Snapshot of Utah Utes

by joenewby4040 on Mar 16, 2009 7:12 AM PDT

Info

	Utah
Seed	5
Record	24-9
Conference Record	15-4

SOS	34
RPI	13
KenPom	25

Starters and Key Players

Player	Yr	Size	Ppg
Luke Nevill	Sr.	7'2"	16.9
Lawrence Borha	Sr.	6'3"	11.7
Shaun Green	Sr.	6'8"	10.4
Tyler Kepkay	Sr.	6'0"	10.1
Carlon Brown	So.	6'5"	9.4
Luke Drca	Jr.	6'5"	7.8
Jordan Cyphers	Fr.	6'4"	3.2
Kim Tillie	Jr.	6'10"	3.1

The Utah Utes reign from the Mountain West Conference, winning the conference championship 52-50 over San Diego State. They went 24-9 on the season and 15-4 in conference play. The Utes started off the season on shaky ground, falling to Southwest Baptist 79-80 on their first game of the year. They lost three in a row to Idaho State, California, and Oklahoma to bring their season win loss to 5-4. The Utes started gelling around this point and won 15 of their next 17.

The Utes are led by Senior Luke Nevill, who averages 16.9 ppg and 2.7 blocks per game. He is definitely a force to be reckoned with and will be the tallest player the Cats will face all year.

Nevill will try to wreak havoc.

The Utes have an array of other players who contribute on a nightly basis. Lawrence Borha is a guard, who averages 11.7 ppg. Shaun Green and Tyler Kepkay also average over 10 ppg. Carlon Brown averages 19.4 ppg and 3.2 assists as well.

The Utes have won four in a row, including two games against TCU, Wyoming, and San Diego State. They have also lost two of their last road games, at BYU and at New Mexico State.

			FG			3PT			FT			Rebounds			Misc
	G	M	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	M	A	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	PPG
Luke Nevill	33	32.0	5.9	9.8	60.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.1	6.4	79.1	2.0	7.1	9.1	1.3	2.5	0.4	2.7	2.8	16.9
Lawrence Borha	33	31.4	3.8	8.4	45.8	2.0	4.9	40.7	2.0	2.4	84.8	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.5	2.0	0.6	0.3	2.3	11.7
Shaun Green	33	29.0	3.4	7.2	47.0	2.2	5.5	40.3	1.5	2.0	73.1	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.8	1.2	1.1	1.0	2.6	10.4
Tyler Kepkay	33	30.3	3.3	8.2	40.6	1.3	3.8	34.1	2.1	2.5	84.1	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.0	2.1	10.1
Carlon Brown	33	29.5	3.6	7.9	45.8	0.2	0.9	19.4	1.9	2.8	68.8	1.2	4.0	5.2	3.2	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.0	9.4
Luca Drca	30	25.5	2.3	5.1	45.4	1.1	2.8	38.8	2.1	2.7	80.0	0.2	2.4	2.5	3.5	2.5	1.0	0.1	2.7	7.8
Jordan Cyphers	22	5.7	1.0	2.3	42.0	0.6	1.7	35.1	0.7	1.1	66.7	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.0	3.2
Kim Tillie	30	15.6	1.0	2.4	39.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.3	85.0	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.6	1.0	0.5	0.3	2.6	3.1
Morgan Grim	16	5.6	0.3	0.6	55.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	100.0	0.3	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	0.7
Jonathan Downie	6	1.3	0.2	0.2	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3
Jace Tavita	25	6.8	0.1	0.4	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.3
Tre Smith	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	32	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0