Runnin Utes set to open practice Wednesday as optimism for 2020-21 persists

By recent standards, the University of Utah men’s basketball program enjoyed a tame offseason.Yes, Both Gach transferred and Caleb Lohner asked for and received a release from a National Letter of Intent, but there was no mass exodus to the NCAA Transfer Portal. The core of last season’s team returns, sans Gach, and there is legitimate optimism the Utes can take a step forward and potentially reach the program’s first NCAA Tournament since 2016.That, of course, assumes we get a