Author: Jesse

With tomorrow being the first time teams can trade players signed last offseason, it marks the unofficial beginning of the trade deadline.

It’s hard to say what the Jazz goals are this season. It’s been hard to say what they’ve been for most of this rebuild. This is a list of players most likely to be traded, and this list will be based on the assumption that the Jazz front office actually has a plan and intends to follow through with it. The smart plan is to keep their top-8 protected pick and give themselves a shot at a generational pick in this draft.

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Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk

Svi Mykhailiuk is averaging the third-most minutes on this team and is shooting 47% from the field and 37% from three. It’s a productive season for a veteran player who won’t be on this team long-term. Utah could likely find a suitor for his $3.6M contract easily. Even trading into another team’s trade exception works. But what the Jazz can’t do is continue prioritizing minutes for Mykhailiuk over their youth and the goal of keeping their draft pick.

Kevin Love

Kevin Love becomes trade-eligible on December 15, and Utah has to find a way to make a move happen. Taylor Hendricks should be getting the minutes that Kevin Love is using, and Will Hardy refuses to play him. Love has been solid for the Jazz this season, shooting 43.8% from the field and 35.8% from three. He still has his patented shooting and rebounding, which makes him a nice player for a team looking for depth and experience. Love is also just 37, making $4.1M on an expiring deal, making him very tradable.

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Kyle Anderson

Another player who somehow keeps getting minutes under Will Hardy instead of Utah’s youth. Anderson has looked like a solid rotation player in his time with the Jazz and should garner some interest for a team wanting to make an easy move for depth. Anderson is making $9.2M this season and next and could potentially garner the Jazz something interesting. Is there a dissapointing young player out there that Utah could bring on? Either way, Utah HAS to clear these minutes to get Taylor Hendrickson and Cody Williams on the floor. There is no world where the Jazz should be worried about playing Kyle Anderson. You would think the Jazz might be interested in proving they massively wasted two years and would want to develop Hendricks and Williams, but that hasn’t been the case so far.

Jusuf Nurkic

The easiest way for Utah to manufacture losses the remainder of the season would be to trade Nurkic. Nurkic has a very appealing $19M expiring contract that could save some teams a lot of money. A quick glance at the contract market shows some intriguing players to consider. Could Jonathan Kuminga be a target for the Jazz that could clear money for the Warriors and give them some depth at center? It’s an opportunity to bring on a young player who could potentially revive his career with Utah. There may be something else out there that’s worth doing, but Utah has to figure out a way to keep this pick, and removing their center depth will ensure they don’t get more of these ridiculous wins that are ruining the season.

SALT LAKE CITY — — Ja’Borri McGhee scored a career-high 29 points, Jayden Epps added 20 points, and Mississippi State rallied to beat Utah 82-74 on Saturday night.

The Bulldogs rallied from a 17-point deficit, their largest comeback since coach Chris Jans was hired prior to the 2022-23 season.

McGhee, a UAB transfer, made 11 of 16 from the field, 5 of 7 from 3-point range. Josh Hubbard scored 13 points for Mississippi State (5-5).

McGhee hit a step-back 3-pointer and then made a layup that gave the Bulldogs a 74-70 lead with 2 1/2 minutes to play. Terrence Brown made two free throws to make it a one-possession game, but Josh Hubbard driving floater about a minute later. After a Utah turnover, Shawn Jones Jr. threw down a monstrous two-hand dunk to make it 78-72 with 59 seconds remaining.

Don McHenry led Utah (7-4) with 29 points, which included five 3-pointers, and Brown finished with 22.

McHenry scored all of Utah’s points in an 11-3 run and Utah led by as many as 17 late in the first half. The Utes took a 52-37 lead three minutes into the second after Brown’s steal and fast-break dunk, but the Bulldogs scored 23 of the next 27 points to take a four-point lead — their first since 2-1 — with 9:24 to play.

Mississippi State freshman Jamarion Davis-Fleming left the game in the closing seconds after a collision with Utah’s Seydou Traore.

Up next

Mississippi State: The Bulldogs host Long Island University on Tuesday.

Utah: The Utes take on Eastern Washington at home next Saturday.

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It’s been nearly 3½ years since Eli Mitchell’s life was tragically taken. While riding his bicycle to the store, eager to use the new debit card his mother had just given him, the West Jordan boy was struck by a drunk driver at 13 years old.

The pain of losing his grandson hasn’t eased in the months since then. Glendon Mitchell said that if anything, the anguish has only gotten worse for him, Eli’s parents and his family.

“It would be foolish to tell you it’s been an easy journey,” he told the Deseret News, “Eli was always one who looked out for others. He was sensitive to those who were maybe being picked on or bullied or left out. And even if he didn’t know them, he would reach out and try to do what he could to alter the situation.”

Now, forced to live only on the memory of his beloved grandson, Mitchell has found himself working in the field of victims’ rights post-retirement.

The Mitchell family has worked with state legislatures to improve state laws, government programs and outreach to help people like them — who find themselves in an unfathomable situation.

“We have to deal with all of the trauma, grief, mental fog,” Mitchell said, while still “trying to make a difference for others. So maybe there’ll be fewer people put into the position that we unknowingly found ourselves in. And we didn’t sign up for it, we didn’t volunteer for it.”

Most recently, the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole named its initial victim notification letter “The Eli Mitchell Letter,” which serves as the initial point of contact between crime victims and the Board, and provides essential information about the post-conviction process.

“I hope those who never want to get one of these letters will at least be given a choice to get informed of what the next stage of the criminal justice system is going to be like for them … victims need to have a voice in the criminal justice system, and that’s been an ongoing focus of the Board of Pardons and the legislature for the last few years.”

When it comes to priority, Mitchell would say the criminal justice system is 80% offender-focused vs 20% victim-focused. “I would say it’s improving with a long way to go,” he said.

The other side of true crime

Society as a whole seems to gravitate towards criminals rather than victims. In Netflix’s list of its 10 most popular shows of all time — on a global scale — No. 2 is the story of a 13-year-old accused of murdering his classmate, and No. 5 is the real story turned drama of infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. A 2023 Pew Research study found that true crime is the most popular podcast genre streamed.

According to media ethics scholar Whitney Phillips, audiences often find it easier to engage with the sensational psychological aspects of offenders than to sit with the emotional weight of victims’ grief and trauma.

Phillips explained that some people slip into treating true crimes as harmless entertainment, unaware they’re missing key facts and overlooking their ethical implications, and realizing that these are real victims, not just characters on a screen.

But for real victims like Chanae Haller, the pain she lives with is very real. Through her experiences, she became well-versed in the government structures put in place for victims of crime. She now lives her life helping others through the hurdles of bureaucracy.

Both Haller and Mitchell shared the struggle of trying to live with this deep heartache and grief, which is hard enough as is, but then gets significantly complicated and amplified by the intricate and often frustrating realities of the legal system, whether that be ongoing court proceedings that can take years, or filing protective orders to ensure future safety.

But there isn’t a day that goes by that Haller doesn’t have to remind herself to keep going.

“Healing is the biggest advice I can give,” she said. “So, for people who are survivors of a horrible trauma, you need to always protect yourself.”

She lives by the motto “live in the 10 seconds. … If you can look at that clock and just do some breath work for 10 seconds, then move up to 20 seconds, then 30 seconds. I’m staying in the present time during those moments, you’ll get through those hard emotions that you’re feeling.”

Progress and the gaps that remain

Attorney Jim McConkie said attention to victims’ rights has come a long way since he first started practicing law nearly 50 years ago.

“There are statutes now which require the courts and prosecutors to pay greater attention to the victims and to keep them informed, to pledge that they will move along as quickly as is possible to achieve a just result, and to allow them at the time of sentencing, to speak and express themselves in a situation where there’s been a crime and the individual has been convicted. Also, they have the duty under Utah law to keep the victims informed as to the progress that is being made on the case,” he explained.

During his career, he’s noticed the justice system become more “sensitive” to the needs of victims.

“I think on many social issues, we have come a good distance, and recognize the need for those who have been aggrieved to be included.”

His law firm labels cases that could have a lasting social impact for good as “righteous cases.” One of his current cases under such a label is that of Laura Ah Loo, the widow of 39-year-old Arthur “Afa” Folasa Ah Loo, who was fatally shot at a No Kings protest in Utah over the summer.

It took five months for felony charges to be filed by the Salt Lake County Attorney’s office in connection with the death of her husband. Last week, one count of second-degree manslaughter was filed against 39-year-old Matthew Alder, a so-called “peacekeeper” at the event.

Following the charges being filed, Laura Ah Loo said she appreciated the DA’s office for working to bring justice for the “negligent manslaughter” of her husband. But she told the Deseret News in a statement prior to the charges that it was “unimaginable to lose my husband in such a horrific way, only to then face silence and inaction” for so long.

As a victim, she said it was “beyond frustrating and unacceptable” and that “you wouldn’t think that basic accountability would be such a hard thing to have to ask for in a situation that should easily and without question warrant it.”

McConkie acknowledged that the case did have “unusual legal considerations,” but “when justice is delayed, it doesn’t give the victims an opportunity to recover, to the extent that it’s possible to in a tragic situation.”

“It creates a perception that our legal system is inefficient and ineffective, and it leads people to question the legal systems ability to uphold the rule of law and instead of having closure, there’s a deep sense of uncertainty,” he added, “and this feeling that their grievances are not important or being addressed by society as a whole.”

As the case progresses and additional information comes forward, Ah Loo said she hopes it will lead to reforms that enhance safety at public events. Like Haller and Mitchell, Ah Loo hopes that through her tragedy, society can learn a lesson or two on how to prevent more victims from going through her pain.

SALT LAKE CITY — Morgan Scalley was promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach at Utah on Saturday, succeeding Kyle Whittingham, who announced Friday he would step down after 21 seasons.

Scalley will take over after No. 15 Utah plays Nebraska in the Las Vegas Bowl on December 31. He’s been the defensive coordinator under Whittingham for 10 seasons and has been a part of the Utah coaching staff since 2007.

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Utah ranks in the top 20 nationally this season in passing efficiency defense, total interceptions (14) and scoring defense (18.7 points per game).

“Being a part of the Utah football program was a childhood dream of mine that has turned into an incredible 25-year journey that I am blessed to say is continuing,” Scalley said in a statement. “I have been mentored by some of the best men and coaches I could have ever asked for along the way and learned infinitely more than just X’s and O’s from them. I have also had the privilege of learning from and growing together with the amazing young men that have come through this program.”

Scalley played safety for Utah from 2001 to 2004. Urban Meyer coached him over his final two seasons, and Scalley helped lead the Utes to the 2004 Fiesta Bowl and an undefeated season. He was the 2004 Mountain West co-Defensive Player of the Year and a second-team All-American.

Utah has gained a reputation for rugged, physical defensive play during Scalley’s decade running the unit.

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The Utes have finished in the top half of their conference in total defense nine times in the past 10 seasons. In 2019, Scalley’s defense ranked second nationally and first in the Pac-12. The Utes also finished with the top rushing defense in the Pac-12 five times over Utah’s final eight seasons in the conference.

“Morgan Scalley has proven over the course of his outstanding coaching and playing career at the University of Utah that he is uniquely equipped to take over as the program’s next leader,” athletic director Mark Harlan said in a statement. “He not only has great knowledge and perspective of what makes Utah football special, but his passion and love for the University of Utah position him to carry the mantle of leadership forward and continue the program’s legacy of success.”

The Utah Jazz are having a confusing season, something Jazz fans are getting used to. Like the first two seasons post the Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell trades, the expectation of what is happening is much different than fan expectations. Those first two seasons, we expected the Jazz to lose games, mostly because it was the smart thing to do, and they won much more than expected.

This season, Jazz fans probably expected a lot of minutes for Taylor Hendricks. In what is now becoming the norm for this Jazz front office and team, that hasn’t happened. Instead, we have gotten a lot of minutes for Svi Mykhailiuk, Jusuf Nurkic, and Kevin Love.

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For the season, Taylor Hendricks has just 4 total minutes more than Walker Kessler who has been out most of the season because of shoulder surgery. Meanwhile, Svi Mykhailiuk is third in total minutes for the Jazz behind just Lauri Markkanen and Keyonte George. The focus on the development of Svi Mykhailiuk is not something I expected this season. Joke’s on me, I guess.

Clearly, I misjudged the focus and priority of the front office and ownership for this season. With a generational draft that could see the Jazz draft a player top-3 that could change the franchise forever, the logical conclusion would be the Jazz might want to focus on that, considering they had the worst record in the league last year. Nope, instead we’ve seen the Jazz focus on winning with Svi Mykhailiuk, Jusuf Nurkic, and Kevin Love while forcefeeding Lauri Markkanen almost every possession on the offensive end. Who cares about finding superstar talent, right?

But this can be fixed easily. Utah, who has been doing everything they can to win games, is 9-15. Their focus and intention this season has been a failure, they are not even a .500 basketball team. They could pivot their thinking now to what it should have been from the start, the development of their young talent, and working towards one final run at the top of the draft. Don’t forget, the Jazz have Ace Bailey on their roster and have decided to exclude him on the majority of possessions by sitting him in the corner.

All the Jazz have to do is play their 1st-round picks from the last three drafts. Utah has to give Taylor Hendricks some minutes this season. His ability to defend while also hitting threes on offense is an important skill set lacking on this Jazz team’s 29th-ranked defense. And if Hendricks struggles, who cares? That will lead the Jazz to losses that they desperately need. On top of that, they have to find more minutes for Cody Williams. Yes, he might be a flat-out bust, but you’d better be completely sure before you jump ship. And just like with Hendricks, if he loses you some games … that’s not a bad thing!

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Now, I want to make this clear. This isn’t just a coaching thing that needs to happen. The front office 100% should have had better foresight on this. Who wants more minutes for Svi Mykhailiuk? Seriously, who was asking for that? Kevin Love, who didn’t even want to be here before the season started, is now getting important minutes and has helped the Jazz win their way out of their draft pick. Why are we not giving those backup center minutes to Taylor Hendricks? Again, it’s not like the Jazz are even winning, it makes no sense that Hendricks isn’t playing. How is he ever going to get better?

Tomorrow is December 15th, and it’s the unofficial beginning of trade season because players signed last offseason are now tradeable. Utah better make some moves TOMORROW if they know what’s good for them. If Will Hardy won’t play the young players, you have to make the trades that give him no choice.

But much like has been the case with Ryan Smith, Danny Ainge, Justin Zanik, and now Austin Ainge, what happens will probably be the opposite of what I hope or expect.

After 21 years in Salt Lake City, University of Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham is officially walking away from the program he helped build into a perennial contender in the Big 12, Pac-12 and Mountain West.

On Friday, Whittingham announced Dec. 31’s game in the Las Vegas Bowl will be his last with the Utes — putting an end to one of the longest tenures in college football.

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Whittingham’s 177 wins ranks third amongst active FBS coaches and has led to three conference titles, two Rose Bowl appearances and a pair of top-five finishes in the AP poll — along with two national Coach of the Year awards.

Now as the school prepares to turn the page on the Kyle Whittingham era, the university has already named the 66-year-old’s successor.

Whittingham: ‘The time is right’

In a statement announcing the move on Friday, Whittingham shared that he would no longer be the coach for the Utes past this season.

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“The time is right to step down from my position as the head football coach at the University of Utah,” Whittingham said. “It’s been an honor and a privilege to lead the program for the past 21 years and I’m very grateful for the relationships forged with all the players and assistant coaches that have worked so hard and proudly worn the drum and feather during our time here. The opportunity to guide so many talented young men as they pursued their goals — both on and off the field, has truly been a blessing.”

But even though Utah’s longtime HC is walking out the door, a familiar face will remain on the program’s sideline moving forward.

Utah announces DC Morgan Scalley as full-time head coach

“Morgan Scalley has proven over the course of his outstanding coaching and playing career at the University of Utah that he is uniquely equipped to take over as the program’s next leader,” said Utah athletic director Mark Harlan (via ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg). “He not only has great knowledge and perspective of what makes Utah football special, but his passion and love for the University of Utah position him to carry the mantle of leadership forward and continue the program’s legacy of success.”

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“As we honor a legendary chapter in Utah Football, we are looking ahead with great optimism to what comes next,” University of Utah president Taylor Randall added. “I have complete confidence in Morgan Scalley’s leadership as the next head coach of Utah Football. Morgan is the future of this program.”

“As an alum, a former All-America player, and a coach who has been instrumental in shaping our culture of development, toughness, and student-athlete success, he embodies everything that makes Utah Football exceptional.”

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Utah’s defense currently ranks No. 5 in the nation in passing efficiency defense, 15th in interceptions (14) and 16th in scoring defense. It’s also scored three touchdowns in 2025, good 10th in the FBS.

In his time as an assistant, Scalley has coached 14 All-Americans, 21 first-team All-Conference selections and five Freshman AA’s.

This story was originally published by The Spun on Dec 14, 2025, where it first appeared in the College Football section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

A new storyline has been added to Nebraska’s bowl game. Kyle Whittingham will step down as Utah’s head coach following the Las Vegas Bowl.

Nebraska and Utah will meet in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium on Dec. 31. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.

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Whittingham has been the Utes‘ head coach since December 2004 and a member of the Utes’ coaching staff since 1994. He enters his final game with a head coaching record of 177-88.

Whittingham earned three national Coach of the Year awards and finished with a winning record in 18 of his 21 years as head coach. He also had tremendous postseason success, with an 11-6 record in bowl games.

Defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley will take over as head coach following Whittingham’s departure. Scalley has been the DC since 2016 and has been a coach at Utah since 2007.

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How to Watch (and bet)

Date: Saturday, 12/13/25

Tip-Off Time: 3:00 pm PT

TV: Big Ten Network

Radio: Huskies Gameday App, Sports Radio KJR

Location: Seattle, WA

Betting Line: Washington Huskies -26.5

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Southern Utah Thunderbirds 2025-26 Statistics:

Record: 4-7 (3-0 against non-D1 schools)

Points For per Game: 67.4 (305th)

Points Against per Game: 87.0 (343rd)

Adjusted Offensive Efficiency: 99.5 (311th)

Adjusted Defensive Efficiency: 112.7 (291st)

Strength of Schedule: 94th

Southern Utah Key Players:

G- Elijah Duval, Sr. 6’3, 180: 13.5 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.6 apg, 49.5% FG, 24.1% 3pt, 62.5% FT

Evanmiya.com Stats: -1.64 (4th), 96.6 Adj Off Eff (4th), 109.8 Adj Def Eff (3rd)

Duval has come in as a freshman and taken over the keys to the car as he is 12th nationally in percentage of possessions used in D1 games. The assist rate is very good but the turnover rate is much higher than you’d like and he’s shooting just 21.4% from deep against D1 opponents. A high steal rate suggests he’s already a solid defender but the offense isn’t as efficient as it needs to be for such a high volume player.

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G- Dylan Jones, Sr. 6’6, 190: 9.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 0.8 apg, 41.9% FG, 33.8% 3pt, 100.0% FT

Evanmiya.com Stats: -2.95 (6th), 99.8 Adj Off Eff (3rd), 118.7 Adj Def Eff (7th)

Jones is a former JUCO transfer who played last season at Fairleigh Dickinson where he put up almost identical numbers just on better shooting from 3-point range. Over 82% of his career shots have come from behind the arc so Washington’s defenders should know that if he gets the ball on the perimeter he’s only looking to shoot it.

G- Tanner Hayhurst, Jr. 6’6, 204: 8.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.6 apg, 50.7% FG, 51.3% 3pt, 85.7% FT

Evanmiya.com Stats: -0.41 (2nd), 102.8 Adj Off Eff (1st), 109.2 Adj Def Eff (2nd)

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Hayhurst started out at BYU and barely played but has moved into a starting role the last few games thanks to his efficient start on offense. He has lit up their non D-1 opponents (10 of 16) from 3-point range and is also shooting 43.5% against D1 opponents. Hayhurst is more likely to drive it than Jones but is still primarily a shooter and isn’t a huge threat to drive the ball. His free throw rate of 4.1% is one of the lowest I’ve ever seen so he doesn’t draw fouls at all.

F- Jaiden Feroah, Sr, 6’9, 214: 13.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 2.2 blk, 57.8% FG, 41.4% 3pt, 96.8% FT

Evanmiya.com Stats: +1.6 (1st), 101.1 Adj Off Eff (2nd), 112.1 Adj Def Eff (4th)

Feroah played last season at Holy Cross where he was an incredibly efficient but incredibly low usage offensive player. He shot nearly 60% on 2-point shots and 39% on 3-pointers last year while somehow averaging fewer than 7 points per game. This year he has seen similar efficiency levels on offense (34th nationally in true shooting percentage) but also taken a huge leap up in block rate into the top 75 nationally. In SUU’s last game against Oregon State he had 27 points on 5/9 3-pt shooting with 5 assists and 4 steals so he is capable of stuffing the stat sheet.

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F- Isaiah Cottrell, Sr. 6’11, 245: 8.8 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.1 blk, 48.6% FG, 6.7% 3pt, 78.8% FT

Evanmiya.com Stats: -1.46 (3rd), 91.0 Adj Off Eff (7th), 108.8 Adj Def Eff (1st)

Husky fans may remember Cottrell’s name as he was pursued by UW out of high school as a four-star recruit from Las Vegas. Instead, Cottrell went to West Virginia for a few years before transferring back home to UNLV for a pair and now is playing his 6th season at Southern Utah. Things never quite panned out for Cottrell who is playing more than 17 minutes per game for the first time now. He’s averaging by far a career best 23.2% defensive rebound rate but is 1/15 on three-point attempts.

The Outlook

Washington is coming off a week-long break following their massive comeback win at USC last Saturday. Their opponent is coming off the same amount of rest having fallen by 11 at Oregon State in Corvallis a week ago. That’s about where the comparisons between Washington and Southern Utah end.

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The Thunderbirds project as by far the worst team in the watered down WAC this season and it’s tough to find many encouraging things to find about their resume. They have won 4 games but 3 of them were against D2/D3 competition while the one D1 win was by 2 points over #341 Stetson. A few of the losses have been respectable. I mentioned the 11-point loss to #179 Oregon State and there was also a 7-point loss at #178 Robert Morris plus a 5-point loss at #245 Nebraska Omaha. SUU has been able to play sort of close on the road against teams worse than Washington but not terrible. There’s also a 72-point loss to Gonzaga on that resume which is their only game against a KenPom top-50 team.

Washington is not going to win this game by 72. But this is Washington’s last game against a sub-300 KenPom team and the Huskies should be able to keep things rolling a bit with a blowout win. The Thunderbirds somehow rank 361st or worse in both 3-point offense and 3-point defense. They’re shooting 25.1% from behind the arc and their opponents are shooting 41.0%. Woof. The only major category in which they rank in the top 100 nationally is defensive free throw rate. They don’t commit many fouls but they also allow opponents to take and make a ton of shots at the rim anyways. It doesn’t seem like a winning combination (and hasn’t been).

If there’s one thing in SUU’s favor it’s that they are much bigger than your average mid-major squad. They rank 35th nationally in average height with a lineup that runs 6’6 or taller at every spot outside of the point guard position. Washington may have an athletic advantage but they won’t be able to physically overwhelm Southern Utah with their size.

As long as the Huskies play close to their abilities though then it shouldn’t matter. If Washington takes care of the ball then the Southern Utah defense won’t put nearly enough pressure on the Dawgs to slow down their offense at all. And when SUU is on offense they struggle to shoot from outside, hold onto the ball, or secure offensive rebounds. Even an uncharacteristically bad shooting night from Washington shouldn’t matter thanks to the extra possession advantage they’re likely to enjoy.

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I’m tempted to say that Southern Utah gets the backdoor cover but with another 6 days off between games I could see Coach Sprinkle keeping the foot on the gas a little longer than necessary.

Prediction

Washington Huskies– 92, Southern Utah- 64

Season picks: 6-3 straight up, 4-5 against the spread