UTAHUTAH BASKETBALBASKETBALLL Jon M. Huntsman Center • 1825 E. South Campus Dr., Front • Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0900 • Fax: (801) 581-4358 Liz Abel, Assistant A.D. for Sports Information • (801) 581-3511 Mike Lageschulte, Associate Sports Information Director • (801) 581-3510 Julie Lapomarda, Assistant Sports Information Director • (801) 581-3771 December 21, 2000 2000-01 Schedule Game #11 November Utah Utes (6-4) vs. Southern Utah Thunderbirds (7-3) 17 IDAHOSTATE . .W, 71-65 Dec. 22 • 7:07 p.m. (PST) • Jon M. HuntsmanCenter (15,000) • SaltLake City Puerto Rico Shootoutat San Juan, Puerto Rico 23 vs. American-Puerto Rico . .W, 94-37 24 vs. Georgia . .L, 65-60 The Game at a Glance 25 vs. Memphis . .W, 61-58 Utah Acting Coach:Dick Hunsaker Southern Utah Coach:Bill Evans Alma Mater:Weber State ‘77 Alma Mater:Southern Utah ‘72 28 CARDINALSTRITCH . .W, 93-47 Season at Utah:3rd Record at Southern Utah:120-120/9th Season Record as Acting Coach:5-4 Overall: 120-120/9th Season December Rankings: Utah is ranked 34th in the A.P. Poll and 40th in the USA Today/ESPN Poll. 2 USC (Wooden Classic) . .L, 65-60 KJZZ-TV 6 at Utah State . .L, 58-57 KSL-TV Television: None. 9 WEBERSTATE . .L, 79-77 KJZZ-TV Radio:Utah Sports Network (KALL-910 AM in Salt Lake City and affiliate stations). 16 WASHINGTONSTATE . .W, 87-63 KJZZ-TV On the Internet at www.UtahUtes.com. Bill Marcroft (play-by-play), Mark Rydalch (analyst) and 19 at Pepperdine . .W, 69-56 KJZZ-TV Brad Stone (host). 22 SOUTHERNUTAH . .7:00 p.m. 26 CONCORDIA (CALIF.) . .7:00 p.m. Series Record:Utah leads 3-0 30 at Texas . .6:00 p.m.KJZZ-TV Utah’s Record Home/Away/Neutral:3-0/0-0/0-0 Last Meeting:Utah defeated Southern Utah, 73-56, on Jan. 1, 2000 in Salt Lake City. January 3 LONGBEACHSTATE . .7:00 p.m. 8 * WYOMING . .10:00 p.m.ESPN 13 * UNLV . .1:30 p.m.ABC 15 * SANDIEGOSTATE . .7:00 p.m.KJZZ-TV Utah Probable Starters 20 * at Wyoming . .1:00 p.m.ESPN+ 22 * at Colorado State . .7:00 p.m.KJZZ-TV No.Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Ppg Rpg Apg 29 * at Brigham Young . .10:00 p.m.ESPN 31 F Britton Johnsen 6-9 205 So. Murray, Utah 6.4 4.7 1.5 40 F Phil Cullen 6-9 215 Jr. Chelan, Wash. 10.9 5.2 0.7 February 34 C Chris Burgess 6-10 245 Jr. Irvine, Calif. 7.8 5.4 0.8 10 G Kevin Bradley 6-0 170 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. 11.1 2.8 2.8 3 * AIRFORCE . .7:00 p.m.KJZZ-TV 5 * NEWMEXICO . .7:00 p.m.KJZZ-TV 15 G Nick Jacobson 6-4 200 Fr. Fargo, N.D. 5.4 1.0 0.9 10 * at San Diego State . .8:00 p.m.KJZZ-TV Utah Off the Bench 12 * at UNLV . .10:00 p.m.ESPN2 17 LOUISVILLE . .11:00 a.m.ABC No.Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Ppg Rpg Apg 19 * COLORADOSTATE . .10:00 p.m.ESPN 5 G Marc Jackson 6-0 170 Fr. Salt Lake City 0.6 0.2 0.3 24 * BRIGHAMYOUNG . .1:00 p.m.ESPN+ 11 G Travis Spivey 6-1 205 Jr. Myrtle Beach, S.C. 3.4 2.0 2.4 13 C Cameron Koford 7-0 215 Jr. Plain City, Utah 2.7 1.2 0.5 March 21 G/F Trace Caton 6-4 215 So. Alamosa, Colo. 2.9 0.6 1.0 1 * at Air Force . .7:00 p.m.KJZZ-TV 32 C/F Jon Godfread 6-10 245 Fr. Grand Forks, N.D. 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 * at New Mexico . .1:00 p.m.ESPN+ 35 G/F Jeff Johnsen 6-4 200 Jr. Murray, Utah 9.4 3.5 2.2 41 C/F Lance Allred 6-10 240 Fr. Salt Lake City 3.6 2.2 0.2 Mountain West Tournament at Las Vegas, Nev. 42 F Mike Puzey 6-8 230 So. Roy, Utah 2.4 2.5 0.1 8 Quarterfinals 52 C Nate Althoff 6-11 265 Sr. Delano, Minn. 9.4 3.2 0.1 9 Semifinals 10 Championship . .8:00 p.m.ESPN Southern Utah Probable Starters No.Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Ppg Rpg Apg All times Mountain Standard Time 21 F Frederick House 6-5 210 Sr. Killeen,Texas 15.7 5.9 2.7 HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS 33 F Dan Beus 6-5 215 Jr. Kuna, Idaho 9.4 7.3 1.5 * Indicates Mountain West Conference game 44 C John Wheeler 6-10 220 Sr. Taylorsville, Utah 6.6 3.3 0.4 22 G Justin Sant 6-2 175 Sr. Bancroft, Idaho 9.0 2.6 2.0 32 G Jeff Monaco 6-0 170 Sr. Scottsdale, Ariz. 16.1 2.0 5.3 2000-01 Record Overall . .6-4 Mountain West Conference . .0-0 After This Home . .3-1 Away . .2-1 Next week, the Utes host Concordia (Calif.) on Tuesday at 7:07 p.m. (MST) in Salt Lake City and face Neutral . .1-2 Texas on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. (CST) in Austin, Texas. www.UtahUtes.com A Quick Look At Utah Utah Quick Facts The Utes are 6-4 on the season after winning two in a row. Utah got a 69-56 win on the road against Location:Salt Lake City, Utah Pepperdine on Tuesday to follow up an 87-63 win over Washington State last Saturday night in Salt Lake Founded:1850 City. Enrollment:25,803 Utah has four players averaging nine points per game or better. Junior guard Kevin Bradley leads the President:Dr. J. Bernard Machen team in scoring (11.1 ppg) and assists (2.8 apg). Junior forward Phil Cullen is second for the Utes in scor- Faculty Representative:Dr. Larry Gerlach ing (10.9 ppg), shooting 41.7 percent from three-point range, and is second in rebounding (5.2 rpg). Senior Athletics Director:Dr. Chris Hill center Nate Althoff and junior guard/forward Jeff Johnsen are tied for third in scoring (9.4 ppg). Johnsen Nickname:Utes/Runnin’ Utes also leads the team in three-point (.435) and free throw (.839) percentage. Junior forward/center Chris Mascot:“Swoop” (Red-Tailed Hawk) Burgess leads the team in rebounding (5.4 rpg). Colors:Crimson and White Utah welcomes back one starter and three other letterwinners from last season, as well as two return National Affiliation:NCAADivision I missionaries who played on the 1998 Final Four team. Utah went 23-9 overall, advanced to the second Conference:Mountain West round of the NCAATournament and tied for the inaugural Mountain West Conference championship with a Arena:Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,000) 10-4 record in 1999-2000. Basketball Staff ■Utah vs. Southern Utah Notes Head Coach:Rick Majerus (Marquette ‘70) Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater): Dick Hunsaker (Weber State ‘77) Scouting Southern Utah Jeff Strohm (Eastern Illinois ‘88) The Thunderbirds are 7-3 after winning three of their four games in December. Southern Utah defeat- Jason Shelton (Lipscomb ‘91) ed Cal State-Sacramento (85-71) at home on Dec. 6 and won at Montana (89-87) on Dec. 9 before losing Director of Basketball Operations: at Brigham Young (58-52) last Thursday. On Tuesday night, SUU defeated Western Oregon (70-50) at Mike Schneider (U.S. Military Academy ‘70) home. The Thunderbirds are 2-3 on the road this season. Administrative Assistants: Senior 6-0 guard Jeff Monaco Eric Jackson (Wisconsin-Green Bay ‘99) leads the T-birds in scoring (16.1 Comparing the Stats Scott Garson (UCSanta Barbara ‘99) ppg), shooting 35.6 percent (21-of- Head Secretary:Mindy Dunyon 59) from three-point range, and Utah Southern Utah Basketball Office Phone:(801) 581-5451 assists (5.3 apg). Senior 6-5 forward Scoring 72.9 70.5 Best Time to Reach Majerus:Mornings Frederick House is second in scoring Scoring Defense 59.3 67.7 (15.7 ppg) and rebounds (5.9 rpg). FG% .472 .458 Junior 6-5 forward Dan Beus is the FG %Defense .398 .425 Utah Tradition top rebounder on the team (7.3 rpg) 3-Pt. FG% .386 .369 •Utah has a 1,458-759 all-time record in its 93rd and the third-leading scorer (9.4 ppg). 3-Pt. FG% Defense .345 .349 season. The U. entered the year ranking ninth in Southern Utah has four starters FT% .713 .767 the NCAA in all-time winning percentage with a and nine lettermen returning from last Rebound Margin +7.9 +2.3 Assists 13.1 14.6 .658 mark. Utah also ranked 13th in the NCAA in year’s team that went 16-13 overall all-time wins, and was one of just 16 schools that and tied for second place in the Mid- Turnover Margin -0.3 +0.8 have 1,400 victories. Continent Conference with a 10-6 Steals Margin +1.0 +3.8 •The Utes have won three national champi- record. onships, winning the 1916 AAU championship, 1944 NCAAchampionship and 1947 NIT title. Utah Head Coach Bill Evans is one of only 33 schools to win the NCAADivision Bill Evans is in his ninth season at Southern Utah. Since taking over on an interim basis at the end of I men’s basketball title. the 1991-92 season, he has compiled a 120-120 record and is the second-winningest coach in school his- •Utah has made four trips to the NCAA Final Four: tory.