By taking leads of 60-30 against Washington State and 51-23 vs. Colorado, Utah briefly resembled the 2014-15 basketball team that ransacked opponents at the Huntsman Center.
The comparison ends there, because the current Utes lack the finishing power of that team, and they’re not good enough to make the Sweet 16 or even the NCAA Tournament field. Merely finishing .500 overall and in Pac-12 play remains an ambitious goal.
After his team allowed Colorado to come back, Ute senior guard Sedrick Barefield said, “That’s something we’ve got to learn from. … We relaxed a little too much.