"I know the place well," Daniels said with a laugh via telephone Monday. "They come out and support their team. We have had success down there, and we have lost down there. I think for the most part you just try to be tough mentally and try to execute the game plan at hand and try to stay in the moment and not let those outside factors come into play."
Utah won seven games and lost four in Provo with Daniels on the sidelines under coach Rick Majerus, making him 10-6 at the 19,000-seat Marriott Center, which seats fewer folks after its renovations in 2012 and 2016.