Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Utah Utes |
Sport: | Basketball |
Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
Conference Link: | Big 12 Conference men's basketball |
Short Conf: | Big 12 |
Record: | 0-0 |
Conf Record: | 0-0 |
Head Coach: | Craig Smith |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach1: | Josh Eilert |
Asst Coach2: | David Evans |
Asst Coach3: | Lo Leath |
Stadium: | Jon M. Huntsman Center (Capacity: 15,000) |
The 2024–25 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team will represent the University of Utah during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by fourth-year head coach Craig Smith, and will play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This will be the Utes first season in the Big 12 Conference.[1]
The Utes finished the 2023–24 season 22–15, 9–11 in Pac-12 play, to finish in a tie for 6th place. In the 2024 Pac-12 men's tournament, Utah won their first-round game against Arizona State before falling to Colorado in the quarterfinals.[2] The team played in the 2024 National Invitation Tournament, being the only Pac-12 team to accept one of two automatic bids for teams in the conference.[3] This marked the program's first appearance in a postseason tournament since the 2018 NIT six years prior. Utah advanced to the semi-finals before being eliminated by the Indiana State Sycamores.[4]