Utah basketball hits new program low with 31 point home loss to CSU Fullerton

by JazzyUte on Dec 7, 2011 9:03 PM MST in Basketball

You want to believe this is the bottom. You want to believe it can't get much worse. Yet, every game, Utah seems to outdo itself.

And that's exactly what they did Wednesday night at the Huntsman Center.

Can anyone ever recall the last time a Pac-12 team lost, by thirty, to a Big West team? I'm guessing you'd have to go all the way back to the days when UNLV dominated the league - and that was decades ago, as they're now solely a California conference.

Embarrassing.

So, you think this is the bottom? Wait until BYU rolls into town Saturday. That will be an epic bloodshed - a game that very well could break the record books for biggest lopsided loss in Utah basketball history.

Buckle up. It's getting a bit bumpy around here.

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I'm not even going.

I have two finals next week, and if I’m going to procrastinate, it’s not going to be at the JHC watching the Utes execution by the team down South.

by Mercury on Dec 7, 2011 9:42 PM MST reply actions

Every game now the question will be, can the Utes keep the game within 25 points?

It’s all about the moral victories now.
In comparing YBU’s 1-25 campaign, at least they had multiple single-digit losses.
Remind me why we should believe in Coach K again?

by PanchoUte on Dec 7, 2011 9:49 PM MST reply actions

No the real question is...

.. what will be the larger margin of victory, BYU over Utah in basketball, or the Utes victory in Football?

by UnHoly Ram on Dec 7, 2011 9:56 PM MST reply actions

This is what I am hoping to rhetort when the Trolls come.

Comeon Utes. Lose by less than 44.

by jim2 on Dec 8, 2011 9:14 AM MST up reply actions

this is just embarassing

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by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 7, 2011 10:00 PM MST reply actions

BYU's consolation prize

Well, the utes are claiming to have left BYU behind as rivals in football, so it’s only fair that BYU should have left the Utes behind as rivals in basketball. It’s the less lucrative, lower limelight consolation prize. USU has definitely been TDS` real rivals in basketball for years.

Really, PAC-12 is NOT known for good basketball, and never has been. It’s a football conference. It has an astonishingly mediocre lineup, the best of which is UCLA, which had been passable in recent years. Don’t feel too bad. This is what happens when schools focus all attentions on football. Besides, the last time the Utes were a powerhouse in basketball was when our grandfathers were children. Not like there`s that much of a reputation to uphold.

by romebig on Dec 7, 2011 10:51 PM MST via mobile reply actions

Really, PAC-12 is NOT known for good basketball, and never has been.

???

Being an Old Blue means embracing the "meh".

by SoCal Oski on Dec 9, 2011 11:38 AM MST up reply actions

Talk to Big East and ACC and get back to me...

How many Pac-12 teams are there, on average, in March Madness? In 2011, USC didn’t even make it on the bracket; Washington had a brief run. SEC always does better than Pac-12. WCC MWC even beat Pac-12, last year. This year, none from Pac-12 on the top 25. I’ll be surprised if even 2 PAC-12 teams make it to March.

by romebig on Dec 10, 2011 10:17 PM MST up reply actions

"Last time the Utes were a powerhouse....was when our grandfathers were children"

I know there is a small generational gap in Utah compared to other places, but WOW!

Give your grandfather my best regards and I hope he hasn’t fully succumbed to Alzheimers at the age of 27 and can recall the good ol’ days all the way back to last century when the Utes were a powerhouse.

by Big Easy Halofan on Dec 9, 2011 12:22 PM MST up reply actions

Operational definition of a powerhouse

I guess that we jsut have different criteria of what makes a powerhouse. Utes have done fine, had a lot of NCAA appearances.

When they get to the same spot in their basketball as they are in football, they will be a powerhouse. They haven’t been at that level in basketball for more than 27 years…

by romebig on Dec 10, 2011 10:03 PM MST up reply actions

So the 11th winningest program in college BB isn't considered a powerhouse??? Really????

by khaostheory117 on Dec 10, 2011 11:36 PM MST up reply actions

Our new mascot

by utahmanami on Dec 8, 2011 12:48 AM MST reply actions

or maybe coach K can be the new mascot

he’s got the look down

by utahmanami on Dec 8, 2011 12:55 AM MST reply actions

Ouch.

I remember when Seattle U beat OSU something like 99-41. This doesn’t sound quite as bad, but it’s up there…. At least it goes to show there’s hope (even if you have to wait a few years….)

by scotty256 on Dec 8, 2011 1:34 AM MST reply actions

Went to the Cal Fullerton game.

I am admittedly much more cognizant of details of basketball than I was in the 90s when BYU had their 1-win season. So I won’t try to compare or anything.

But that said, I have never seen a worse college team than Utah’s this year. Ever. They were unbelievably bad last night. The game was done about 2:00 minutes into the game when Fullerton got up 14-0. I guess we played them about even for 18 minutes, and then gave up the 2nd half in even more glorious fashion.

As a coach, I don’t know how you would approach this season, other than running the same 3-4 plays over and over again, because I honestly don’t think they are capable of doing much else. They really aren’t.

Our only shot at another W this year is Idaho St, but we should realistically lose to them by about 20 points.

Bad. Bad. Bad.

by jim2 on Dec 8, 2011 9:21 AM MST reply actions

Absolutely Pathetic

I live in Southern Utah so I watch the home games on the live feed over the internet. Last night, we looked so bad it nearly brought me to tears. I didn’t expect us to be THIS bad. It’s painful to watch. It’s going to be rough for us “foul-weather” fans that can’t just tune it out and ignore it.

so there

by Steamboat Billy on Dec 8, 2011 10:03 AM MST up reply actions

yes.....its frustrating.......

but I am giving Larry a pass this year. 100%.

But hey, we only had 7 turnovers last night, which was awesome (i can’t remember what, but there was something different about our roster last night…………….hmmmmmmmm……….)

We just gave up way too many open shots and we were absoltuely abused on the boards. Good news is that we have a LOT of size coming in next year and that should help with both areas. This is going to take four years folks, but lets ride through the dark days.

Love the Jazz, Utes, and BoSox.

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by BigBenSportsGuy on Dec 8, 2011 10:04 AM MST reply actions

4 years is a long time

I just hope they’re mildly competitive next year.

by motes on Dec 8, 2011 10:25 AM MST up reply actions

He'll definitely get a pass for this season...

But there has to be significant improvement next year or it’s hard to imagine he’ll return for a third campaign.

by JazzyUte on Dec 8, 2011 1:00 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs

agreed.

this team needs to approach double digit wins next year in my mind for him to get a third campaign….but I think we will.

Love the Jazz, Utes, and BoSox.

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by BigBenSportsGuy on Dec 8, 2011 1:04 PM MST up reply actions

I agree...

But anything less than 10 wins and he enters 2013 on a very, very hot seat.

I’d feel comfortable with 10-14 wins. That’s a big jump from what is likely a one-win season, but…

by JazzyUte on Dec 8, 2011 1:33 PM MST up reply actions

isn't it sad.......

that we are sitting here talking about how a coach has to get 10 wins to keep his job, and that 10 wins would be a BIG improvement…………..

Love the Jazz, Utes, and BoSox.

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by BigBenSportsGuy on Dec 8, 2011 3:03 PM MST up reply actions

Can't give him a pass

Even though the team is literally starting from scratch, with the talent on this team we should at least be beating Fresno States CSF. Instead those are the two biggest blowouts. The team doesn’t hustle, they don’t guard the perimeter, they don’t run place, they make terrible passes, they take extremely ill-advised shots, they commit sloppy fouls. Any decent coach would have fixed some of these problems. This guy hasn’t proved himself, Chris Hill made a terrible hire. It will be decades before we recover from this.

by uteswim1988 on Dec 9, 2011 11:25 AM MST up reply actions

damn you auto correct

I’m typing fast and my new mac tries to autocorrect things wrong. Let me re-do that whole statement and fix some things:
Even though the team is literally starting from scratch, with the talent on this team we should at least be beating Fresno States and CSFs. Instead those are the two biggest blowouts. The team doesn’t hustle, they don’t guard the perimeter, they don’t run plays, they make terrible passes, they take extremely ill-advised shots, they commit sloppy fouls. Any decent coach would have fixed at least some of these problems. On top of all that, you can tell that his own players don’t respect him. This guy hasn’t proven himself, Chris Hill made a terrible hire. It will be decades before we recover from this. We need Majerus back STAT.

by uteswim1988 on Dec 9, 2011 11:30 AM MST up reply actions

drama queen much?

good grief! we are all of 8 games into his tenure. lets see how he does ok?

Love the Jazz, Utes, and BoSox.

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by BigBenSportsGuy on Dec 9, 2011 1:29 PM MST up reply actions

Though I'm not going to make major overall judgments until 2 or 3 years into this...

uteswim1988 and comrade crimson do have valid points when it comes to this team not hustling and playing aggressive. I am surprised by how bad we are getting blown out by bad teams. I was not expecting that. We are only 8 games in so it’s way too early to throw the whole thing under the bus but there are valid concerns above and beyond simple talent issues… I give LK a pass on almost everything else but I would like to see the team play with more passion… more guts…. more something….

so there

by Steamboat Billy on Dec 9, 2011 4:38 PM MST up reply actions