SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah men’s basketball team is set to play in its first postseason tournament in six years when it welcomes in UC Irvine out of the Big West Conference for the first round of the NIT at 9 p.m. (MDT) this Tuesday, March 19, inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Dave Feldman will have the call alongside Corey Williams on ESPN2 as the second-seeded Runnin’ Utes look for their first postseason victory since 2018 – when it advanced to the NIT Championship game.
GAME DAY INFO
-PARKING
Parking will be FREE at several locations around the Jon M. Huntsman Center for fans in attendance. Parking map of the FREE lots can be found here.
-RUNNIN’ UTES EXPRESS SHUTTLE
The Runnin’ Ute Express Shuttle will run as usual for fans on Tuesday for the NIT in its usual routes. Routes and locations of where the shuttle runs can be found on the parking map.
-TRAX
Thanks to UTA for their partnership with Utah Athletics, fans attending the NIT game Tuesday night can ride for FREE with their ticket as part of the #TicketAsFare initiative.
-FLAG POLES
Due to NIT rules, fans CANNOT bring in flag poles and fly them inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
-DOORS OPEN
Doors will open for fans 60 minutes prior to tip-off like it has been all season.
PROTECT THIS HOUSE
Utah enters the NIT with a 14-2 record at home inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center – which the most wins at home since the 2017-18 season when that squad went 14-3. The 2016-17 also went 14-4 at home while the 2014-15 and 2015-16 squads went 16-1 at home, respectively.
UTES IN THE NIT
Utah has had a lot of history with the NIT having won it back in 1947 to go along with four semifinal appearances in the program’s history (1947, 1974, 1992, 2018). Of those four semifinal appearances, the Runnin’ Utes are 1-2 all-time in the championship game.
The Runnin’ Utes enter the NIT 19-14 overall on the year – the most wins since 2017-18 when it last went to NIT Championship game inside Madison Square Garden. Utah finished the final Pac-12 regular-season 9-11 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament.
NIT APPEARANCES
Tuesday’s NIT First Round game vs. UC Irvine will be Utah’s 15th appearance in the National Invitational Tournament all-time. The Utes are 15-13 (.535) all-time previous 14 appearance with a Championship dating back to…
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