SALT LAKE CITY — For coaches and players, media day signals the start of their season — a new opportunity. But for the University of Utah basketball program, media day was overshadowed by the looming cloud hanging over the NCAA due to scandal.
Normally, the first questions on media day relate to new players joining the program, how the team will look compared to the previous season, how the offensive and defensive schemes will be similar or different or any other basketball-related question. But the first 10 minutes of Friday’s first opportunity to talk to players and head coach Larry Krystkowiak were all related to the scandal.