More than 15,000 fans packed the Huntsman Center on that Saturday afternoon in February 2016, when guard Brandon Taylor scored 15 of Utah's 30 second-half points, center Jakob Poeltl posted a double-double and the Utes finally beat Arizona.
Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak spoke afterward of “a pretty darned good feeling.” The Utes would love to recapture that moment Thursday night, staging another “Red Out” promotion.
Only once this season has Utah announced attendance of 12,000-plus fans. The Utes haven’t appeared in the NCAA Tournament since the 2016 team earned a No. 3 seed. And that 70-64 win remains Utah’s only victory over Arizona in the program’s Pac-12 era, against 13 losses — including an 84-81 overtime defeat last month in Tucson, Ariz.