LOGAN, Utah – Utah State head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith announced on Monday the addition of Tramel Barnes to his staff. Barnes is joining the Aggies after a successful coaching and playing career at Southwest Minnesota State, a Division II institution in Marshall, Minn., and is anticipated to fill a role […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points and collected seven rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to a 113-96 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. Joe Ingles scored 20 points while Rudy Gobert added 16 points and 10 rebounds. Ricky Rubio chipped in 13 […]
THUNDER AT JAZZ Jazz lead 2-1. Game 4, 8:30 p.m. MDT, TNT. NEED TO KNOW: Utah has won each of its last five first-round series as the No. 5 seed, and the Jazz are halfway to extending that streak. The crowd in Salt Lake City was extremely loud on Saturday and will […]
Series tied 1-1. Game 3, 8 p.m. MDT, ESPN. NEED TO KNOW: In the first two games, the higher-rebounding team has been the winning team, with Game 1 going to Oklahoma City and Utah taking Game 2. A critical part of this trend will be Thunder center Steven Adams and his presence on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) When Derrick Favors can find ways to impose his will, good things happen for the Utah Jazz. Favors has been quietly, albeit effectively, getting it done against the Oklahoma City Thunder, playing in the shadows of Utah rookie of the year candidate Donovan Mitchell and Jazz center Rudy Gobert. But […]
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith has named Austin Hansen and Eric Peterson as an assistant coaches to the program. Both were a member of Smith’s staff at South Dakota, having coached in Vermillion each of the past four seasons. “Austin brings a wealth of […]
PROVO, Utah – Former BYU guard Elijah Bryant announced today he will declare for the 2018 NBA Draft and hire an agent. By hiring an agent, Bryant forfeits his senior season of collegiate eligibility. “We want to thank Elijah for all of his hard work, dedication and commitment to this […]
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah men’s basketball team added Novak Topalovic to the 2018-19 roster, Runnin’ Utes head coach Larry Krystkowiak announced on Tuesday. Topalovic, a 7-0 forward/center, will make the move to the U as a graduate transfer, following a three-year career at Idaho State. “We are thrilled to have […]
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith announced the addition of Tauriawn Knight on Tuesday. Knight is a 6-foot-1 guard from Edmond Santa Fe High School in Edmond, Okla., who was recently named to the Oklahoma Super-5 team as one of the top-five prep players in the […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has a left foot bruise and his status is uncertain for Game 2 of the Western Conference playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mitchell left Oklahoma City’s 116-108 win Game 1 on Sunday after stubbing his toe in the third […]
