Any surprises?

I need to get the signing article put together again because I deleted it a week ago after seeing a post announcing he was going on his mission first. He’s up to 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, so his future will be on the defensive line.

Additionally, I was already told there’d be no surprises today, so just another boring February late signing day. I still miss the old setup.

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It seems so quiet on here lately.

Here’s Halie’s takeaways from the win over Cincinnati:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/runnin-utes-hold-off-cincinnati-69-66

From sky-high expectations to a a serious knee injury at the start of the first game, this is too bad. Utah needs CB depth.

This could be either really interesting or really not. I'll be honest, with this year's squad, I could easily see either happening.

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After a quick start, Utah couldn't handle Baylor's early change and the Utes played from way behind most of the game:

I don’t think this has been discussed, but it adds a little bit to the 2024 season post mortem.

I though Bajakian’s playcalling was absolute butt cheeks. Worst I’ve seen under Whittingham. But I take this as a very, very clear indication that Bajakian was at least smart enough to be completely off the Wilson bandwagon. This seems like very clear evidence that playing Wilson was NOT a Bajakian decision.

Ludwig got picked up as TE coach at Wisconsin, but I can’t take much from Wilson not heading to UW because:
1) Wilson clearly isn’t good enough to be a P2 transfer
2) as TE coach Ludwig likely wouldn’t have the pull to bring “his guy”.

Wilson getting another shot at UU tells me that KW was certainly complicit in having Wilson be “the guy”. But I still don’t have any feel for whether or not Ludwig supported Wilson. Honestly, I have a nagging feeling that Ludwig sort of got screwed with KW firing his long-time OC rather than giving Ludwig autonomy to make a QB change- only to relent and let Bajakian pull Wilson’s plug a few weeks later.

Nothing crazy, just a day difference.

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Final Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2025
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Gorney's position-by-position breakdown: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-final-2025-rivals250-released
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Five players who blew up during this recruiting cycle and finished as 5-stars: https://n.rivals.com/news/five-star-prospects-who-began-the-2025-cycle-as-three-stars

We’ve outshot our last two opponents from the free throw line.

A streak that will probably not continue. Haha.

Good for him. He's fighting hard to stay on the roster.

https://okcthunderwire.usatoday.com...under-134-114-win-over-cavaliers/77774834007/

I truly felt like Utah could've run away with this one so many different times if they could have just made some open shots, including free throws:

The best thing about winning three in a row is the chance to win four in a row!

I say the boys shock the world and get a road win against the real cougars.

Nice win for the Red Rocks last night but seriously dampened by what looks like a serious injury to freshman star Avery Neff. Worst part of sports. Wishing her a fast and full recovery. 🙏🏼

Looking forward to Saturday.

Lovering vs. Keita - Edge to Lovering. Better defender, passer and scorer. Doesn't make highlight plays like Keita can but overall a better player.
Ausar vs Catchings - Edge Ausar. Even. Ausar has struggled imo. Catchings isn't the one and done guy people thought he was.
Wahlin vs Saunders - Edge to BYU. Saunders is their most reliable guy imo. Wahlin is coming along, but he doesn't play at Saunders level yet.
Madsen vs Hall - Edge to Utah. Gabe is much more dynamic on offense. Hall is solid and capable of high level play.
Sharavjants vs Demin - Slight edge to BYU. Both are inconsistent. Neither have shot it well to date. Demin comes in with a lot of hype that, so far, has exceeded his actual play.

Bench - Edge BYU. I think their bench is deeper than ours. Traore is a bull inside. Knell and Baker both add scoring firepower. For us, KD has been rounding into form but Mason and Miro have been fading as of late. Keller is solid in the frontcourt and Hunter Erickson is a solid sub in the backcourt.

Coaching - Edge Utah. Craig Smith is getting more out of his roster than BYU's new coach is.

Combing through the Spring Roster I found some names that I found interesting. Some due to their pedigree.., anyone know anything about the players below?

John Frank Jr: Son of John Frank, where has he been?
Jori Benson: 2023 Scout player of the year. Seems like a decent award.. can he ball?
Alma Tsleni: Is an Australian basketball player? 6-7 295.. do the coaches think they’ve found a diamond in the rough?
Mike Tauteoli: has the size..,, does anyone know how he’s looked in practice?