Tournament teams no one wants to play

A team’s desired state at this time of year is “still getting better”, though that team isn’t as scary as “the team no one wants to play”. The teams that are “still getting better” were known contenders in November, whose preferred trajectory is incremental improvement through April. The teams “no one wants to play” can […]

March arrives early this year

With 11 days remaining in the Big 12 Conference season, two games separate the top six teams. Utah sits in fourth place — in position for one of the invaluable byes into the tournament quarterfinals. With four games left to play, two of them are against 6th-place Oklahoma St. today, and 5th-place West Virginia (in […]

How much do we miss Kennady McQueen

The 2025 Utah Utes lost three of their last four, while senior guard Kennady McQueen is out with an ankle sprain. The 2024 Utes ended their season with an NCAA second-round loss to host Gonzaga. They played their last 30 games without junior guard Gianna Kneepkens, lost to a broken foot. Last year, the Kneepkens […]

I used to be a journalist

The dissolution of the Pac-12 served to disperse the Oregon State Beavers who didn’t want to play in the mid-major West Coast Conference. It’s working out great for #1 UCLA, who got Talia Von Oelhoffen, and NCAA team of the week Oklahoma, who got Raegan Beers. On the other hand, Lily Hansford, a most accurate […]