29 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 13 NIT APPEARANCES | 16 SWEET SIXTEENS | 6 ELITE EIGHTS | 4 FINAL FOURS | 32 CONFERENCE TITLES | 26 ALL-AMERICANS | 44 NBA DRAFT PICKS | 12 NBA 1ST-ROUND PICKS #GAMEDAYU THE WEEK AHEAD GAME 27 OPPONENT: . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..UCLA UTAH (17-9, 9-6) VS. UCLA (19-8, 10-5) DATE/TIPOFF: . Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 | 7:05 p.m. MST THURSDAY, FEB. 22 | 7 P.M. MT LOCATION: . Salt Lake City, Utah (Huntsman Center) GAME SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH | JON M. HUNTSMAN CENTER TELEVISION: . .ESPN ESPN UTAH RADIO SPORTS NETWORK TALENT: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .Dave Pasch (PxP), Bill Walton (Color) Dave Pasch (play-by-play) Bill Riley (play-by-play) RADIO: . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Utah Radio Sports Network Bill Walton (color analyst) Jimmy Soto (color analyst) TALENT: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Bill Riley (PxP), Jimmy Soto (Color) 27 LIVE STATS: . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. www.UtahUtes.com THE GAME 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS The Utah Runnin’ Utes (17-9, 9-6) open a three-game home stand this UTAH RUNNIN’ UTES week, hosting the UCLA Bruins this Thursday, Feb. 22. Tip-off between RECORD 17-9, 9-6 Pac-12 N 1 MONTANA TECH (EXHIBITION) W, 95-45 the Utes and Bruins is set for 7 p.m. MT at the Huntsman Center. RANKING (AP/COACHES) - - / - - AT HOME 10-2 N 10 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M [P12N] W, 83-62 Utah will wrap-up this week’s games hosting the USC Trojans (19-9, ON THE ROAD 5-6 N 13 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE [P12N] W, 91-51 10-5) this Saturday, Feb. 24. Tip-off is set for 12:30 p.m. MT. NEUTRAL SITE 2-1 N 16 MISSOURI [P12N] W, 77-59 HEAD COACH Larry Krystkowiak (7th Yr.) N 20 VS. OLE MISS# [AT&T SportsNet] W, 83-74 COVERING THE RUNNIN’ UTES Overall 174-114 at Utah 132-94 N 22 AT UNLV# [ESPN/2] L, 58-85 Thursday’s contest against the Bruins will be televised live on ESPN. Dave Pasch will call the action and Bill Walton will be on-hand to offer N 24 EASTERN WASHINGTON [P12N] W, 85-69 PROJECTED STARTERS color commentary for the broadcast. D 2 HAWAII [P12N] W, 80-60 # P NAME PPG RPG VARIOUS 0 G Sedrick Barefield 11.2 2.1 .868 FT Pct. D 5 AT BUTLER [FS1] L, 69-81 Fans can also follow the action on-line by logging onto watchespn.com 1 G Justin Bibbins 14.2 3.0 .446 3FG Pct. D 9 VS. UTAH STATE% [P12N] W, 77-67 or watching via smart phones and tablets using the ESPN or WatchESPN 5 G Parker Van Dyke 4.0 1.2 .303 3FG Pct. Apps, which can be downloaded at the Apple Store, Google Play Store or D 16 AT BYU [ESPN2] L, 65-77 13 F David Collette 12.8 4.8 .618 FG Pct. Amazon Apps Store. D 20 NORTHWESTERN STATE [P12N] W, 84-62 21 F Tyler Rawson 10.9 6.7 29 blocks D 29 AT OREGON* [FS1] W, 66-56 Additionally, the contest can be found on the Utah Sports Radio UCLA BRUINS D 31 AT OREGON STATE* [P12N] W, 66-64 Network (ESPN 700). Bill Riley will provide play-by-play commentary, RECORD 19-8, 10-5 Pac-12 with the assistance of in-game analyst Jimmy Soto. RANKING (AP/COACHES) RV / RV J 4 #14 ARIZONA* [ESPN] L, 82-94 AT HOME 14-2 J 7 #4 ARIZONA STATE* [ESPNU] L, 77-80 Live stats will be provided for the game with links found at www. ON THE ROAD 2-5 J 11 AT UCLA* [ESPN/2] L, 64-83 UtahUtes.com. NEUTRAL SITE 3-1 J 14 AT USC* [ESPNU] L, 67-84 HEAD COACH Steve Alford (5th Yr.) LAST TIME OUT Overall 578-288 J 18 WASHINGTON* [P12N] W, 70-62 Utah became the only Pac-12 team to earn a weekly road sweep for the at UCLA 115-53 J 21 WASHINGTON STATE* [ESPNU] W, 82-69 second time this season, after downing the Washington State Cougars, PROJECTED STARTERS J 25 AT #21 ARIZONA STATE* [P12N] W, 80-77 77-70, at Beasley Coliseum this past Saturday evening. Utah, who # P NAME PPG RPG VARIOUS downed Washington earlier in the week, swept a pair of road victories J 27 AT #11 ARIZONA* [FOX] L, 73-74 3 G Aaron Holiday 19.4 3.4 154 assists again, after also doing so against both Oregon schools earlier in the F 2 AT COLORADO* [FS1] L, 55-67 4 G Jaylen Hands 10.7 4.1 26 steals season. F 8 STANFORD* [FS1] W, 75-60 13 G Kris Wilkes 13.7 5.2 20 steals 14 F Gyorgy Goloman 7.3 4.1 .559 FG Pct. F 10 CALIFORNIA* [P12N] W, 77-43 Justin Bibbins led a trio of double-digit scorers for the Utes, closing the 40 C Thomas Welsh 13.1 10.7 28 blocks F 15 AT WASHINGTON* [P12N] W, 70-58 game with 24 points, which included an 8-of-8 effort from the free throw line. Gabe Bealer tied a career-high with six three-pointers and STATISTICAL COMPARISON F 17 AT WASHINGTON STATE* [ESPN2] W, 77-70 finished the game with 18 points - just two points shy of his career-high. UTAH CATEGORY UCLA F 22 UCLA* [ESPN] 7 P.M. MT Tyler Rawson poured in 15 points and pulled down a career-high 15 74.2 PTS / GM 73.2 F 24 USC* [P12N] 12:30 P.M. MT boards for this second straight double-double. 68.7 PTS DEF / GM 77.6 M 3 COLORADO* [P12N] 5 P.M. MT .454 FG % .441 Utah shot 50 percent from the field, while limiting the Cougars to just a M 7-10 PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS^ TBA .419 FG % DEF .461 36 percent shooting effort overall. The Utes have now tallied at least 50 .365 3PT FG % .374 percent shooting in seven games this season. Home Games in BOLD | All Times Local to Site .338 3PT FG % DEF .339 .757 FT % .732 # - MGM Resorts Main Event (Las Vegas) SCOUTING UCLA 34.4 REB / GM 33.5 % - Beehive Classic Presented by Zions Bank (Salt Lake City) The Bruins are coming off wins over both Oregon schools this past 34.7 OPP. REB / GM 36.5 * - Pac-12 Conference Game weekend, having downed Oregon State, 75-68, and Oregon, 86-78. ^ - Pac-12 Conference Tournament (Las Vegas) The Bruins lost an 11-point lead against the Ducks and then needed 16.0 AST / GM 14.9 overtime to win, but in doing so, UCLA managed to split the season 12.2 TO / GM 13.8 series against Oregon. UCLA has now won two straight and six of its 5.2 STL / GM 5.2 last seven games dating back to Jan. 25. The Bruins opened Pac-12 play 3.7 BLK / GM 2.4 DAMEON MYRES UP NEXT Associate Director of Athletic Communications/MBB Contact Office: 801.587.7298 | Cell: 801.201.4834 Game 28 | UTAH VS. USC Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 | 12:30 p.m. MT | Salt Lake City, Utah | Jon M. Huntsman Center Email: [email protected] TV: Pac-12 Networks 2017-18 UTAH RUNNIN’ UTES BASKETBALL 1 UTAHUTES.COM | #GOUTES GAME 27 | VS. UCLA | FEB. 22, 2018 UTAH VS. UCLA | ALL-TIME SERIES INFO ALL-TIME UCLA leads, 10-7 STREAK UCLA, Won 2 UTES IN SALT LAKE CITY 3-3 TWITTER: @UtahMBB FACEBOOK: UtahMBB INSTAGRAM: @UtahMBB UTES ON THE ROAD 3-7 UTES ON A NEUTRAL COURT 1-0 with a 4-1 record, but then dropped three straight midway into the State’s Stephen Thompson, Jr. (3.3). conference slate. LAST 10 MEETINGS COLLETTE HOT FROM THE FIELD 01/11/2018 L 64-83 Los Angeles While owning a 14-2 home record, the Bruins are just 2-5 overall in David Collette is shooting a blistering 78.4 percent from the field over 01/14/2017 L 82-83 Salt Lake City road games this season (2-4 in Pac-12 road games) ... UCLA ranks the last five games for the Utes. He is 29-of-37 from the field in his past 02/18/2016 W 75-73 Los Angeles first in the Pac-12 with 1,054 total rebounds and first with a 39.04 five games overall and 26-of-31 (.839) in Utah’s current four-game 01/29/2015 L 59-69 Los Angeles rebounds per game average ... UCLA’s 82.6 points per game average winning streak. His hot shooting included a stretch where he made 01/04/2015 W 71-39 Salt Lake City ranks second in the league, but the Bruins are averaging more points 12 straight field goal attempts in both Stanford and California games 02/15/2014 L 66-80 Los Angeles in road games this season, having scored 84.3 points in seven road combined. 01/18/2014 W 74-69 Salt Lake City games this season ... Despite the high offensive output, UCLA gives 01/10/2013 L 53-57 Salt Lake City up 76.0 points to opposing teams, which ranks 10th in the league ... Collette is shooting a team-best 61.8 percent on the season, which also 01/26/2012 L 49-76 Los Angeles Thomas Welsh leads the Pac-12 and ranks ninth in the nation with ranks second in the Pac-12 and No. 14 overall in the nation. 03/19/1983 W 67-61 Boise, Idaho 8.0 defensive rebounds per game ... His 10.7 total rebounds per game average ranks second in the league and 13th in the nation ..