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The roster for the Utes this season includes a group of young men who hail from around the country. The team includes Lawrence Borha, Carlon Brown, Jordan Cyphers, Jonathan Downie, Luka Drca, Shaun Green, Morgan Grim, Chrins Hines, Typer Kepkay, Luke Nevill, Josh Sharp, Tre Smith, Jace Tavita, Kim Tillie and Jason Washburn. Making the players toe the line and give every shot the best effort are head coach Jim Boylen, assistant coach Jeff Smith, assistant coach Barret Peery, assistant coach Stan Johnson, director of operations Jon Dykema, basketball trainer Trevor Jameson, director of player development Jason Larson, graduate manager Steven Miller and video coordinator Mark Plaisier. The Utes have taken home 12 victories so far this season, not including their last game loss to UNLV, who beat the Utes by a mere 10 points. With only 7 losses, it looks like the Utes have been doing their homework on the court. Nevill, Borha and Brown are all tied with 19 point scores but only Nevill and Borha are holding at an average of 30.5. The schedule, which started back in early November, comes to a close in March. With more than half of the games already played, the Utes can expect to be able to showcase their talents again with home games that will be held in Salk Lake City against BYU, New Mexico, San Diego state, Air Force, UNLV and TCU. Away games will be held against TCU in Fort Worth, Wyoming in Laramie, Colorado State in Fort Collins, BYU in Provo and New Mexico in Albuquerque. The final game for the Utes is scheduled for March 7, when they will take on TCU at home. Famous players who have gone on from the Utes to play pro basketball include Andrew Bogut, who was the number 1 NBA draft pick in 2005, Andre Miller, Keith Van Horn, Michael Doleac and Arnie Ferrin. Utah basketball has been around for 100 years and in February, a celebration was held where all 16 members of the All-Century team were in attendance. For the weekend of the 15th, the Jon M. Hunstman Center was the location for a game against San Diego. All of the former Utah players were honored at half time. The Huntsman Center plays an important role in the Utes games. Currently attendance at home games in the Hunstman Center rank in the NCAA's top 30. The men's basketball team has one 92 percent of the games played in the Huntsman Center and have a .828 (427-89) average as their all-time record. Interestingly enough, the Utes have also never loss back to back games playing in the Huntsman Center. Seven times the Utes have been unbeaten in the Huntsman Center's 34-year history. The top crowds for basketball at the Huntsman Center have been 15,548 in 1990, 15,644 in 1974, 15,683 in 1981, 15,713 in 1994 and 15,755 in 1995. Perhaps the Utes will top their own tops this year as well in the remainder of games left at home.
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