Utah to take on Washington State in Pac-12 Tournament

THE MATCHUP
Thursday, March 2 | 7 p.m. (MT)
#2 Utah (25-3; 15-3 Pac-12) vs  #7 Washington State (20-10; 9-9 Pac-12)
Location: Michelob Ultra Arena | Las Vegas, Nev.
TV: Pac-12 Network
Radio: ESPN 700  Listen Live Click Here
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Tickets: UtahTickets.com

UTAH IN THE PAC-12 TOURNAMENT

• This week’s tournament will be the Utes’ 11th Pac-12 Tournament. The first appearance for the Utes was the 2012 season.
• Utah holds a 6-11 all-time record in the Pac-12 Tournament. 
• The first win for the Utes in the Pac-12 Tournament came during the 2013 season.
• Last season, the Utes made their first appearance in both the semi-final and championship games. 
• The Utes enter as the two seed, which is the highest seed the Utes have been in the Pac-12 Tournament.
• This will be the third all-time meeting between Washington State and Utah in the Pac-12 Tournament. Utah has an even 1-1 record with WSU.
• Last year Utah took on WSU and picked up a 70-59 win in the quarter final round.
• The first ever matchup between the Cougars and Utes was in 2021 where Utah fell 57-48.

UTAH QUICK NOTES

• Utah claimed its first ever Pac-12 title by taking down No. 3 Stanford 84-78 on Saturday, Feb. 25.
• This is the highest ranked team Utah has ever beat in school history and has a 4-2 record over ranked teams this season.
• Utah’s No. 3 ranking in this week’s AP Polls is the highest ranking in school history.
• Utah has been ranked in the AP poll for 16 consecutive weeks, breaking the program record of nine weeks in a row set in 2001 and the most total weeks ranked in the same season. The Utes have been ranked in the top ten for nine consecutive weeks. 
• This week’s NCAA NET rankings place the Utes at No. 7, second-best among Pac-12 teams behind Stanford (5).
• Utah’s 25-3 overall record on the season is its best through 28 games since 2000-01, where the Utes went 26-3.  
• Utah’s 14-0 start was the second-best in program history (16-0 in 1997-98) and tied for the fourth-best start by any program in Pac-12 history. It’s the best start for Utah in the Pac-12 Era.
• Utah is the nation’s No. 4 scoring team and ranks in the top 10 nationally in six major statistical categories:

  • No. 4 field-goal percentage (48.9)
  • No. 6 scoring margin (+18.5)
  • No. 4 in scoring (84.4)
  • No. 6 in assists (18.6)
  • No. 7 in…