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Utah fires Jim Boylen as men's basketball coach after 13-18 season

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...

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