the Crimson and White teams, had nine points, four boards and two assists.
Sophomore Nick Jacobson, the 2000-01 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, scored seven points and dished out four assists. Trace Caton and Britton Johnsen both had six points.
Seniors Chris Burgess, Phil Cullen, Jeff Johnsen and Travis Spivey missed all or parts of the scrimmage and due to classes. Sophomore center/forward Lance Allred, who is nursing a tender back, also sat out.
"It was a very good night and this is a nice tradition," said Majerus. "We have great fans. It's such a three-generational crowd-it always has been here. That's the nice thing about the Ute experience. It's people who have been in Einer Nielsen Fieldhouse, grandparents, their sons and daughters, and their grandsons and granddaughters."
The Utes open the exhibition season against the EA Sports All-Stars on Nov. 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the Huntsman Center.
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