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A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
THE GIACOLETTI ERA BEGINS A new era in Utah basketball began on March 31, 2004 when Ray Giacoletti was named the 13th head coach in the program’s history. As he embarks on his first season at Utah, Giacoletti directs the 10th-winningest program in the history of college basketball. Giacoletti has a 117-83 career record in seven seasons as a head coach and has never had a losing season. Before coming to the U., Giacoletti went 69-50 in four years at Eastern Washington. His .707 winning percentage (41-17) in Big Sky Conference games ranked seventh in league history. Giacoletti led Eastern Washington to its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth in 2004. The Eagles won 14 of their last 18 games—including 11 straight victories—to capture the Big Sky regular season and tournament titles. In the first round of the NCAA's, Giacoletti coached EWU to a 36-36 tie at halftime before it succumbed to eventual Final Four participant Oklahoma State. A native of Peoria, Ill., Giacoletti started his head coaching career at North Dakota State, directing the NCAA Division II program to a 48-33 record in three years (1997-2000).
A TOP NOTCH COACHING STAFF Ray Giacoletti has assembled an excellent staff at Utah with a combined 61 years of experience at the collegiate level. Giacoletti has been in college coaching for 18 years. • Randy Rahe comes to the U. after spending the past 13 years at Utah State and Colorado State, helping to lead teams to three NCAA Tournaments. He has been a college assistant coach for 16 years overall. • Marty Wilson assisted in building four NCAA Tournament teams combined at UC Santa Barbara and Pepperdine. He has coached at the college level for 12 years.
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“Everything starts at the defensive end of the floor. We try to set goals with everything we do. If we can get stops or create turnovers defensively, then we want to get out and run and have the opportunity to get easy baskets. We want to run, but it has to start with getting it done on the defensive end first.”
• Mike Score, a 10-year veteran in college basketball, helped direct Southeastern Community College to the 2000 NJCAA Championship. He has also worked at Eastern Washington and Washington. • Chris Jones was previously on the Utah staff for three years in the mid-’90s. During that time the Utes played in three NCAA Tournaments, including the 1997 Elite Eight. He has worked five years at the college level.
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“We're a young, energetic staff that has great experience. Each one of our coaches has been successful at various levels of college basketball. Utah is a place with great tradition and history, and the facilities that we have on campus are second to none. There's a host of advantages and opportunities here.”
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Ray Giacoletti (right) with assistant coaches Randy Rahe (left) and Marty Wilson (center).
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CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
MOST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL-TIME Team Outright Shared Total Kansas 36 11 47 Kentucky 33 9 42 Western Kentucky 33 5 38 North Carolina 20 12 32 Utah 17 10 27 UCLA 25 2 27 7. Cincinnati 24 2 26 Connecticut 22 4 26 9. Princeton 17 7 24 Arkansas 16 8 24 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE LAST 10 YEARS (1995-2004) CHAMPIONSHIPS AND POSTSEASON APPEARANCES SINCE 1990 Conference Champions 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
NIT 1992, 2001
NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998
NIT Final Four 1992
NCAA Elite Eight 1997, 1998
Conference Tournament Champions 1995, 1997, 1999, 2004
NCAA Tournament 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
NCAA Final Four 1998
The Utah basketball program has become one of the nation’s best since the beginning of the 1990s. From its record on the court to academic success in the classroom, there are few teams in the country that can compare to the Utes’ accomplishments.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Team Kentucky Kansas College of Charleston Duke Stanford Connecticut Utah Cincinnati Arizona Gonzaga
W 288 283 241 276 250 272 254 257 253 242
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Pct. .818 .813 .798 .793 .791 .784 .777 .776 .771 .754
• Utah has a long-standing basketball tradition, winning 27 conference titles all-time to tie for the fifth-most in NCAA history. • Over the last 10 years, the Utes have gone 254-73 (.777) to record the seventhbest winning percentage in NCAA Division I. • During the decade of the ‘90s, the Utes won the eighth-most games in NCAA Division I with a 250-76 record. Utah’s .767 winning percentage over that 10-year period also ranked as the eighth-best in the nation. • Utah has played in 11 NCAA Tournaments in the past 15 years—including nine in the last 10 years. Since 1990, the Utes have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen four times, the Elite Eight twice and the national championship game in 1998. • Utah placed third in the 1992 NIT Final Four. • Since 1990, the Runnin’ Utes have finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the national polls four times. Utah finished in the top 10 three consecutive years from 1997-99.
All-American Keith Van Horn was mobbed by his teammates after hitting the game-winning shot for the second night in a row in the 1997 WAC Tournament semifinals against New Mexico.
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• Utah won at least 27 games over the course of five seasons from 1994-95 through 1998-99. Only 13 times has an NCAA Division I program won 25 games in five consecutive seasons.
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• Utah posted a school-record 30 wins in 1990-91 and again in 1997-98. • Since 1990, Utah players have been named AllAmerica five times—twice consensus choices— Academic All-America four times, conference player of the year eight times, and first team all-conference 20 times.
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UTAH’S SEASON END RANKINGS SINCE 1990
1990-91 1992-93 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99
AP Poll 10 19 19 12 2 7 6
Coaches Poll 10 16 22 12 6 2 10
Far Left: Utah played Kentucky for the 1998 NCAA Championship at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The Utes were led by three Academic All-Americans (left to right): Drew Hansen, Hanno Möttölä and Michael Doleac. Immediate Left: Utah fans, shown here at the 1998 Final Four, have had a lot to cheer about in recent years.
DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS One of Utah’s traditions that Ray Giacoletti will look to continue is a stifling half-court defense. Since 1989-90, Utah has ranked in the top 30 in the nation 12 times in scoring defense, 10 times in rebound margin, eight times in field goal percentage defense and eight times in scoring margin. • In 2003-04, Utah ranked fifth in the nation in both scoring defense and rebound margin. • The Utes have ranked in the top 15 in the NCAA in scoring defense seven times in the last 15 years. • Utah has been ranked among the top 30 teams in the nation in rebound margin eight of the last 10 years.
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UTAH IN THE NCAA STATISTICS TOP 30 SINCE 1989-90 Scoring Defense 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
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17th (64.8) --10th (64.2) 22nd (9.6) 8th (61.6) ----16th (11.4) ----21st (64.9) 12th (12.7) 19th (63.9) 8th (12.9) --7th (12.8) 4th (57.6) 16th (12.4) 4th (55.4) 5th (15.9) 20th (61.8) --23rd (63.1) 29th (8.7) 13th (61.3) --14th (60.3) --5th (57.4) ---
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Field Goal 3-Pt. FG Free Throw Win/Loss Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage
--25th (42.1) 6th (39.8) 4th (40.3) --15th (39.8) 14th (40.0) 7th (38.2) 6th (38.6) 29th (39.5) -----------
--30th (5.0) 10th (6.6) ----4th (9.8) 3rd (9.6) 15th (6.5) 1st (10.0) 9th (8.2) 26th (4.8) 15th (6.4) ----5th (7.4)
------23rd (49.3) --18th (48.3) 19th (48.1) 5th (49.6) 22nd (48.0) 13th (47.7) 12th (48.2) ------30th (47.1)
------------10th (41.0) 1st (79.1) 13th (39.6) 7th (74.7) --12th (74.3) --1st (78.4) --25th (72.5) --27th (73.0) ----19th (38.7) ------8th (40.5) --33rd (38.1) --21st (38.7) ---
--4th (88.2) --19th (77.4) --7th (82.4) 15th (79.4) 4th (87.9) 6th (88.2) 6th (84.8) -----------
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CONFERENCE DOMINATION A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
The Utes lay claim to one of the nation’s best conference championship runs over the past 14 seasons. Since 1990-91, Utah has won 10 regular-season conference titles. Cincinnati (Conference USA) and Kentucky (SEC) won regular-season titles in their respective leagues in 2003-04 to draw even with Utah for the top mark. • The Runnin’ Utes have won a share of three Mountain West Conference regular-season titles in five seasons, were the WAC champions their last five years in the league (winning division titles the last three years) and also claimed WAC titles in 1991 and ‘93.
MOST REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE TITLES SINCE 1990-91 Team Utah Cincinnati Kentucky Kansas Murray State Valparaiso Chattanooga Penn Princeton
Conference(s) WAC/Mountain West Great Midwest/C-USA SEC Big 8/Big 12 Ohio Valley Mid-Continent Southern Ivy Ivy
(Includes shared titles and divisional titles)
Titles 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8
• Utah’s seven consecutive conference championships from 1995-2001 was the sixth-longest string of league titles in NCAA Division I history. UCLA won 13 consecutive conference titles (1967-79), UNLV captured 10 championships Utah won the 2004 Mountain West Conference Tournament at the in a row (1983-92), Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo. Kentucky (1944-52) and Western Kentucky (1932-40) claimed nine straight, while Cincinnati took eight in a row (19952002). • The Runnin’ Utes have won four conference tournament titles since 1995. Utah won the Mountain West Conference Tournament in 2004.
MARCH MADNESS The thrill of playing in the NCAA Tournament, the premiere event in college basketball, has been a regular occurrence for Utah over the past four decades. Since 1990-91, the Utes have also made 11 appearances in the “Big Dance,” including nine trips in the last 10 years. • Since 1975 when the NCAA Tournament field was expanded to 32 teams, Utah ranks tied for 19th in appearances (17), tied for 21st in wins (22), tied for 22nd in games played (39), and tied for 16th in Sweet Sixteen appearances (8). • All time, the Utes are 33-28 (.541) in NCAA Tournament play with four NCAA Final Four appearances (1944, 1961, 1966, 1998). Utah is tied for 11th all-time in NCAA Tournament appearances (25) and is tied for 10th in games played (61).
The Utes celebrate their 2003 NCAA Tournament first round win over Oregon in Nashville.
NCAA SWEET SIXTEENS LAST 30 YEARS Team 1. Kentucky North Carolina 3. Duke 4. Indiana Kansas Louisville Syracuse UCLA 9. Arizona Connecticut Maryland 12. Arkansas 13. Georgetown Michigan State UNLV 16. Utah Alabama Notre Dame Oklahoma
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1998 NCAA FINAL FOUR Knocking off two No. 1 seeds along the way, the Runnin’ Utes captured the hearts of basketball fans across the nation by advancing to the 1998 NCAA title game at the Alamodome in San Antonio. By defeating the top seed in the West and defending national champion Arizona 76-51 in the regional final, the Utes, seeded third in the region, advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the first time in 32 years. Led by West Regional MVP Andre Miller and another rising star, Michael Doleac, Utah had become a true Cinderella story heading into the nation-
al semifinal game against No. 1 ranked North Carolina. The Utes knocked off the Tar Heels 65-59 to advance to the school’s first NCAA Championship game since 1944. Utah jumped out to a 12-point lead over Kentucky in the national final before the Wildcats’ depth allowed UK to prevail 78-69. The 1997-98 team began the season with a school record 18-0 start and tied the 1990-91 squad for the most wins in Utah history with a 30-4 record.
Top left: Michael Doleac, Andre MIller and Drew Hansen field questions from the media at a press conference. Top right: The tip-off of the national championship game between the Utes and Kentucky. Right: Utah’s 1998 national runnerup trophy. Bottom right: Utah fans celebrate with Swoop and the cheerleaders at a Final Four pep rally on San Antonio’s famed river walk. Bottom left: The Utes take the floor of the Alamodome.
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USA BASKETBALL A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
One of the greatest honors that can be bestowed upon an athlete is the opportunity to represent their country in international competition. The Utes have been heavily involved with USA Basketball in recent years. Andre Miller and Michael Doleac played for the USA Basketball 22 and Under World Championship Team in 1997. Team USA went 6-2 at the tournament in Melbourne, Australia. Miller returned the next year as the starting point guard for the gold medal winning 1998 USA Basketball Goodwill Games Team that competed in New York. Miller also played on the Goodwill Games team that took home the gold from Brisbane, Australia, in 2001 and started for the World Championships team in 2002.
Left: Andre Miller playing in the 2001 Goodwill Games in Australia. Right: Michael Doleac playing on the USA 22 and Under World Championships Team in 1997.
THE OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE Ute sophomore Andrew Bogut experienced the thrill of representing his country by playing for the Australian National Team in the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens, Greece. Bogut, a native of Melbourne, was second-youngest player to ever make the Australian National team. He started all five Olympic games for the Boomers, averaging 14.8 points per contest. At the end of the preliminary rounds, Bogut ranked fourth in the tournament in rebounds (8.8 rpg), fifth in blocked shots (1.2 bpg) and fourth in field goal percentage (.580). In the summer of 2003, Bogut was named the MVP of the FIBA Junior World Championships in Greece after leading the Aussies to the title. In eight games in the tournament, Bogut averaged 26.3 points, 17.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 blocked shots per game. He had 22 points and 18 rebounds in a 106-85 win over the USA in the quarterfinals of the medal round.
Left: Andrew Bogut in his 2004 Australian National Team uniform. Right: Bogut playing in the 2003 FIBA Junior World Championships.
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PLAYING AT THE NEXT LEVEL A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Utah Basketball has a proven track record of producing future NBA players. Twenty-five Utes have been taken in the NBA Draft since 1970 alone. Six Utes have been drafted in the past 15 years, while one more player made an NBA roster as a free agent. • The Utes had one player taken in the NBA Draft four consecutive years from 1997-2000. • Utah was equaled only by Duke with three NBA Draft lottery picks (top 13) from 1997-99. • Keith Van Horn, Michael Doleac, Andre Miller and Hanno Möttölä were taken in the NBA Draft from 1997 through 2000. Britton Johnsen made the Orlando Magic roster as a free agent in 2003-04. • Ute players have been ready to contribute immediately at the next level. Keith Van Horn in 1997-98 and Andre Miller in 1999-2000 made the NBA all-rookie first team, while Michael Doleac made the all-rookie second team in 1998-99. • Hanno Möttölä became the first Finnish player in the NBA, playing two seasons with the Atlanta Hawks.
UTAH’S NBA DRAFT PICKS SINCE 1990 Year 1993 1993 1997 1998 1999 2000
Player Josh Grant Byron Wilson Keith Van Horn Michael Doleac Andre Miller Hanno Möttölä
Rd. 2 2 1 1 1 2
No. 43 54 2 12 8 40
Team Denver Nuggets Phoenix Suns Philadelphia 76ers * Orlando Magic Cleveland Cavaliers Atlanta Hawks
* Traded to New Jersey after the draft
Andre Miller, who led the NBA in assists in 2001-02, was featured in the August 12, 2002 issue of Sports Illustrated after being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Top: Keith Van Horn is congratulated by NBA Commissioner David Stern after being taken as the second overall pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. Van Horn is Utah’s highest draft pick of the modern era. Below: Van Horn was a starter for New Jersey in the 2002 NBA Finals.
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Josh Grant
Keith Van Horn
Michael Doleac
• Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the second round (43rd overall) in 1993 • Played for the Golden State Warriors in 1993-94
• Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round (2nd overall) in 1997 • Currently with the Milwaukee Bucks
• Drafted by the Orlando Magic in the first round (12th overall) in 1993 • Currently with the Denver Nuggets
Andre Miller
Hanno Möttölä
Britton Johnsen
• Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round (8th overall) in 1999 • Currently with the Denver Nuggets
• Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round (40th overall) in 2000 • Played his final season with the Hawks in 2001-02
• Signed with the Orlando Magic as a free agent in 2003 • Currently with the New Orleans Hornets
Logos used with the permission of NBA Properties, Inc.
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COMMITMENT TO ACADEMICS For everything Utah’s student-athletes have achieved on the court, they have been equally successful in the classroom. In Ray Giacoletti’s program, the focus is on developing well-rounded student-athletes in the classroom, on the court and in their personal lives. • In the last seven years, Utah has had four Academic All-Americans, more than any other NCAA Division I program. Michael Doleac and Drew Hansen were both named to the Verizon Academic AllAmerica team as seniors in 1997-98. Hanno Möttölä was named to the second team in 1998-99 and the third team in 1999-2000. • With Doleac and Hansen, Utah became the first NCAA Final Four team to have two Academic AllAmericans in its starting lineup in 1998. • The past 15 seasons, 44 Utes have made the academic honor roll a combined 174 times with a 3.00 GPA or better for a semester. • Utah has had an academic all-conference honoree every year since 1989-90; 10 times the Utes have had multiple academic all-conference selections. In all, Utah players have earned academic all-conference recognition 40 times in the past 15 years.
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“We want to be a part of three areas of a young man's life: as a person, as a student, and as a basketball player. Those are the three facets that we concentrate on and try to help them develop. If a young man is doing well in all three of those areas of his life, then he's going to optimize his level success. If one area has some issues or some problems, it's going to bring down the other two. So we work to make sure the student-athlete is excelling in all of those areas.”
Hanno Möttölä was a two-time Academic AllAmerican. A native of Finland, Möttölä graduated from the U. with a degree in economics in 2000.
PROFESSORS ON UTAH BASKETBALL IN THE CLASSROOM Edward M. Trujillo
Dale A. Lund
Associate Professor of Chemical & Fuels Engineering
Professor of Geroutology & Sociology
Featured with junior chemical & fuels and engineering major Chris Jackson, Dean’s List, and Academic All-MWC selection
Featured with junior premusic major Tim Drisdom, honor roll student
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“Chris is one of our top chemical engineering students, which is one of the hardest majors at the University. He’s been doing extremely well, and I presented him with an award at a seminar as the outstanding sophomore chemical engineering student in our class. I know the athletics department emphasizes academics strongly, and it’s been terrific. They put a strong emphasis on academics and I applaud them for that effort.”
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“I am delighted to have men's basketball players in my classes because they bring with them an unusually high level of discipline and commitment to learning. They have already learned how to manage their time and are eager to do well because they know they are expected to excel academically. It has been personally rewarding for me to follow many of these student-athletes after they leave campus and observe how they value their educational experiences at the University of Utah and how it enhances their daily lives.”
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ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUCCESS STORIES A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Larry Cain
Trace Caton
Michael Doleac
Drew Hansen
Lettered 1989-90 through ‘92-93 ... team captain in 1992-93 ... threetime academic all-WAC ... graduated from the University of Utah Medical School in 1997 ... practicing medicine in Pocatello, Idaho.
Lettered in 1997-98 and 2000-01 through ‘02-03 ... team captain in 2002-03 ... three-time academic allMWC ... earned a spanish degree from the U. ... also took pre-med prerequisites and is applying for medical school ... began working for the Lung Health Study at the U. Research Park in the fall of 2003 ... married Brittny Tripp on Aug. 10, 2002 ... the couple is expecting a daughter in late December.
Lettered 1994-95 through ‘97-98 ... team captain in 1997-98 ... Academic All-American in 1997-98 ... playing with the Denver Nuggets in his seventh season in the NBA ... came back to take course work during the off-season and earned a biology degree in the summer of 2002 ... aspires to attend medical school ... engaged to former Ute All-American gymnast Shannon Bowles.
Lettered 1994-95 through ‘97-98 ... team captain in 1997-98 ... Academic All-American in 1997-98 ... Rhodes Scholar candidate, NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner and finalist for the Walter Byers Award, the NCAA’s highest academic award ... graduated from Stanford Law School in May of 2001 ... works for a law firm in Covina, Calif. ... married to former Utah women’s basketball player Emily Jensen.
Jeremy Killion
Andre Miller
Terry Preston
Mark Rydalch
Lettered 1998-99 through ‘99-00 ... academic all-MWC in 1999-2000 ... graduated in 2000 with a degree in communication ... worked for Pacific Life Investment and Insurance Company in Newport Beach, Calif., after graduating ... currently lives in Phoenix, Ariz., and works for Pfizer Pharmecuticals.
Lettered 1995-96 through ‘98-99 ... team captain in 1998-99 ... one of the first academic non-qualifiers in NCAA history to earn his degree in four years and gain back his fourth year of eligibility ... received his degree in sociology/criminology in 1998 ... took graduate course work in 1998-99 ... currently playing with the Denver Nuggets in his sixth year in the NBA ... has a son (Duane).
Lettered 1993-94 through ‘95-96 ... three-time academic all-WAC ... finished degree in exercise and sport science in 1996 ... earned MBA in the spring of 2001 ... worked for the U. as Crimson Club Director ... joined Guidant medical device company in May of 2001 ... he and his wife, former Ute All-American gymnast Aimee Trepanier, live in Park City, Utah ... they have a son (Chase), a daughter (Olivia) and are expecting a child.
Lettered 1992-93 through ‘95-96 ... graduated in 1996 with a degree in finance ... former financial advisor for First Union Securities ... currently works for Rydalch Electric as business development director ... in his fifth season as Utah basketball radio analyst for Hot Ticket 700 ... he and his wife, Amy, have two sons (Trevor and Jacob) and a daughter (Rachel).
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THE GIACOLETTI ERA BEGINS A new era in Utah basketball began on March 31, 2004 when Ray Giacoletti was named the 13th head coach in the program’s history. As he embarks on his first season at Utah, Giacoletti directs the 10th-winningest program in the history of college basketball. Giacoletti has a 117-83 career record in seven seasons as a head coach and has never had a losing season. Before coming to the U., Giacoletti went 69-50 in four years at Eastern Washington. His .707 winning percentage (41-17) in Big Sky Conference games ranked seventh in league history. Giacoletti led Eastern Washington to its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth in 2004. The Eagles won 14 of their last 18 games—including 11 straight victories—to capture the Big Sky regular season and tournament titles. In the first round of the NCAA's, Giacoletti coached EWU to a 36-36 tie at halftime before it succumbed to eventual Final Four participant Oklahoma State. A native of Peoria, Ill., Giacoletti started his head coaching career at North Dakota State, directing the NCAA Division II program to a 48-33 record in three years (1997-2000).
A TOP NOTCH COACHING STAFF Ray Giacoletti has assembled an excellent staff at Utah with a combined 61 years of experience at the collegiate level. Giacoletti has been in college coaching for 18 years. • Randy Rahe comes to the U. after spending the past 13 years at Utah State and Colorado State, helping to lead teams to three NCAA Tournaments. He has been a college assistant coach for 16 years overall. • Marty Wilson assisted in building four NCAA Tournament teams combined at UC Santa Barbara and Pepperdine. He has coached at the college level for 12 years.
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“Everything starts at the defensive end of the floor. We try to set goals with everything we do. If we can get stops or create turnovers defensively, then we want to get out and run and have the opportunity to get easy baskets. We want to run, but it has to start with getting it done on the defensive end first.”
• Mike Score, a 10-year veteran in college basketball, helped direct Southeastern Community College to the 2000 NJCAA Championship. He has also worked at Eastern Washington and Washington. • Chris Jones was previously on the Utah staff for three years in the mid-’90s. During that time the Utes played in three NCAA Tournaments, including the 1997 Elite Eight. He has worked five years at the college level.
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“We're a young, energetic staff that has great experience. Each one of our coaches has been successful at various levels of college basketball. Utah is a place with great tradition and history, and the facilities that we have on campus are second to none. There's a host of advantages and opportunities here.”
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Ray Giacoletti (right) with assistant coaches Randy Rahe (left) and Marty Wilson (center).
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MOST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS ALL-TIME Team Outright Shared Total Kansas 36 11 47 Kentucky 33 9 42 Western Kentucky 33 5 38 North Carolina 20 12 32 Utah 17 10 27 UCLA 25 2 27 7. Cincinnati 24 2 26 Connecticut 22 4 26 9. Princeton 17 7 24 Arkansas 16 8 24 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE LAST 10 YEARS (1995-2004) CHAMPIONSHIPS AND POSTSEASON APPEARANCES SINCE 1990 Conference Champions 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
NIT 1992, 2001
NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998
NIT Final Four 1992
NCAA Elite Eight 1997, 1998
Conference Tournament Champions 1995, 1997, 1999, 2004
NCAA Tournament 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
NCAA Final Four 1998
The Utah basketball program has become one of the nation’s best since the beginning of the 1990s. From its record on the court to academic success in the classroom, there are few teams in the country that can compare to the Utes’ accomplishments.
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Team Kentucky Kansas College of Charleston Duke Stanford Connecticut Utah Cincinnati Arizona Gonzaga
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• Utah has a long-standing basketball tradition, winning 27 conference titles all-time to tie for the fifth-most in NCAA history. • Over the last 10 years, the Utes have gone 254-73 (.777) to record the seventhbest winning percentage in NCAA Division I. • During the decade of the ‘90s, the Utes won the eighth-most games in NCAA Division I with a 250-76 record. Utah’s .767 winning percentage over that 10-year period also ranked as the eighth-best in the nation. • Utah has played in 11 NCAA Tournaments in the past 15 years—including nine in the last 10 years. Since 1990, the Utes have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen four times, the Elite Eight twice and the national championship game in 1998. • Utah placed third in the 1992 NIT Final Four. • Since 1990, the Runnin’ Utes have finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the national polls four times. Utah finished in the top 10 three consecutive years from 1997-99.
All-American Keith Van Horn was mobbed by his teammates after hitting the game-winning shot for the second night in a row in the 1997 WAC Tournament semifinals against New Mexico.
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A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
• Utah posted a school-record 30 wins in 1990-91 and again in 1997-98. • Since 1990, Utah players have been named AllAmerica five times—twice consensus choices— Academic All-America four times, conference player of the year eight times, and first team all-conference 20 times.
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Far Left: Utah played Kentucky for the 1998 NCAA Championship at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The Utes were led by three Academic All-Americans (left to right): Drew Hansen, Hanno Möttölä and Michael Doleac. Immediate Left: Utah fans, shown here at the 1998 Final Four, have had a lot to cheer about in recent years.
DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS One of Utah’s traditions that Ray Giacoletti will look to continue is a stifling half-court defense. Since 1989-90, Utah has ranked in the top 30 in the nation 12 times in scoring defense, 10 times in rebound margin, eight times in field goal percentage defense and eight times in scoring margin. • In 2003-04, Utah ranked fifth in the nation in both scoring defense and rebound margin. • The Utes have ranked in the top 15 in the NCAA in scoring defense seven times in the last 15 years. • Utah has been ranked among the top 30 teams in the nation in rebound margin eight of the last 10 years.
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UTAH IN THE NCAA STATISTICS TOP 30 SINCE 1989-90 Scoring Defense 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04
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17th (64.8) --10th (64.2) 22nd (9.6) 8th (61.6) ----16th (11.4) ----21st (64.9) 12th (12.7) 19th (63.9) 8th (12.9) --7th (12.8) 4th (57.6) 16th (12.4) 4th (55.4) 5th (15.9) 20th (61.8) --23rd (63.1) 29th (8.7) 13th (61.3) --14th (60.3) --5th (57.4) ---
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--30th (5.0) 10th (6.6) ----4th (9.8) 3rd (9.6) 15th (6.5) 1st (10.0) 9th (8.2) 26th (4.8) 15th (6.4) ----5th (7.4)
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CONFERENCE DOMINATION A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
The Utes lay claim to one of the nation’s best conference championship runs over the past 14 seasons. Since 1990-91, Utah has won 10 regular-season conference titles. Cincinnati (Conference USA) and Kentucky (SEC) won regular-season titles in their respective leagues in 2003-04 to draw even with Utah for the top mark. • The Runnin’ Utes have won a share of three Mountain West Conference regular-season titles in five seasons, were the WAC champions their last five years in the league (winning division titles the last three years) and also claimed WAC titles in 1991 and ‘93.
MOST REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE TITLES SINCE 1990-91 Team Utah Cincinnati Kentucky Kansas Murray State Valparaiso Chattanooga Penn Princeton
Conference(s) WAC/Mountain West Great Midwest/C-USA SEC Big 8/Big 12 Ohio Valley Mid-Continent Southern Ivy Ivy
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• Utah’s seven consecutive conference championships from 1995-2001 was the sixth-longest string of league titles in NCAA Division I history. UCLA won 13 consecutive conference titles (1967-79), UNLV captured 10 championships Utah won the 2004 Mountain West Conference Tournament at the in a row (1983-92), Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo. Kentucky (1944-52) and Western Kentucky (1932-40) claimed nine straight, while Cincinnati took eight in a row (19952002). • The Runnin’ Utes have won four conference tournament titles since 1995. Utah won the Mountain West Conference Tournament in 2004.
MARCH MADNESS The thrill of playing in the NCAA Tournament, the premiere event in college basketball, has been a regular occurrence for Utah over the past four decades. Since 1990-91, the Utes have also made 11 appearances in the “Big Dance,” including nine trips in the last 10 years. • Since 1975 when the NCAA Tournament field was expanded to 32 teams, Utah ranks tied for 19th in appearances (17), tied for 21st in wins (22), tied for 22nd in games played (39), and tied for 16th in Sweet Sixteen appearances (8). • All time, the Utes are 33-28 (.541) in NCAA Tournament play with four NCAA Final Four appearances (1944, 1961, 1966, 1998). Utah is tied for 11th all-time in NCAA Tournament appearances (25) and is tied for 10th in games played (61).
The Utes celebrate their 2003 NCAA Tournament first round win over Oregon in Nashville.
NCAA SWEET SIXTEENS LAST 30 YEARS Team 1. Kentucky North Carolina 3. Duke 4. Indiana Kansas Louisville Syracuse UCLA 9. Arizona Connecticut Maryland 12. Arkansas 13. Georgetown Michigan State UNLV 16. Utah Alabama Notre Dame Oklahoma
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1998 NCAA FINAL FOUR Knocking off two No. 1 seeds along the way, the Runnin’ Utes captured the hearts of basketball fans across the nation by advancing to the 1998 NCAA title game at the Alamodome in San Antonio. By defeating the top seed in the West and defending national champion Arizona 76-51 in the regional final, the Utes, seeded third in the region, advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the first time in 32 years. Led by West Regional MVP Andre Miller and another rising star, Michael Doleac, Utah had become a true Cinderella story heading into the nation-
al semifinal game against No. 1 ranked North Carolina. The Utes knocked off the Tar Heels 65-59 to advance to the school’s first NCAA Championship game since 1944. Utah jumped out to a 12-point lead over Kentucky in the national final before the Wildcats’ depth allowed UK to prevail 78-69. The 1997-98 team began the season with a school record 18-0 start and tied the 1990-91 squad for the most wins in Utah history with a 30-4 record.
Top left: Michael Doleac, Andre MIller and Drew Hansen field questions from the media at a press conference. Top right: The tip-off of the national championship game between the Utes and Kentucky. Right: Utah’s 1998 national runnerup trophy. Bottom right: Utah fans celebrate with Swoop and the cheerleaders at a Final Four pep rally on San Antonio’s famed river walk. Bottom left: The Utes take the floor of the Alamodome.
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USA BASKETBALL A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
One of the greatest honors that can be bestowed upon an athlete is the opportunity to represent their country in international competition. The Utes have been heavily involved with USA Basketball in recent years. Andre Miller and Michael Doleac played for the USA Basketball 22 and Under World Championship Team in 1997. Team USA went 6-2 at the tournament in Melbourne, Australia. Miller returned the next year as the starting point guard for the gold medal winning 1998 USA Basketball Goodwill Games Team that competed in New York. Miller also played on the Goodwill Games team that took home the gold from Brisbane, Australia, in 2001 and started for the World Championships team in 2002.
Left: Andre Miller playing in the 2001 Goodwill Games in Australia. Right: Michael Doleac playing on the USA 22 and Under World Championships Team in 1997.
THE OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE Ute sophomore Andrew Bogut experienced the thrill of representing his country by playing for the Australian National Team in the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens, Greece. Bogut, a native of Melbourne, was second-youngest player to ever make the Australian National team. He started all five Olympic games for the Boomers, averaging 14.8 points per contest. At the end of the preliminary rounds, Bogut ranked fourth in the tournament in rebounds (8.8 rpg), fifth in blocked shots (1.2 bpg) and fourth in field goal percentage (.580). In the summer of 2003, Bogut was named the MVP of the FIBA Junior World Championships in Greece after leading the Aussies to the title. In eight games in the tournament, Bogut averaged 26.3 points, 17.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 blocked shots per game. He had 22 points and 18 rebounds in a 106-85 win over the USA in the quarterfinals of the medal round.
Left: Andrew Bogut in his 2004 Australian National Team uniform. Right: Bogut playing in the 2003 FIBA Junior World Championships.
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Utah Basketball has a proven track record of producing future NBA players. Twenty-five Utes have been taken in the NBA Draft since 1970 alone. Six Utes have been drafted in the past 15 years, while one more player made an NBA roster as a free agent. • The Utes had one player taken in the NBA Draft four consecutive years from 1997-2000. • Utah was equaled only by Duke with three NBA Draft lottery picks (top 13) from 1997-99. • Keith Van Horn, Michael Doleac, Andre Miller and Hanno Möttölä were taken in the NBA Draft from 1997 through 2000. Britton Johnsen made the Orlando Magic roster as a free agent in 2003-04. • Ute players have been ready to contribute immediately at the next level. Keith Van Horn in 1997-98 and Andre Miller in 1999-2000 made the NBA all-rookie first team, while Michael Doleac made the all-rookie second team in 1998-99. • Hanno Möttölä became the first Finnish player in the NBA, playing two seasons with the Atlanta Hawks.
UTAH’S NBA DRAFT PICKS SINCE 1990 Year 1993 1993 1997 1998 1999 2000
Player Josh Grant Byron Wilson Keith Van Horn Michael Doleac Andre Miller Hanno Möttölä
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Team Denver Nuggets Phoenix Suns Philadelphia 76ers * Orlando Magic Cleveland Cavaliers Atlanta Hawks
* Traded to New Jersey after the draft
Andre Miller, who led the NBA in assists in 2001-02, was featured in the August 12, 2002 issue of Sports Illustrated after being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Josh Grant
Keith Van Horn
Michael Doleac
• Drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the second round (43rd overall) in 1993 • Played for the Golden State Warriors in 1993-94
• Drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round (2nd overall) in 1997 • Currently with the Milwaukee Bucks
• Drafted by the Orlando Magic in the first round (12th overall) in 1993 • Currently with the Denver Nuggets
Andre Miller
Hanno Möttölä
Britton Johnsen
• Drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round (8th overall) in 1999 • Currently with the Denver Nuggets
• Drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the second round (40th overall) in 2000 • Played his final season with the Hawks in 2001-02
• Signed with the Orlando Magic as a free agent in 2003 • Currently with the New Orleans Hornets
Logos used with the permission of NBA Properties, Inc.
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COMMITMENT TO ACADEMICS For everything Utah’s student-athletes have achieved on the court, they have been equally successful in the classroom. In Ray Giacoletti’s program, the focus is on developing well-rounded student-athletes in the classroom, on the court and in their personal lives. • In the last seven years, Utah has had four Academic All-Americans, more than any other NCAA Division I program. Michael Doleac and Drew Hansen were both named to the Verizon Academic AllAmerica team as seniors in 1997-98. Hanno Möttölä was named to the second team in 1998-99 and the third team in 1999-2000. • With Doleac and Hansen, Utah became the first NCAA Final Four team to have two Academic AllAmericans in its starting lineup in 1998. • The past 15 seasons, 44 Utes have made the academic honor roll a combined 174 times with a 3.00 GPA or better for a semester. • Utah has had an academic all-conference honoree every year since 1989-90; 10 times the Utes have had multiple academic all-conference selections. In all, Utah players have earned academic all-conference recognition 40 times in the past 15 years.
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Hanno Möttölä was a two-time Academic AllAmerican. A native of Finland, Möttölä graduated from the U. with a degree in economics in 2000.
PROFESSORS ON UTAH BASKETBALL IN THE CLASSROOM Edward M. Trujillo
Dale A. Lund
Associate Professor of Chemical & Fuels Engineering
Professor of Geroutology & Sociology
Featured with junior chemical & fuels and engineering major Chris Jackson, Dean’s List, and Academic All-MWC selection
Featured with junior premusic major Tim Drisdom, honor roll student
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“Chris is one of our top chemical engineering students, which is one of the hardest majors at the University. He’s been doing extremely well, and I presented him with an award at a seminar as the outstanding sophomore chemical engineering student in our class. I know the athletics department emphasizes academics strongly, and it’s been terrific. They put a strong emphasis on academics and I applaud them for that effort.”
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“I am delighted to have men's basketball players in my classes because they bring with them an unusually high level of discipline and commitment to learning. They have already learned how to manage their time and are eager to do well because they know they are expected to excel academically. It has been personally rewarding for me to follow many of these student-athletes after they leave campus and observe how they value their educational experiences at the University of Utah and how it enhances their daily lives.”
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Larry Cain
Trace Caton
Michael Doleac
Drew Hansen
Lettered 1989-90 through ‘92-93 ... team captain in 1992-93 ... threetime academic all-WAC ... graduated from the University of Utah Medical School in 1997 ... practicing medicine in Pocatello, Idaho.
Lettered in 1997-98 and 2000-01 through ‘02-03 ... team captain in 2002-03 ... three-time academic allMWC ... earned a spanish degree from the U. ... also took pre-med prerequisites and is applying for medical school ... began working for the Lung Health Study at the U. Research Park in the fall of 2003 ... married Brittny Tripp on Aug. 10, 2002 ... the couple is expecting a daughter in late December.
Lettered 1994-95 through ‘97-98 ... team captain in 1997-98 ... Academic All-American in 1997-98 ... playing with the Denver Nuggets in his seventh season in the NBA ... came back to take course work during the off-season and earned a biology degree in the summer of 2002 ... aspires to attend medical school ... engaged to former Ute All-American gymnast Shannon Bowles.
Lettered 1994-95 through ‘97-98 ... team captain in 1997-98 ... Academic All-American in 1997-98 ... Rhodes Scholar candidate, NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner and finalist for the Walter Byers Award, the NCAA’s highest academic award ... graduated from Stanford Law School in May of 2001 ... works for a law firm in Covina, Calif. ... married to former Utah women’s basketball player Emily Jensen.
Jeremy Killion
Andre Miller
Terry Preston
Mark Rydalch
Lettered 1998-99 through ‘99-00 ... academic all-MWC in 1999-2000 ... graduated in 2000 with a degree in communication ... worked for Pacific Life Investment and Insurance Company in Newport Beach, Calif., after graduating ... currently lives in Phoenix, Ariz., and works for Pfizer Pharmecuticals.
Lettered 1995-96 through ‘98-99 ... team captain in 1998-99 ... one of the first academic non-qualifiers in NCAA history to earn his degree in four years and gain back his fourth year of eligibility ... received his degree in sociology/criminology in 1998 ... took graduate course work in 1998-99 ... currently playing with the Denver Nuggets in his sixth year in the NBA ... has a son (Duane).
Lettered 1993-94 through ‘95-96 ... three-time academic all-WAC ... finished degree in exercise and sport science in 1996 ... earned MBA in the spring of 2001 ... worked for the U. as Crimson Club Director ... joined Guidant medical device company in May of 2001 ... he and his wife, former Ute All-American gymnast Aimee Trepanier, live in Park City, Utah ... they have a son (Chase), a daughter (Olivia) and are expecting a child.
Lettered 1992-93 through ‘95-96 ... graduated in 1996 with a degree in finance ... former financial advisor for First Union Securities ... currently works for Rydalch Electric as business development director ... in his fifth season as Utah basketball radio analyst for Hot Ticket 700 ... he and his wife, Amy, have two sons (Trevor and Jacob) and a daughter (Rachel).
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