The Utes don’t have a “guy.” They have a roster, and they’ve got to count on contributions from different players on a night-to-night basis.
This past week’s sweep of the Washington schools only reinforced the sentiments that members of the Utah basketball program expressed during the preseason. When the questions came about replacing the production of key losses such as Kyle Kuzma, the common refrain from Utah players involved some variation of phrases such as collective effort, doing it as a group, everybody chipping in and everybody doing their part.
At the time, it seemed easy to interpret those comments as meaning the Utes (12-7, 4-4) simply didn’t know where they were going to get the points, rebounds, leadership or fill any other potential voids.