It was a bad weekend for the Utah (1-5) basketball team. The Runnin' Utes lost to Harvard (6-0), Massachusetts (5-2) and UNC Asheville (3-4) by scores of 75-47, 90-75 and 87-65 at the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament in the Bahamas.
I don't have HDNet, so I wasn't able to actually watch any of the three games, but the scores speak for themselves. Harvard is actually a good team, believe it or not, and will probably be ranked this week. I'm not as well versed on UMass and UNC Asheville, but based on the Bulldogs' record, it doesn't appear that they are world beaters. UMass picked up their only win of the tournament against the Utes.
In looking at the statistics, it appears Utah actually had a pretty good shooting night against UMass. It's alarming that they still lost that game by 15 points. I don't give the Runnin' Utes much of a chance in their next game at Fresno State (2-4) on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT. Following this, Utah has four straight home games, three of which are against teams that one would think aren't exactly top notch. So, I'm hopeful that Utah can pick up a win or two in that stretch or this thing could get really ugly.
This Utah team appears to be much worse than last year, as last year's group actually was competitive in a number of games and posted a 13-18 record, including 7-7 in non-conference play. I can tell you right now that I will be shocked if Utah is anywhere near 7-7 going into Pac-12 play this year. Hopefully they can improve and pick a few wins, but as I've said before, it looks like it will be a long year.
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