SALT LAKE CITY — “Go big.”
That’s the mantra the University of Utah men’s basketball team hopes to embody in the final stretch of the regular season — a three-game homestead with a lot on the line. It’s a mantra the late Jon Huntsman Sr. used to guide his everyday life, and is now a part of the basketball program he loved.
Each of the final three games comes packed with importance to Utah’s postseason hopes of claiming a top-tier spot in the Pac-12’s final regular season standings. In fact, the Utes are three wins away from earning a second place finish in the conference and claiming a potential NCAA Tournament bid — an improbable feat early in the season.