The Utes are coming home after being swept by the Oregon schools over the past couple of days, including Super Bowl Sunday's loss to Oregon by a score of 76-66. Utah was led by Kyle Kuzma's 18 points and 6 rebounds, Jordan Loveridge's 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Jakob Poeltl's 13 points and 8 rebounds. Oregon was paced by Dillon Brooks' 30 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds.
For the Utes, who had a better shooting percentage than Oregon (50%-48%), and had more rebounds (30-28), it came down the this season's bugaboo of turnovers. The Utes had 9 turnovers in the 1st half, and 14 for the game, giving Oregon 19 points off turnovers.