A win over Oregon in Eugene doesn’t get much bigger. It would be a win over a team judged a 2-seed this last weekend, and be something that actually pops out on Utah’s resume. It also would help counterbalance unseemly losses against San Francisco and Stanford.
Would it definitely push Utah in? Of course not. But it would establish some conversation for a team that has flatlined in the last three weeks after a hot run that made it look like a postseason bet. Right now, Utah is on only two of BracketMatrix.com’s 112 projections, the 12th team outside of the field.