Completed Event: Men's Basketball versus No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round) on March 10, 2026 , Loss , 66, to, 73
Final Score
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66
vs No. 9-Seed Cincinnati (1st Round)
73
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Jersey Number 1
Ben Carlson
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 223
- Hometown:
- Woodbury, Minn.
- High School:
- East Ridge HS
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
- Major:
- Entrepreneurship
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ACADEMIC HONORS
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2022 Academic All-Big Ten
2023-24 (SENIOR)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2022 Academic All-Big Ten
2023-24 (SENIOR)
- Tied with teammates Cole Bajema, Hunter Erickson and Gabe Madsen for the most games played in a single-season (37)
- Helped Utah reach the NIT Semifinals and finished the year with 22 wins – the most since 2017-18
- Averaged 5.6 points and 3.6 rebounds off the bench
- Reached double-figures in 7 games – including a double-double
- Opened the season with 11 points and 6 rebounds against Eastern Washington (11/6)
- Followed up with another 11 points and 6 boards against UC Riverside (11/10)
- Recorded a career-high 15 points and season-high 10 rebounds against Southern Utah in his lone start of the year
- Posted 10 points and 6 rebounds against #10/10 Arizona on the road
- Had 12 points against Oregon (1/21) at home to give Utah just its third win over the Ducks in the Pac-12 Era
- Chipped in with 13 points off the bench on the road against Washington (1/27)
- Finished with 11 points and 4 rebounds on 4-of-5 shooting against Indiana State in the NIT Semifinals
- Started in all 32 games his first season with the Runnin’ Utes
- Averaged 4.5 points, 4.6 rebounds with a .468 shooting clip
- Led the Utes on the glass 9 times
- Made his Utah debut against LIU pulling down a career-high 11 rebounds
- Tied career-high with 13 points on 5-8 shooting against CSU Bakersfield
- Helped Utah upset #4/4 Arizona at home with 11 points on 4-7 shooting with 6 rebounds
- Followed up with 10 rebounds in overtime victory at Washington State
- First Pac-12 player with multiple games of 0 points and 10-plus rebounds (LIU & at Washington State)
- Reached double-figures in back-to-back games vs. Cal (11 points, 5 rebounds) and Colorado (10 points, 8 rebounds)
- Played in 32 games, including two starts for the Badgers
- Scored six points in 23 minutes in second career start against Michigan State (1/21/22)
- Finished with six points and five rebounds in road win over Nebraska (1/27/22)
- Appeared in seven games as a true freshman before missing the remainder of the season due to injury
- Scored 13 points (4-5 FG, 1-2 3FG) in the season opener vs. Eastern Illinois (11/25/20), plus two rebounds, a block and an assist in 17 minutes
- Four-star recruit according to ESPN, 247 Sports and Rivals
- Ranked No. 88 in the ESPN 100 for 2020
- 2020 Minnesota Mr. Basketball finalist
- Set school records for career points (2,004), rebounds (1,083) and blocked shots (145)
- Became the first player in East Ridge history to be nominated to the McDonalds All-American Game (2020)
- Averaged 24.3 points and 11.7 rebounds while leading the Raptors to a 20-7 record and a conference title as a senior
- Led East Ridge to the Minnesota Class AA state tournament while averaging a double-double (16 ppg, 11.3 rpg) as a junior
- Was a member of National Honors Society
- Parents are Marc and Sheri Carlson
- Has two sisters, Brynn and Britt, and two brothers, Ben and Bode
- Mother, Sheri, is a hall of famer at St. Cloud State in volleyball
- Father Marc played basketball at Iowa State
- Older sister, Brynn, played volleyball at Missouri as a grad student and previously at Kansas State as an undergraduate
- Younger sister, Britt, is a sophomore on the UCF volleyball team after redshirting her freshman season at Washington State (2022)
- Majoring in entrepreneurship
Utah Basketball Media Availability | 3.2.26
Monday, March 02
Crimson Corner with Bill Riley - Utah Basketball General Manager Wes Wilcox
Wednesday, February 25
ESPN+ Feature | Utah Basketball's Don McHenry
Saturday, February 21
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Friday, February 20
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