Switching up our “Opponent Preview” format just a bit, Utah is the next opponent on the slate for the Beavers, who dropped a crucial game to Stanford on Monday and will now have a quick turnaround with their travel to Salt Lake City and match-up with Utah over the course of two days.
The Utes are the Utes. They haven’t changed much in going on a decade now under the Rocky Mountains version of “Coach K”, but they have become more perimeter oriented in recent seasons, moving away from cornerstone pieces on the interior to outside talents like Alfonso Plummer and Timmy Allen handling more of the scoring load.