What Utah men's basketball thinks it needs more and less of to beat Iowa in Round 2 of the NIT.
Utah Utes center Branden Carlson shoots in the first round of the NIT tournament between the Utah Utes and the UC Irvine Anteaters, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
The Runnin’ Utes have the potentially tall task of knocking off one of those historically successful teams in Iowa, a team that has made the tournament each of the last three seasons. They play the Hawkeyes on Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Huntsman Center in the second round of the NIT. “I just think for us, it’s always about connectivity,” Smith said after Tuesday’s win over UC Irvine. “With the 23 assists tonight, really proud of that. To be able to do that I think just says a lot about where we’re at mentally.”
“You have to be able to come up with those balls,” Smith said. “That’s always been a staple of our teams is to be able to end possessions on the defensive end.”
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