Utah's next men's basketball game comes in the middle of the NFL's conference championship doubleheader, making attendance even more of a challenge than for an ordinary Sunday event at the 15,000-seat Jon M. Huntsman Center.
How many fans will be in the arena for Utah's game vs. Colorado? Not as many as the announced number, that much is certain.
As is standard practice in the industry, Utah's official figure is the number of tickets distributed. That explains why the Utes could list attendance of nearly 11,000 for selected games in November, when black curtains were draped over the Huntsman Center's 7,000-seat upper bowl.