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Utah Basketball: Freshman Jayce Johnson Begins Practicing

The Utah men's basketball team is getting a new body that will be joining practice this week, with big man Jayce Johnson being cleared to play. The coaching staff has yet to indicate if he'll get any game action, but they haven't ruled it out. After Jakob Poeltl, the Utes don't have a lot of big man depth, and if Johnson is ready to play, he could be a big addition to the team. However, it'd have to be thought out, because would that be worth burning a red shirt? We'll find out in the coming weeks how Utah plans to use Johnson, if at all this season.