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
Utah Makes Final Preparations For NCAA 1st Round Game
3/20/2009 12:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 20, 2009
MIAMI, Fla. - The No. 5 seed University of Utah men's basketball team held its final preparations for its first-round NCAA Tournament game Friday morning. The Utes tip off against No. 12 seed Arizona at 7:10 p.m. ET, live on CBS.
After letting the players sleep in, the team met and stretched briefly at the hotel. The squad then headed over to AmericanAirlines Arena, only a few blocks from the team hotel, for its designated shootaround time. It was a short session, approximately 20 minutes, before the team came back to the hotel for breakfast. The players were then given the rest of the morning and early afternoon off, before they reconvene for their pre-game meal.
Miscellaneous notes on Utah in the NCAA Tournament
-Utah is 28-20 all-time against Arizona.
-The Utes are 35-29 (.547) all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
-Utah has never been a No. 5 seed in the tournament.
-At No. 5, the Utes have earned the highest seed ever given to a Mountain West Conference team.
-No. 5 seeds are 1-1 in this year's tournament: -No. 5 Purdue 61, No. 12 Northern Iowa 56 -No. 12 Western Kentucky 76, No. 5 Illinois 72-No. 5 seeded teams are 65-31 in first-round games since 1985. They are 139-121 in all tournament games since 1979.
-Utah is undefeated in the state of Florida this year, going 2-0 in the Glenn Wilkes Classic, with an 83-72 win over Ole Miss and a 66-37 victory over Morgan State.
-The Utes are 3-0 in games played on Friday this year.
-Utah is 5-4 all-time in the NCAA Tournament in years when they Utes also won their conference tournament.
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