SALT LAKE CITY — For the first time in several seasons, the Runnin’ Utes will begin a season with more questions than answers.
Gone is Jakob Poeltl, the Kareem Abdul-Jabaar Award winner and 2016 consensus second-team All-American. Two years removed from the program is also the Bob Cousy Award winner and 2015 consensus second-team All-American. Gone are seniors Jordan Loveridge, Brandon Taylor and Dakarai Tucker, who were key players and members of the 2011 recruiting class that helped the Runnin’ Utes go from the bottom of the Pac-12 and restored them to actual contenders.
Gone are several transfers.