Will Alex Jensen return to Utah and coach the Utes to glory? BYU has a seven-game winning streak after a thrilling 2OT win at 10th ranked Iowa State. Utah State
There are six teams in the middle of the Big 12 standings within two games of each other, from 9-9 to 7-11, going into the regular season’s final week. Utah, at 8-10, is right in the middle of that mix, along with West Virginia.
Javon Small came to pass Tuesday night. And score. And rebound a little, too. Having put the WVU men’s basketball team on his shoulders for the majority of the season, Small did it one more time in what may have been the most critical of times.
On Tuesday morning, national college basketball insider Jon Rothstein reported that former Utah star Alex Jensen, who’s been an assistant coach in the NBA for the past decade-plus, has emerged as a “primary candidate” for the Utes’ vacant head coaching position.
Utah basketball is locked in on its new head coach just over a week after firing Craig Smith during the season.
The Utah basketball program fired head coach Craig Smith midway through its 2024-25 season. That unexpected dismissal came while the team was largely