SALT LAKE CITY – Utah men's basketball team released its 2024-25 non-conference schedule on Monday that will feature a pair of neutral site games.
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The 2024-25 edition of the Runnin' Utes schedule will have them opening up against Alcorn State on Monday, Nov. 4, before welcoming in Central Arkansas that Thursday, Nov. 7. Utah closes out its three-game homestand to start the season with Queens on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
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The Utes then hit the road for neutral site match-up against Mississippi State on Sunday, Nov. 17, in the Landers Center – home of the NBA G League's Memphis Hustle. The Bulldogs will make the return trip to Salt Lake City in 2025 as part of the "neutral-and-neutral" series at the Delta Center on Dec. 13, 2025. MSU got the best of the Utes back in 2022 when it won 52-49 in the championship game of the Ft. Myers Tipoff.
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Utah will get a few days upon return to get ready for a six-game homestand starting with Utah Tech on Friday, Nov. 22, as part its third double-header game day with the women's team before welcoming Mississippi Valley State (Nov. 26) and Eastern Washington (Nov. 30) into Jon M. Huntsman Center as part of the Mountain to Sea Showcase. Â
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Saint Mary's then comes into town to close out its home-and-home series with the Runnin' Utes on Saturday, Dec. 7. Utah faces off against Radford on Saturday, Dec. 14, before wrapping up its homestand with Florida A&M on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
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The Runnin' Utes conclude their non-conference schedule against a familiar opponent in Iowa – who they defeated 91-82 in the second round of the NIT last season. The Utes and Hawkeyes are scheduled to duke it out at the Sanford Pentagon on Saturday, Dec. 21., up in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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