New York •The Utes may be the highest remaining seed of the four teams that made it to New York, but they’re up against a team of giant slayers.
Utah (22-11) takes on a Western Kentucky squad that has compiled an impressive resume despite having fewer than 10 eligible players. The teams will clash in the first of two NIT semifinals on Tuesday at 5 p.m. MDT in Madison Square Garden.
The Hilltoppers (27-10) didn’t even have eight scholarship players eligible to play until the third week of January, but that didn’t stop them from defeating Big Ten regular-season runner-up Purdue.