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Utah men’s basketball team will have a Thursday-Saturday pattern for most Pac-12 home games

The Utah men’s basketball team will play only one Sunday game in 2018-19, hosting Colorado in January, with the Pac-12 finalizing the dates of times of the conference schedule Thursday.

Ute coach Larry Krystkowiak didn’t like a 2017-18 schedule that had his team playing on four consecutive Sundays, disrupting the players' practice and academic routines. This season’s schedule also gives fans a more traditional pattern, with all of four traveling pairs of Pac-12 teams that visit the Huntsman Center coming on Thursday and Saturday.

The Utes will miss home games vs. California and Stanford and road games vs.