• Stat site 538 rates Utah as the fourth-best team in the Midwest, with a 5.3 percent chance to get to Houston. The bracket favors Utah to make it out of the Denver pod onto the Sweet 16, with an 87 percent chance to beat Fresno State and a 50 percent chance to beat either Seton Hall or Gonzaga (worth noting there's a 60-40 split for the Bulldogs there). Utah's chances to win it all? Less than one percent. 538 also notes that Utah got a seed two lines higher than what it was rated by their metrics.
Utah basketball: Odds, picks and analysis for Runnin' Utes in the NCAA
