Utah’s head coach Lynne Roberts watches observe on the Jon M. Huntsman Heart in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday, March 16, 2023. The Utes will face No. 15 seed Gardner-Webb within the first spherical of the NCAA Match on Friday at 5:30 p.m. MDT on the Huntsman Heart. Laura Seitz, Deseret Information
Former College of Utah and Los Angeles Rams kicker Matt Homosexual reportedly signed a four-year, $22.5 million contract with the Indianapolis Colts. Ben VanHouten, Related Press
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In what’s been a historic season for the Utah ladies’s basketball workforce, the Utes made historical past once more on Choice Sunday.
Utah, which captured a share of the Pac-12 championship, earned a No. 2 seed — its highest ever — and can host No. 15 seed Gardner-Webb on Friday.
“This was my imaginative and prescient once I bought right here (eight years in the past),” coach Lynne Roberts informed a big watch-party gathering on the Layton Discipline Membership in Rice-Eccles Stadium.
If the Utes maintain enterprise towards Gardner-Webb, they may face both No. 10 Princeton or No. 7 North Carolina State. Can Utah use its home-court benefit, win two video games and advance to the Candy 16?
“I do know NC State is superb, and Princeton as properly,” Roberts mentioned. “So now we have our work minimize out for us. It's sort of enjoyable to play new groups that you simply don’t know a lot about, and so they don’t know a lot about you, and that's what the NCAA Match is all about. So we're enthusiastic about that, and excited that we get to host. So general, very happy.”
Deseret Information columnist Doug Robinson wrote about how Roberts bought into teaching and has led Utah to a top-10 rating and a No. 2 seed.
In case you missed it
Former Utah placekicker Matt Homosexual has cashed in. Homosexual reportedly signed a four-year, $22.5 million contract with the Indianapolis Colts.
Homosexual’s payday of $5.625 million a yr would make him the second-highest paid kicker within the NFL by yearly wage, behind Baltimore’s Justin Tucker, who averages $6 million per yr.
In three seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, Homosexual made 74 of 80 (92.5%) area aim makes an attempt, together with making 17 from 50-plus yards, and is 95 for 97 on additional factors.
He received Tremendous Bowl 56 with the Rams, making a area aim and two additional factors.
Numbers recreation
2: Seed earned by the Utah ladies’s basketball workforce, the perfect in program historical past.
25-4: Utah’s general file this season.
29-4: General file for Utah’s first-round opponent, Gardner-Webb, which went 18-0 within the Huge South Convention and captured the league match.
From the archives
Further factors
- In response to Pac-12 rumors, Utah’s athletic director says ‘Give me a break.’ Good for him (Deseret Information)
- Runnin’ Utes’ NCAA Match drought hits 7 years (Deseret Information)
- Evaluation: Utah’s early exit in Pac-12 match not a shock to these paying consideration (Deseret Information)
- Novie McCabe repeats as 5K Nordic NCAA champion; Utes climb in standings (Deseret Information)
- Suni Lee sidelined for Auburn’s closing house meet, Jordan Chiles leaving UCLA after this season (Deseret Information)
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Glorious article. Congratulations coach Roberts and the Woman Utes. Her dad and mom have been educating her the significance of listening to your coach. Parental involvement in lots of instances is finest with the encouragement to their kids, He’s the coach; you gotta do what he says.
She listened to an impressive mentor even after enjoying. Now she has assumed the function of mentor and coach and is doing a incredible job. The Woman Utes are in good arms.
Good luck within the NCAA Match.
— NHTransplant
Dropping within the first spherical of the PAC 12 match was a bummer, to make sure. However a few issues about that. One, the Woman Utes had some accidents. Two, they misplaced to a very scorching workforce...Washington State went on to win the tourney crown. With the video games in Salt Lake, at house for the Utes, there is a chance to maneuver on. The Candy Sixteen is inside attain. This can be a particular workforce that might make some noise!! Go Utes!!!
— Stathis
Fairly an accomplishment for these ladies. Now take this chance and make the perfect of it!
— BW_in_WJ
Up subsequent
March 17 | 5:30 p.m. | Girls’s basketball | vs. Gardner Webb | @Salt Lake Metropolis | ESPNU
March 17 | 6 p.m. | Baseball | vs. Arizona State | @Salt Lake Metropolis
March 17 | 7 p.m. | Softball | vs. Arizona | @Tucson | Pac-12 Community
March 18 | 2 p.m. | Softball | vs. Arizona | @Tucson | Pac-12 Community
March 18 | 2 p.m. | Baseball | vs. Arizona State | @Salt Lake Metropolis
March 18 | 6 p.m. | Gymnastics | Pac-12 Championships | @West Valley | Pac-12 Community
March 19 | Midday | Softball | vs. Arizona | @Tucson | Pac-12 Community
March 19 | 1 p.m. | Baseball | vs. Arizona State | @Salt Lake Metropolis
Former College of Utah and Los Angeles Rams kicker Matt Homosexual reportedly signed a four-year, $22.5 million contract with the Indianapolis Colts.
Ben VanHouten, Related Press