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Utah men's basketball coach Jim Boylen was hoping for one more year to rebuild.Instead he lost big in Las Vegas, then lost his job after four seasons.Boylen was fired on Saturday just two days after the Utes ended a second straight losing season by falling to San Diego State in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament in Las Vegas."We had the pieces to build this team forward," Boylen said in a phone interview, speaking of a team that returns nine players."I feel we had an upper-division team (heading into) the Pac 12. It's a tough pill that way. It's not my decision, so you move on."During four seasons at Utah, Boylen was 69-60 overall, including 32-32 in the Mountain West. This season, the Utes lost eight of their last 11 and finished with a 13-18 overall record and 6-10 in the conference. Last season, Utah went 14-17 overall.Athletic director Chris Hill said a national search for a replacement would begin immediately."It's difficult to point to one thing," Hill s...
Utah freshman Henderson suspended for 1 gameMonday, February 01, 2010PrintSALT LAKE CITY Utah freshman Marshall Henderson has been suspended one game for hitting ...
Big men to have big say on Arizona-Utah matchupThursday, March 19, 2009 By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports WriterPrintMIAMI Arizona forward Jordan Hill described the Wild...
Utah holds off San Diego St. for MWC tourney titleSunday, March 15, 2009 By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports WriterPrintLAS VEGAS Shaun Green's teammates couldn't believe ...
Utah suspends player for intentional foulMonday, December 15, 2008E-Mail Print Share:SALT LAKE CITY Utah has suspended guard Luka Drca for two games for an intent...
Utah holds off San Diego St. for MWC tourney titleSaturday, March 14, 2009 By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports WriterPrintLAS VEGAS Luke Nevill scored 10 of his 18 points ...
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Tom Izzo wouldn't even tell one of his young campers if he wants to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers or stay at Michigan State.Izzo was at hi...
Bird, Magic inducted into college hall togetherSunday, November 22, 2009 By JOHN MARSHALL, AP Sports WriterPrintKANSAS CITY, Mo. Larry Bird finished his speech, w...
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State's Tom Izzo squeezes his basketball camps into a 10-day window, trying to focus on teaching fundamentals to kids and freeing...
Boylen wasted no time getting Utah back to NCAAsThursday, March 19, 2009 By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports WriterPrintMIAMI On the day Jim Boylen became Utah's basketbal...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah freshman Marshall Henderson has been suspended one game for hitting a BYU player in a game last week.Utes coach Jim Boylen said Monday tha...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's road to the BCS just became a lot less complicated.As the newest member of the Pac-10, the Utes will be playing for a guaranteed spot in...
The University of Utah hired Nets assistant Larry Krystkowiak as their coach Sunday, picking him to lead the Utes into the Pacific 12 Conference.The move came three ...
The nasty chants that rained down on Jason Washburn during Utah's Pac-12 opener last week were hard to ignore.Instead of being insulted, the Utes' 6-foot-10 center t...
Tom Izzo is trying to take his time as he weighs the pros and cons of leaving to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers or staying at Michigan State.Izzo indicated he's still...
CLEVELAND (AP) — One of college basketball's brightest minds, Tom Izzo is wrestling with a career- and life-changing decision.Michigan State or the Cavaliers? On Cam...
CLEVELAND (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says LeBron James has not spoken to Michigan State's Tom Izzo about Cleveland's coaching vacancy, and the two-t...