Right here:

Issy Palmer, Gianna Kneepkens, Jenna Johnson, Kennedy McQueen, Alissa Pili

The defensive tackles will continue to be a little thin this spring, so I won’t be surprised to see the program mix some other guys in with the group. Here’s the preview:

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utah-spring-preview-defensive-tackles

I want to acknowledge this with Halie’s tweet and thank them…

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The ladies did what was expected last night, but they still did it by putting everyone on notice. They were the only team, men’s or women’s, to break the 100-point mark.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/no-2-seed-utah-rolls-past-gardner-webb-in-ncaa-tournament

It’s time for the spring ball previews. With Rising sitting out, will his eventual heir apparent emerge?

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utah-spring-preview-quarterbacks

Let’s talk the running backs. There’s plenty of intrigue around this position because of Jackson’s breakout and and everyone wanting to see what improvements Glover can make.

https://utah.rivals.com/news/utah-spring-preview-running-backs

Starting five: Issy Palmer, Gianna Kneepkins, Jenna Johnson, Kennedy McQueen, Alissa Pili

The state as a whole is just 12-35 in the NCAA Tournament.

For a state with such a rich basketball history, including two top-ten winning programs and solidly consistent schools like Weber and Utah State, that's a pretty abysmal number.

What's funny is that even with Utah being largely mediocre for huge chunks of the last 23 years, they still own about 60% of those NCAA Tournament wins from the state lol

Another to add to the list:

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The D1 transfer portal was extremely hot yesterday. For Utah, Mike Saunders Jr. hitting the portal was expected and also needed for both sides.

Until end of year meetings are over, this is the only anticipated departure. Can something surprise everyone? Absolutely.

Utah will do everything they can to convince Branden Carlson to stay. Marco Anthony has no eligibility left. They’d like Bostyn Holt back, so we’ll see. It’s anticipated that Jaxon Brenchley will choose life after basketball.

So, with Saunders Jr. out, Utah currently has two open scholarships and they want to also keep continuity by avoiding a mass exodus of transfers. They know that’s been a reoccurring issue at Utah for far too long.

If it just remains at two open scholarships, look for them to target size and an athletic point guard. Ideally they’d love to add a physical center and an athletic true point guard. I feel like they need one more shooter, too.

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I caught wind of this being about to happen a couple days ago, but reached out to him to see if he’d chime in since it’s not a typical time to hit the portal. It’s unfortunate. They were anticipating a big role for him in 2023.

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This is great. This is going to stoke flames all day.

This tweet confirms what I’ve heard from three other people over the last week. The remaining Pac-12 members are confident a solid TV deal will get done. I’ve been told for over the last few weeks that the Big 12 was resorting to disinformation tactics, but I wanted to let this play out, as the bickering back and forth has just gotten nasty as hell, at times.

The TV deal is taking longer because the streaming groups that are a part of the bidding rights are new to this game. As has been all along according to my sources — and this tweet is proof of — Utah currently has no interest in the Big 12.

I’m not discrediting some of the reporters that are reporting otherwise. This tweet by Harlan however, shows that he’s sick of the lies being put out there to Big 12 media and some national reporters and I don’t blame him. This whole thing has gotten insane and I continuously hear the remaining Pac-12 schools are in lock-step.

Anyways, this tweet will troll a lot of people today, assure others, and ignite a lot of flames.

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Pretty impressive

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Luke Moga is a name to watch. He’s a high priority for them this coming class. He asked if we could connect later in the week, but this is what he had to say briefly today:

“The back to back champs have established a winning no BS culture throughout the facility. I enjoyed my time.”

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A Ute through and through. Good luck to him. Some thought he might hang it up, but he’ll go into the portal for his final year of eligibility.

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Barton signs a one year deal with the Commanders. I’m surprised it’s only one year. Good for Cody, though! I’m interested to see the what the final figures are.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...mmanders-agree-to-terms-with-cody-barton/amp/

This is from a guy who is unrelated to 247 Sports.

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Jennings had Utah in his final six before going to Texas Tech this year. He’s now in the portal and already hearing from Utah.

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Here’s some Utes nuggets from the Rivals LA Camp Series. I’ll be reach out to some of the guys, as well:

https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-camp-series-rumor-mill-from-los-angeles