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Utah enters its 93rd season with a 1,452-755 record. The U. ranks ninth in the NCAA in all-time winning percentage with a .658 mark. Utah also ranks 13th in the NCAA in all-time wins, and is one of just 16 schools that have at least 1,400 victories.
The Utes have won three national championships, winning the 1916 AAU championship, 1944 NCAA championship and 1947 NIT title. Utah is one of only 33 schools to win the NCAA Division I men's basketball title.
Who's Back
The Utes welcome back one starter and three other letterwinners from last season, as well as two return missionaries who played on the 1998 Final Four team. Utah went 23-9 overall, advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and tied for the inaugural Mountain West Conference championship with a 10-4 record in 1999-2000.
Junior guard/forward Jeff Johnsen (6-4, 200) averaged 5.9 points and 3.7 rebounds while playing in 32 games and starting five in 1999-2000. A solid defender, Jeff Johnsen was third on the team with 28 steals last season, his first back with the Utes after a two-year LDS church mission. Sophomore forward Mike Puzey (6-8, 215) also returned to the Utes after an LDS church mission last season. He played in 26 games, averaging 2.5 points and 2.6 rebounds.
Who's New
Rick Majerus will have up to seven newcomers this year, including a Division I transfer and a redshirt freshman who sat out last season, two junior college transfers and possibly three freshmen.
Chris Burgess (C, 6-9, 245), who will be a junior, sat out last season after transferring from Duke. The Irvine, Calif., native was a McDonald's High School All-American. He played in 75 games and started 16 in two seasons at Duke, averaging 4.9 points and 3.6 rebounds.
Nick Jacobson (F, 6-3, 185) will be a redshirt freshman after sitting out last season. Jacobson spent his senior year at Roseville (Minn.) High School after playing three seasons at Shanley High School in Fargo, N.D. Jacobson was an honorable mention All-American and a finalist for the Mr. Basketball award in Minnesota in 1998-99, averaging 31.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game.
Junior college transfers Kevin Bradley (G, 6-0, 175) and Travis Spivey (G, 6-2, 200) joined the Utes during the late signing period. Bradley averaged 18.5 points, 4.9 assists and 3.9 boards in 28 games for Compton Community College (Calif.) last season. Bradley graduated from Crenshaw High School in South Central Los Angeles. He redshirted at Irvine Valley College (Calif.) due to a broken foot before transferring to Compton.
Spivey played last season at Salt Lake Community College and was named a second team NJCAA All-American and the Scenic West Conference Player of the Year. He averaged 18.2 points, 9.3 assists and 8.3 rebounds, and had a 2.2 assists/turnover ratio at SLCC. The Myrtle Beach, S.C., native started as a freshman at Georgia Tech before transferring to Iowa State, where he sat out the 1998-99 season.
During the early signing period last fall, the Utes landed Jon Godfread (F, 6-11, 250) from Red River High School in Grand Forks, N.D. Godfread was the 1999-2000 Gatorade North Dakota Player of the Year and a first-team all-state selection. He averaged 20.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game as a senior.
Lance Allred, a 1999 graduate of Salt Lake City East High School, also signed with the Utes last fall after electing not to go on an LDS Church mission. Allred was a gray shirt and a part-time student at the U. during the 1999-2000 academic year. He will join the Utes with full eligibility in the fall. Allred was the 1998-99 Utah Gatorade Player of the Year and a first team all-state selection. He averaged 17.3 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.7 blocked shots per game as a senior.
Utah also signed Marc Jackson (G, 6-2, 180) from Olympus High School in Salt Lake City during the late signing period. Jackson may play for the the Utes this season or elect to go on an LDS Church mission. He was named the 1999-2000 Class 4A MVP by the Salt Lake Tribune and Defensive Player of the Year by the Deseret News. Jackson averaged 27.2 points to lead the state in scoring as a senior, as well as 7.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game.
Take Note of Nate
Senior 6-11 center Nate Althoff stepped up his play considerably during the 1999-2000 season. The Dealno, Minn. (Delano HS) product was fourth on the team in scoring (9.5 ppg) and and third in rebounding (4.7 rpg) last season, and is the leading returner in both categories. Althoff had two 20-point games and 13 double-figure scoring games last season.
The Utes' "Big Man" followed-up his player of the week honor with 17 points (8-of-12 FG), a game-high eight rebounds and two blocked shots in 21 minutes against New Mexico on Feb. 19. He recorded his first career double-double with 13 points and a personal-best 11 rebounds against BYU in the semifinals of the MWC Tournament.
In his last 10 years, Majerus has averaged 26 wins per year. He has won eight conference championships--including six straight (the last being the inaugural Mountain West Conference title). He has taken the Utes to eight NCAA Tournaments and has never lost a first-round game. In that time, he has led Utah to the Sweet 16 four times, the Elite Eight twice and one Final Four. He also took Ball State to the NCAA Tourney back in 1989.
Three Utes with National Championship Game Experience
Utah will have three players on its 1999-2000 roster that have played in a national championship game. Two of them played for Utah in the 1998 national championship game, which resulted in a 78-69 loss to Kentucky. Britton Johnsen and Trace Caton, who are returning from two-year LDS church missions and will be sophomores this season, played as freshmen in that game. Johnsen had seven points (3-for-4 FG, 1-for-2 3FG) and four rebounds in 16 minutes, while Caton missed his only field goal attempt in five minutes. Senior center Nate Althoff was a freshman on that `97-98 Utah team, but did not play in the national championship game.
Did Somebody Say McDonald's?
For the first time in school history this season, Utah will have two players on its roster who were McDonald's High School All-Americans. Sophomore 6-9, 200-pound forward Britton Johnsen, coming off of a two-year LDS church mission, averaged 22.0 points and 11.0 rebounds as a senior at Murray High School (Utah). Junior 6-9, 245-pound center/forward Chris Burgess, in his first season back on the court after transferring from Duke, averaged 23.5 points, 12.0 rebounds, 4.0 blocked shots and 4.0 assists in his final season at Woodbridge High School in Irvine, Calif.
All in the Family
Utah will have one of 11 brother combinations in NCAA Division I this season in Jeff and Britton Johnsen. The Johnsens, who hail from Murray, Utah, haven't played together for four years. Jeff (G/F, 6-4, 200), who will be a junior this season, began his career at Utah in 1996-97 before going on a two-year LDS church mission to Fresno, Calif. He averaged 5.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 32 games last season with five starts. Britton (F, 6-9, 200), who will resume his Utah career as a sophomore this season, played for the Utes in 1997-98 before going on his LDS church mission to Houston, Texas. He averaged 3.5 points and 1.0 rebounds in 21 games as a freshman. The last season the Johnsens played together, they led Murray High School to the Utah 4A state title in 1996.
Rick Majerus has literally made his program a family affair at Utah. The Johnsens are the fifth set of brothers to play for Majerus spanning his 11-year career at the U. However, they are the first to play together.
Nine Utah Games Scheduled for National and Regional TV
The Utes are scheduled to make two appearances on ABC, three on ESPN, one on ESPN2, three on ESPN Regional Television and 10 on KJZZ-TV in 2000-01. Their nine network television appearances is the most among Mountain West Conference teams. ABC will broadcast Utah's home game with UNLV on Jan. 13 to a regional audience at 1:30 p.m. (MST). The Utes and Rebels tied for the inaugural Mountain West Conference championship last season, both advancing to the NCAA Tournament. Utah's interleague battle with Louisville of Conference USA on Feb. 17 at the Huntsman Center is tentatively set to be televised nationally by ABC at 11:00 a.m. (MST).
Utah will make the first of four appearances on ESPN's "Big Monday" against Wyoming in the conference opener on Jan. 8 at 10:00 p.m. (MST) in Salt Lake City. The Utes will also play Brigham Young in Provo on Jan. 29 and Colorado State in Salt Lake City on Feb. 19 on ESPN. Utah's fourth appearance on "Big Monday," televised by ESPN2, will come against UNLV on Feb. 12 in Las Vegas.
ESPN Regional Television, which syndicates games over-the-air under the moniker of ESPN+Plus, will show three Utah games on Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. (MST) as part of the Mountain West Conference "Game of the Week" package. The Utes' games at Wyoming on Jan. 20, against Brigham Young in Salt Lake City on Feb. 24 and at New Mexico on March 3 will be televised by ESPN Regional and shown in the Salt Lake market on KJZZ-TV. Eleven additional Ute games, including six conference contests, will also be shown on KJZZ-TV, which has the rights to Utah's local television package for the sixth consecutive season. The tentative KJZZ-TV schedule features the John Wooden Classic against USC (Dec. 2), road games against Pepperdine (Dec. 19), Texas (Dec. 30), Colorado State (Jan. 22), San Diego State (Feb. 10) and Air Force (Mar. 1), and home games against Weber State (Dec. 9), Washington State (Dec. 16), San Diego State (Jan. 15), Air Force (Feb. 3) and New Mexico (Feb. 5). In all, 20 Ute games will be televised this season, including all 14 Mountain West Conference games.
Seven Postseason Participants on Utah's Nonconference Schedule
The Utes' pre-league schedule features games against six NCAA Tournament teams, one NIT participant and five regular season conference champions from a year ago. The Utes' November schedule is highlighted by the Puerto Rico Shootout over Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 23-25). In addition to the Utes, the tournament field includes defending Pac-10 Conference champion Stanford, Georgia, Miami of Ohio, defending Missouri Valley Conference title winner Indiana State, Memphis, Old Dominion and American University of Puerto Rico.