Utah Men's Basketball Notes - Game #11 - University of Utah Athletics

Dec. 21, 2003

Game #11

Utah Runnin' Utes (7-3) vs. Colorado Buffaloes (6-1)

Dec. 23 * 6:07 p.m. (MST) * Coors Events Center (11,064) * Boulder, Colo.

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The Game At A Glance

Utah Head Coach: Rick Majerus           Colorado Head Coach: Ricardo PattonAlma Mater: Marquette, 1970             Alma Mater: Belmont, 1980Record at Utah: 315-93 (15th Season)    Record at Colorado: 131-104 (9th Season)Overall Record: 414-145 (20th Season)   Overall Record: 131-104 (9th Season)
Television: KJZZ-TV 14 in Salt Lake City and Fox Sports Rocky Mountain in other areas.Steve Brown (play-by-play) and Mark Eaton (analyst).
Radio: Utah Sports Network (KALL-700 AM in Salt Lake City and affiliate stations).On the Internet at www.UtahUtes.com and www.kall700.com.Bill Marcroft (play-by-play), Mark Rydalch (analyst) and Brad Stone (host).
Series Record: Colorado leads 18-13Utah's Record Home/Away/Neutral: 9-6/3-12/1-0Last Meeting: Colorado won 68-65 on Dec. 6, 1988 in Boulder, Colo.

After This

After a break for Christmas, the Utes play their last four nonconference games in the state of Utah. The Utes host Southern Utah in the Huntsman Center on Monday, Dec. 29 at 7:05 p.m. (MST).

Quickly On Utah

Utah (7-3) wraps-up its pre-Christmas schedule on the road against Colorado (6-1) on Tuesday at 6:07 p.m. (MST) in Boulder, Colo. The game will televised on KJZZ-TV 14 in Salt Lake City and Fox Sports Rocky Mountain in other areas. It will be broadcast on KALL-700 AM and the Utah Sports Network.

Last week, the Utes lost at LSU (65-51) on Tuesday night to end a three-game winning streak before returning to Salt Lake City to defeat Cal State Northridge (73-57) on Friday night.

Senior guard Nick Jacobson (6-4, 206) leads the Utes in scoring (12.1 ppg), hitting 43.5 percent of his three-point attempts. Freshman forward Andrew Bogut (6-10, 233) is second on the team in scoring (12.1 ppg) and second in rebounding (10.6 rpg). The native of Melbourne, Australia, has had five double-doubles this season and is shooting 62.2 percent from the field. Sophomore forward Richard Chaney (6-4, 195) is third in scoring (10.8 ppg), shooting 54.8 percent from the field and 38.1 percent from three-point range. Sophomore guard Tim Drisdom (6-2, 212) leads the Utes in assists (3.2 apg). Senior forward Tim Frost (6-9, 244), who has had two double-doubles in the last four games, is second in rebounding (4.7 rpg) and fourth in scoring (6.8 ppg).

Scouting Colorado

The Buffaloes are 6-1 overall following a 71-44 win over Tennessee State on Friday night in Boulder, Colo. Prior to taking off nine days for semester exams, CU defeated Oregon State (81-66) on Dec. 1 and California (78-60) on Dec. 6 at home, and Colorado State (84-78) on Dec. 10 on the road. Colorado's only loss this season was at Pepperdine (94-77) on Nov. 24.

The Buffaloes are 3-0 at home this season and have won 15 in a row at the Coors Events Center, which is their longest winning steak in the arena. They went 14-1 at home last season, including an 8-0 mark against Big 12 opposition.

Junior center David Harrison (7-0, 270) leads Colorado in both scoring (18.7 ppg) and rebounding (9.7 rpg). He is also shooting 67.6 percent from the field and has 19 blocked shots. Senior guard/forward Michel Morrandais (6-5, 205) is second on the team in both scoring (16.7 ppg) and rebounding (5.0 rpg), and is averaging a team-high 3.0 assists per game. Senior guard/forward Blair Wilson (6-6, 235) is the Buffaloes' third-best scorer (12.4 ppg) and is shooting 40.9 percent from three-point range (18-of-44).

Head Coach Ricardo Patton

Ricardo Patton is in his ninth season as the head coach at Colorado with a 131-104 record. Coming to CU as an assistant coach in 1993, Patton moved up the Colorado coaching ranks, first to interim head coach and then to head coach. Patton was named interim head coach in January of 1996, when he replaced Joe Harrington. He was promoted to head coach less than two month's later on March 5 just before the Big Eight conference tournament.

In Patton's first full season as head coach (1996-97), he led to Buffaloes to their first NCAA Tournament berth since 1969. The team finished second in the conference and racked up the most victories in program history with 22. On the national level, the Buffs broke into the rankings for the first time in a quarter of a century. Patton was named the West Region Coach of the Year by the Basketball Times.

Last season, Colorado returned to the NCAA Tournament and reached the 20-win plateau. It marked only the third time in the 101-year history of CU basketball that the Buffaloes achieved a 20-win season-two of them under Patton. Patton's Buffs also posted back-to-back 18-win seasons in 1998-99 and 1999-2000.

Utah vs. Colorado Series Notes

* Utah and Colorado meet for the 32nd time on Tuesday. Utah leads the all-time series 18-13.

* The Utes and Buffaloes played every year from 1983-88, but have not met since.

* Utah and Colorado have split the last eight games with neither team winning more than two games in a row.

* The Buffaloes have a one-game winning streak in the series, winning the last time the two teams met (68-65) on Dec. 6, 1988 in Boulder, Colo. Colorado has a 12-3 edge in games played on its home court.

* Rick Majerus is 2-1 against Colorado with all of those games coming before his tenure at Utah.

* Utah is 30-32 all-time against Big 12 Conference teams, including an 8-16 record on the road. Colorado is the team the Utes have faced the most. Rick Majerus is 9-9 versus Big 12 teams over the course of his 20-year head coaching career.

Jacobson Stroking "J"s

Senior guard Nick Jacobson (6-4, 206) has been a third team all-Mountain West selection the last two seasons. This season, he leads the team in scoring (12.1 ppg), hitting 43.5 percent (20-of-46) from beyond the arc and 76.5 percent from the free throw line. He was named to the Preseason NIT all-tournament team.

* Jacobson has already climbed into 22nd place in career scoring at Utah with 1,194 points. He is one of just 30 players in the 1,000-point club and currently ranks behind Greg Deane (1,212 points).

* With his first three-pointer against Cal State Northridge on Friday, Jacobson took over sole possession of the top mark for career threes made at Utah. He tied Keith Van Horn's mark of 206 three-point field goals against LSU-Jacobson took 103 games while Van Horn needed 122. Jacobson now has 208 career three-pointers. He is also second in three-pointers attempted (492) at Utah, closing in on Van Horn's top mark of 514. His career three point percentage of 42.2 entering this season ranked fourth all-time.

* Jacobson has scored in double-figures in 54 of the last 73 games dating back to the 2001-02 season, including 27 of the 33 games in 2002-03 and six of 10 games this year. Jacobson had a season-high 22 points against Cal State Northridge, hitting 8-of-16 shots from the field. He had 21 points against San Diego, shooting 6-of-11 from three-point range to tie the second-best mark for threes made and equal the third-best mark for attempts in school history.

Boasting Of Bogut

Freshman forward Andrew Bogut (6-10, 233) is second on the team in scoring (12.0 ppg) and first in rebounding (10.6 rpg) while shooting 62.2 percent from the field in 29.9 minutes per contest.

* In the NCAA statistical rankings released on Dec. 16, Bogut was 11th in field goal percentage (67.3) and 12th in rebounds per game (11.1).

* Bogut has had double-doubles in the last two games to bring his total to five for the season. He had 17 points, hitting 5-of-6 field goals and 7-of-9 free throws, and 10 rebounds against Cal State Northridge. It was the seventh time he scored in double figures and the sixth time he had at least 10 rebounds this season. Against LSU, Bogut finished with 11 points (5-9 FG, 1-2 FT) and 11 rebounds

* Second on the team with 22 assists (2.2 apg), Bogut led the Utes with five assists against both Texas Tech and Utah State to set personal season highs.

Game #10 Rewind

Nick Jacobson scored a season-high 22 points and Andrew Bogut had 17 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in Utah's 73-57 victory over Cal State Northridge on Friday night in Salt Lake City.

Richard Chaney added 18 points for the Utes (7-3), who pulled away in the second half by going 14-for-22 (63.6 percent) from the floor and improved to 6-0 at home.

The Matadors (2-4) did not have a field goal in the final four and a half minutes and lost to Utah for the sixth time in six games. Davin White and Thomas Shewmake scored 12 points apiece for Cal State Northridge. Chris Davis added 10 points for the Matadors.

White hit two free throws to cut Utah's lead to 55-53 with 6:12 remaining, but the Utes responded with a 12-2 run over the next four minutes. Bogut, who finished with his fifth double-double this season, had three points and three rebounds during the run as the Utes pulled away. Bogut was 5-for-6 from the field and 7-for-9 from the free-throw line.

After White's layup with 4:29 remaining cut Utah's lead to 59-55, the Matadors' only points the rest of the way were two free throws by Joseph Frazier with 1:43 to play and Utah already comfortably ahead.

Utah had a 32-25 advantage on the boards, and shot 51.0 percent from the field a season-best 86.4 percent from the free throw line.

Getting Defensive

One of the trademarks of a Utah team during the Rick Majerus era is a stifling half-court defense. Since 1989-90, Utah has ranked in the top 30 in the nation 11 times in scoring defense, nine times in rebound margin, eight times in field goal percentage defense and eight times in scoring margin.

* In the NCAA statistical rankings released on Dec. 16, Utah led the nation in both scoring defense (46.9 ppg) and field goal percentage defense (33.9), and ranked 22nd in rebound margin (+4.6 rpg). Currently, opponents are averaging 52.6 points per game and shooting 39.0 percent against the Utes. Utah also has a +4.1 rebound margin.

* Utah has held six of its 10 opponents to less than 40 percent from the field and three teams to under 40 points. Savannah State shot 18.2 percent against the Utes on Dec. 13, which is the lowest mark for a Utah opponent all-time. San Diego shot just 30.0 percent against the Utes on Dec. 6. Only one team (UConn at 62.3 percent) has shot better than 50 percent from the field against the Utes this season.

* Utah has not allowed an opponent to score 80 points in 105 consecutive games that have ended in regulation. The last team to score 80 points on the Utes in a 40-minute game was Wyoming (88) on Feb. 28, 2000 in Laramie, Wyo.

Ute Items

* Turnovers have been a problem for the Utes, who are averaging 16.1 per game. Utah has had a positive assist/turnover ratio in just two of the 10 games this season. Utah averaged 18.0 turnovers during the first five games, including a season-high 21 against Georgia State in the opener. Since that opening stretch, Utah has improved slightly in that area with 14 turnovers in three of the last five games (Utah State, San Diego and LSU). The Utes also had a season-low 12 turnovers with a season-high 24 assists against Savannah State on Dec. 13.

* Utah has made significant progress at the free throw line. After shooting just 26.8 percent (11-of-41) from the stripe against Stony Brook, Texas Tech and UConn (getting losses in the later two games), Utah has shot 73.3 percent (77-of-105) in the last five games. The Utes shot a season-best 86.4 percent (19-of-22) from the line against Cal State Northridge.

* The Utes have finished off four close games for wins this season. In the opener against Georgia State, Utah was down 31-26 with 9:36 remaining before coming back to win 46-38. Against Minnesota, the Utes led by just 49-45 with 7:33 to play before pulling away for a 66-54 win. Stony Brook had a 44-39 lead on the Utes with 5:28 left before Utah went on a 12-4 run to close it out, winning 51-48. Most recently, Utah led Cal State Northridge 55-53 with 6:46 remaining before outscoring the Matadors 18-4 to close out the game.

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