# 2014–15 Utah Utes men's basketball team

The 2014–15 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah as members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Utes were led by fourth year head coach Larry Krystkowiak. They finished the season 26–9, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Stephen F. Austin in the second round and Georgetown in the third round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to Duke.

## Previous season

The 2013–14 Utah Utes finished the season with an overall record of 21–12, and 9–9 in the Pac–12. In the 2014 Pac–12 Tournament, the Utes defeated Washington before losing to Arizona in the quarterfinals, 39–71. The Utes received an at–large bid to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament where they were defeated by Saint Mary's in the first round.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Renan Lenz | 10 | F | 6'9" | 221 | Senior | Santo Ângelo, Brazil | Graduated. |
| Xan Ricketts | 40 | F | 6'7" | 217 | RS Junior | Sandy, Utah | Left team for personal reasons. |
| Marko Kovacevic | 1 | F | 6'11" | 235 | Junior | Belgrade, Serbia | Left team to return to Serbia to address unspecified family issues. |
| Princeton Onwas | 3 | G/F | 6'5" | 210 | Junior | Katy, Texas | Elected to transfer. |
| Connor Van Brocklin | 0 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Junior | Fruit Heights, Utah | Elected to transfer. |
| Ahmad Fields | 13 | G | 6'5" | 190 | Freshman | Washington, D.C. | Elected to transfer. |
| Parker Van Dyke | 5 | G | 6'3" | 170 | Freshman | Salt Lake City, Utah | Left team to go on 2 year LDS Mission. Eligibility will be frozen while on mission. |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Chris Reyes | | F | 6'7" | 205 | Sophomore | La Verne, California | Junior College transfer from Citrus College. |

### 2014 recruiting class

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Brekkott Chapman PF | Roy, UT | Roy HS | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | Jul 29, 2013 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ||||||
| Kyle Kuzma SF | Burton, MI | Rise Academy | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Aug 30, 2013 |
| Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ||||||
| Isaiah Wright PG | Boise, ID | Borah HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Sep 1, 2013 |
| Star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Utah Utes Basketball Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 17, 2014. ||||||

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2014* 8:30 pm, P12N | | Pacific | W 98–38 | | Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/14/2014* 8:00 pm, P12N | | Ball State | W 90–72 | 1–0 | Huntsman Center (9,855) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 11/18/2014* 2:00 pm, ESPN | No. 25 | at No. 16 San Diego State ESPN College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon | L 49–53 | 1–1 | Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA |
| 11/21/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 25 | UC Riverside | W 88–42 | 2–1 | Huntsman Center (N/A) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 11/26/2014* 6:00 pm, P12N | | UT Pan American Global Sports Showcase | W 85–48 | 3–1 | Huntsman Center (9,487) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 11/28/2014* 8:00 pm, P12N | | North Dakota Global Sports Showcase | W 90–53 | 4–1 | Huntsman Center (9,794) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 11/29/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N | | Alabama State Global Sports Showcase | W 93–62 | 5–1 | Huntsman Center (9,921) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/03/2014* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 25 | No. 8 Wichita State | W 69–68 $^{OT}$ | 6–1 | Huntsman Center (14,319) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/10/2014* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 13 | at BYU Old Oquirrh Bucket/Deseret First Duel | W 65–61 | 7–1 | Marriott Center (20,900) Provo, UT |
| 12/13/2014* 1:15 pm, ESPN | No. 13 | vs. No. 10 Kansas Sprint Center Showcase | L 60–63 | 7–2 | Sprint Center (17,627) Kansas City, MO |
| 12/20/2014* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 | No. 14 | vs. UNLV MGM Grand Garden Showcase | W 59–46 | 8–2 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV |
| 12/23/2014* 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 14 | South Dakota State | W 80–66 | 9–2 | Huntsman Center (10,322) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/30/2014* 7:30 pm, P12N | No. 10 | Carroll (MT) | W 85–49 | 10–2 | Huntsman Center (9,527) Salt Lake City, UT |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2015 8:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 10 | USC | W 79–55 | 11–2 (1–0) | Huntsman Center (14,140) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/04/2015 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | UCLA | W 71–39 | 12–2 (2–0) | Huntsman Center (10,566) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/07/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 9 | Colorado | W 74–49 | 13–2 (3–0) | Huntsman Center (13,876) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/15/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 8 | at Arizona State | W 76–59 | 14–2 (4–0) | Wells Fargo Arena (9,831) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/17/2015 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at No. 10 Arizona | L 51–69 | 14–3 (4–1) | McKale Center (14,655) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/21/2015 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 12 | Washington State | W 86–64 | 15–3 (5–1) | Huntsman Center (12,691) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/25/2015 6:30 pm, ESPNU | No. 12 | Washington | W 77–56 | 16–3 (6–1) | Huntsman Center (13,047) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/29/2015 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 11 | at UCLA | L 59–69 | 16–4 (6–2) | Pauley Pavilion (7,008) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/01/2015 12:30 pm, ESPNU | No. 11 | at USC | W 67–39 | 17–4 (7–2) | Galen Center (2,835) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/07/2015 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 13 | at Colorado | W 79–51 | 18–4 (8–2) | Coors Events Center (9,907) Boulder, CO |
| 02/12/2015 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | Stanford | W 75–59 | 19–4 (9–2) | Huntsman Center (15,018) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/15/2015 6:30 pm, ESPNU | No. 11 | California | W 76–61 | 20–4 (10–2) | Huntsman Center (14,159) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/19/2015 10:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at Oregon State | W 47–37 | 21–4 (11–2) | Gill Coliseum (6,124) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/22/2015 1:00 pm, FS1 | No. 9 | at Oregon | L 58–69 | 21–5 (11–3) | Matthew Knight Arena (10,725) Eugene, OR |
| 02/26/2015 8:30 pm, FS1 | No. 13 | Arizona State | W 83–41 | 22–5 (12–3) | Huntsman Center (14,185) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/28/2015 7:00 pm, ESPN | No. 13 | No. 7 Arizona | L 57–63 | 22–6 (12–4) | Huntsman Center (15,165) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 03/05/2015 9:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 13 | at Washington State | W 67–59 | 23–6 (13–4) | Beasley Coliseum (2,690) Pullman, WA |
| 03/07/2015 2:30 pm, P12N | No. 13 | at Washington | L 68–77 | 23–7 (13–5) | Alaska Airlines Arena (7,386) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-12 tournament ||||||
| 03/12/2015 9:30 pm, ESPN | (3) No. 17 | vs. (6) Stanford Quarterfinals | W 80–56 | 24–7 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV |
| 03/13/2015 9:30 pm, ESPN | (3) No. 17 | vs. (2) Oregon Semifinals | L 64–67 | 24–8 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (12,916) Paradise, NV |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/19/2015* 4:27 pm, truTV | (5 S) No. 19 | vs. (12 S) Stephen F. Austin Second round | W 57–50 | 25–8 | Moda Center (14,279) Portland, OR |
| 03/19/2015* 5:45 pm, CBS | (5 S) No. 19 | vs. (4 S) No. 22 Georgetown Third round | W 75–64 | 26–8 | Moda Center (17,370) Portland, OR |
| 03/27/2015* 7:45 pm, CBS | (5 S) No. 19 | vs. (1 S) No. 4 Duke Sweet Sixteen | L 57–63 | 26–9 | NRG Stadium (21,168) Houston, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region S=South. ||||||

## Ranking movement

Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Post | Final |
| AP | 25 т | 25 | RV | 25 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 19 | N/A |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 15 |