UTAH BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS Prospectus University of Utah Basketball. LUKE NEVILL Junior Center. JIM BOYLEN Head Coach

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1 Prospectus University of Utah Basketball UTAH BASKETBALL JIM BOYLEN Head Coach LUKE NEVILL Junior Center JOHNNIE BRYANT Senior Guard PROSPECTUS

2 Runnin Ute Basketball 100th Season UTAH BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS Quick Facts Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Founded: 1850 Enrollment: 28,619 President: Michael K. Young Athletics Director: Dr. Chris Hill Faculty Representative: Willam Smith Nickname: Runnin Utes/Utes Mascot: Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk) Colors: Crimson and White National Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Mountain West Arena: Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,000) Ticket Office Phone: UTIX (8849) Athletics Deparment Phone: Athletics Website: Basketball Staff Head Coach: Jim Boylen (Maine, 1987) Record at Utah: First Year Career Record: First Year Assistant Coaches: Chris Jones (Utah, 1994, 4th Season) Jeff Smith (Alma College, 1995, 1st Season) Marty Wilson (Pepperdine, 1989, 4th Season) Director of Basketball Operations: Jon Dykema (Michigan St., 2003, 1st Season) Video Coordinator: Jason Larson (Grand Valley St., 2004, 1st Season) Director of Player Development: Derek Depry (Wis. Lutheran, 2002, 1st Season) Athletic Trainer: Trevor Jameson (BYU, 1995, 9th Season) Basketball Secretary: Bridget Graba Basketball Office Phone: Basketball Fax Number: Key Numbers Record: MWC Record/Finish: 6-10/7th 2007 Postseason: None Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4 Newcomers: 3 History Year Started Basketball: All-Time Record/Seasons: 1, /99 NCAA Apperances/Record: 26/35-29 (.547) Las NCAA Appearance: 2005 NIT Appearances/Record: 11/11-10 (.524) Last NIT Appearance: 2001 Sports Information Associate SID (MBB Contact): Andy Seeley Phone: Mobile: Fax: Home: aseeley@huntsman.utah.edu Office Manager: Sally Anderson Phone: Press Row: Mailing Address: 1825 E. South Campus Dr. - Front Salt Lake City, UT Personnel Breakdown Starters Returning (4) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp Statistics Luke Nevill C Jr. 1VL 16.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.1 bpg,.637 FG% Johnnie Bryant G Sr. 2VL 15.1 ppg, 2.7 rphg, 2.7 apg Shaun Green F Jr. 2VL 11.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 2.6 apg, 0.5 bpg,.512 3pt FG% Lawrence Borha G Jr. 2VL 4.9 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.1 bpg Starters Lost (1) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl Statistics Ricky Johns G Sr. 7.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.4 apg Covering the Utes Radio Flagship Station: 700 The Zone Contact: Mike Lageschulte (play-by-play) Phone: Newspaper Beat Writers: Mike Lewis/Salt Lake Tribune Phone: mcl@sltrib.com Mike Sorensen/Deseret news Phone: sor@desnews.com Other Letterwinners Returning (5) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp Statistics Luka Drca G So. 1VL 2.3 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 1.4 apg, 0.1 bpg Curtis Eatmon G So. 1VL 1.6 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 1.1 apg Chris Grant G Sr. 3VL 0.7 ppg, 0.4 rpg, 0.9 apg Kim Tillie F So. 1VL 2.1 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.2 apg, 0.1 bpg Stephen Weigh F/G So. 1VL 5.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.3 apg Other Letterwinners Lost (3) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Exp Stats/Notes Daniel Deane F VL 3.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg - released from team Misha Radojevic C VL 1.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg - transferred David Foster C VL 1.0 ppg, 0.8 rpg - LDS mission, returns 2009 Newcomers (3) Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School Carlon Brown G Fr. HS Riverside, Calif./Martin Luther King HS Morgan Grim F Fr. HS Riverton, Utah/Riverton HS Tyler Kepkay G Jr. TR Victoria, B.C./College of Eastern Utah

3 Prospectus University of Utah Basketball Just For the Record will mark the 100th season of basketball at the University of Utah. The Runnin Utes will enter their 100th season with an overall record of 1, Utah ranks 10th in NCAA history in all-time winning percentage with a.657 mark. Utah also ranks 10th in the NCAA in all-time victories. Utah has won three national championships -- the 1916 AAU Championship, the 1944 NCAA Championship and the 1947 NIT title. Utah is one of only 35 schools ever to win the NCAA Division I men s basketball title Standings MWC Pct. Overall Pct. BYU (24/NR) UNLV (14/18) AFA SDSU Wyoming Colo. St Utah New Mexico TCU Postseason Honors All-MWC First Team Keena Young Sr. F BYU Brandon Heath Sr. G SDSU Jason Smith Jr. F Colo. St. Dan Nwaelele Sr. F Air Force Wendell White Sr. G UNLV All-MWC Second Team Brandon Ewing So. G Wyoming Jacob Burtschi Sr. F Air Force Mohamed Abukar Sr. F SDSU Trent Plaisted So. C BYU Wink Adams So. G UNLV All-MWC Third Team Kevin Kruger Sr. G UNLV Luke Nevill So. F Utah Brad Jones Jr. G Wyoming Lee Cummard So. G BYU Tony Danridge Jr. G UNM Player of the Year Keena Young, BYU Def. Player of the Year Joel Anthony, UNLV Freshman of the Year Trent Plaisted, BYU Coach of the Year Lon Kruger, UNLV Look Who s Back Utah returns four starters from the squad, as well as five other letterwinners. Five of the Runnin Utes top six scorers from last season return to the team in Utah will also bring back its top two rebounders, top four assist producers, top two shot blockers and top four in steals. Junior center Luke Nevill (7-1, 265) was the Utes leading scorer (16.8 ppg) and rebounder (7.7 rpg) last season. Nevill earned All-Mountain West Conference Third Team honors. He shot 63.7 percent from the field, 74.1 percent from the free throw line, and also has a team-best 33 blocked shots. Senior guard Johnnie Bryant (6-0, 180) earned Honorable Mention All-MWC accolades following last season. He was second on the team in scoring (15.1 ppg), and connected on 42.3 percent (88-for-208) of his 3-point attempts and 82.1 percent of his free throws. Bryant led the team in assists (2.70 apg). Junior forward Shaun Green (6-8, 208) was third on the team in scoring (11.1 ppg), and second in both assists (2.60 apg) and rebounding (6.1 rpg). He shot 52.9 percent from the field and 51.2 percent (64-for-125) from 3-point range. Green also led the Utes in steals (36) and was second in blocked shots (16). Junior guard Lawrence Borha (6-3, 205) started 16 of Utah s 30 games and played in 29. He averaged 20.2 minutes per game. Borha scored 4.9 points per game to rank sixth on the team and was second on the squad with 18 steals. Sophomore guard/forward Stephen Weigh (6-6, 220) saw action in 29 of 30 games last season. He was in the starting lineup 11 times and averaged 17.9 minutes per game. He was fifth on the team in scoring (5.0 ppg). Weigh shot.449 from the field and.400 (16-of-40) from three-point range. He was 32-of-47 (.681) from the free-throw line. Sophomore guard Luka Drca (6-5, 195) played in 28 games, averaging 12.0 minutes. Drca averaged 2.3 points per game and was fifth on the team in assists with 37. Sophomore forward Kim Tillie (6-9, 205) played in just 11 games, after suffering a foot injury. He averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.5 rpg. Sophomore guard Curtis Eatmon (6-3, 175) played in 29 contests with three starts. He scored 1.6 points per game and grabbed 1.0 rebound per contest. Senior guard Chris Grant (6-3, 200) played in 18 games last season, starting three. He averaged 0.7 ppg and 0.4 rpg. Grant is a former walk-on and was awarded a scholarship this summer. Going, Going, Gone Utah had just one senior -- Ricky Johns (6-3, 190) -- on last year s squad. In addition to Johns, the Utes are also losing three other letterwinners. However, one of those letterwinners is only a temporary loss. Johns was fourth on the team in scoring (7.5 ppg) last season and third in assists (43). He started 18 games and played in all 30 in Daniel Deane (6-8, 245) played in all but one game as a freshman last season and started four games. He was tied for third on the team in rebounding (2.7 rpg) and averaged 3.9 points per game. Deane was released from the team last spring. Misha Radojevic (6-10, 255) transferred to Hawaii Pacific after playing in 14 games last season. David Foster (7-2, 230) played in 20 games last season. He is currently on an LDS Church mission in North Carolina. He is expected to rejoin the team for the season.

4 Runnin Ute Basketball New Kids On the Block The Runnin Utes will welcome three new players in two freshmen and a junior college transfer. Carlon Brown (6-4, 210), Morgan Grim (6-9, 205) and Tyler Kepkay (6-0, 185) will all join the Utah program this fall. Brown comes to Utah after a stellar high school career at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, Calif. He was rated as the fourth best wing player in the West by ScoutHoops.com. He was an All-CIF Southern Section first-team selection and was on the Inland Empire All-Star Team. Brown averaged 17.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game in his fourth year as a starter. Grim was one of the top products to come out of the State of Utah last season. He was the Class 5A MVP following the season. Grim led Riverton High School to the Utah Class 5-A championship game for the second consecutive year in He averaged 22.5 points per game in the state tournament and had 29 points in the championship game. Grim averaged 21 points and eight rebounds per game on the season. Both Grim and Brown were on the Best in the West team compiled by Frank Burlison of the Long Beach Press Telegram. Utah was the only team in the Mountain West Conference to have two players on the team. Kepkay, who is a native of Vancouver, B.C., was named a first team NJCAA All-American last season. He led the junior college ranks in scoring, averaging 27.9 points per game. Kepkay also ranked fifth among junior college players in free throw percentage (88.2) and 22nd in 3-point field goal percentage (47.4). Kepkay averaged 3.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game Notes Utah went last season to finish with its worst record since going 8-19 in After going in , Utah had its first back-to-back losing seasons since and Seven of the 13 Utes who saw action last season were first-year players, and six of those players were freshmen. The nine freshmen and sophomores who played accounted for 66.2 percent of Utah s points, 82.7 percent of its rebounds, 65.1 percent of its assists and 67.3 percent of its minutes. Nine of Utah s 19 losses came by a combined 27 points. The Utes lost three games by one point, four by three points and one by four points. Three of Utah s losses were in overtime. On the flip side, nine of the Utes losses were by at least 10 points and four by 20 points or more. The Utes shot at least 50 percent from the field 14 times and at least 50 percent from 3-point range 12 times in 30 games. Utah was 2-12 last season when opponents shot at least 50 percent from the field and 5-15 when they shot at least 40 percent from 3-point range. 100th Season Speaking of Stats The following is a statistical breakdown of what Utah is returning and losing from the season: Returning Category Losing 56.8 Points per game % Percentage of scoring 17.8% 24.9 Rebounds per game % Percentage of rebounds 17.9% 11.9 Assists per game % Percentage of assists 15.4% 1.9 Blocks per game % Percentage of blocks 15.2% 3.7 Steals per game % Percentage of steals 21.3% 19.8 Field goals per game % Percentage of field goals 16.8% pt. field goals per game % Percentage of 3-pt. field goals 10.7% Minutes per game % Percentage of minutes 21.9% Returning Stat Leaders The following is a look at the returning leaders in numerous statistical categories from : Category Name Scoring Luke Nevill (16.8 ppg) Rebounding...Luke Nevill (7.7 rpg) Assists... Johnnie Bryant (2.7 apg) Blocked Shots Luke Nevill (1.1 bpg) Steals...Shaun Green (1.2 spg) Field-goal pct.... Luke Nevill (.637) 3-pt. FG pct Shaun Green (.512) Free-throw pct....johnnie Bryant (.821) Minutes played..... Johnnie Bryant (34.5 mpg) The Utes were 9-0 when leading and 2-19 when trailing or tied at halftime last season. Home Sweet Huntsman Center Utah is (.890) in the Huntsman Center over the past 18 seasons. The Utes all-time record in the 39-year-old facility is (.825). Utah finished 9-6 at home last season, winning five of its last six home games. Five of the Utes home losses came by a combined 18 points. The last time the Utes lost six home games in a season was when they went 11-7 in the Huntsman Center. In conference home games over the last 13 years, Utah is (.887). Seven of those losses have come in the last two years.

5 Prospectus University of Utah Basketball Utah s Summer Down Under The Utah men s basketball team toured Australia for nine days over the summer. The Runnin Utes played six games during that span. Utah compiled a 3-3 record in those six contests. The Utes split a pair of contests with the Perth Wildcats of the NBL, winning the opening game of the tour on a Johnnie Bryant layup with two seconds remaining. Utah then lost to the team from the Australian Institute of Sport and to the NBL s West Sydney Razorbacks. The Utes got back on track with a victory over the Rockhampton Rockets. Utah wrapped up the trip with an win over the defending NBL Champion Brisbane Bullets. The trip was a homecoming for Aussie Utes Luke Nevill (Perth) and Stephen Weigh (Rockhampton). Both Nevill and Weigh were able to play in front of family and friends in their respective hometowns during the tour. Utah had just eight players available to play during the tour of Australia. The following is a look at some key statistics for each of the Utes who played Down Under this summer: Name PPG FG% 3PT% FT% RPG APG SPG MPG Luke Nevill Stephen Weigh Johnnie Bryant Lawrence Borha Shaun Green Kim Tillie Curtis Eatmon Chris Grant Total Opponents Utes Among Elite In Regard to League Titles Utah has won 11 regular-season conference titles over the last 17 years. Only Kansas has won more league championships in that same span. Utah is tied with Kentucky and Penn for the second-best run of conference championships in the past 17 years. All-time, Utah has won 28 regular-season conference titles, the fifth most in NCAA history. Kansas is first with 50 titles, followed by Kentucky (43), Western Kentucky (38) and North Carolina (34). Upon joining the Mountain West Conference, Utah won the conference title the first two years of the league s existence. Those two championships extended a string of seven straight regular-season conference titles. Utah has won half of the regular-season titles handed out in the eight-year history of the MWC. The Utes won MWC championships in 2000 (10-4, shared with UNLV), (10-4, shared with BYU and Wyoming), 2003 (11-3, shared with BYU) and 2005 (13-1, outright championship). The following is a look at the teams with the most regular-season conference titles since : School Conference # of Championships Kansas Big Eight/Big Twelve 12* Utah Western Athletic/Mountain West 11 Kentucky Southeastern 11 Penn Ivy 11* Cincinnati Great Midwest/Conference USA 10 Coppin State Mid-Eastern Athletic 10 Murray State Ohio Valley 10 Chattanooga Southern 9 Valparaiso Mid-Continent (now Horizon League) 9 Princeton Ivy 8 * = Won a championship in ; Includes shared titles and divisional titles Utes in the Final MWC/NCAA Statistics Team Rankings MWC NCAA Category Actual Rank Rank Scoring Offense th 164th Scoring Defense th 251st Scoring Margin th 227th Field Goal Percentage.485 4th 17th Field Goal Pct. Defense.500 9th 322nd 3-pt Field Goals Made th 101st 3-pt Field Goal Percentage.414 2nd 6th 3-pt Field Goal Pct. Defense.463 9th n/a Free Throw Percentage.740 2nd 31st Rebound Margin rd 72nd Rebounding Offense th n/a Rebounding Defense st n/a Offensive Rebounds th n/a Defensive Rebounds th n/a Assists th 137th Blocked Shots th 266th Steals th 314th Turnovers th 164th Turnover Margin th n/a Assist/Turnover Ratio th n/a Individual Rankings Category/ MWC NCAA Player Actual Rank Rank Scoring Luke Nevill th nr Johnnie Bryant th nr Shaun Green th nr Rebounding Luke Nevill 7.7 2nd 86th Shaun Green 6.1 9th nr Field Goal Percentage Luke Nevill.637 2nd 9th Shaun Green.529 9th nr 3-Point Field Goal Percentage Shaun Green.521 1st nr Johnnie Bryant.430 8th 31st 3-Point Field Goals Per Game Johnnie Bryant st 34th Shaun Green th nr Free Throw Percentage Johnnie Bryant.821 6th nr Assists Johnnie Bryant th nr Shaun Green th nr Steals Shaun Green th nr Blocked Shots Luke Nevill th nr Offensive Rebounds Luke Nevill th n/a Defensive Rebounds Luke Nevill rd n/a Shaun Green th n/a

6 Runnin Ute Basketball Player Notes Center of Attention Junior center Luke Nevill (7-1, 265) will be a candidate for All-America honors in Last season, Nevill was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 13 second team, U.S. Basketball Writers All-District VIII Team, and third team all-mountain West Conference. Nevill was the Utes leading scorer (16.8 ppg) and rebounder (7.7 rpg). He shot 63.7 percent from the field, 74.1 percent from the free throw line, and also had a team-best 33 blocked shots. Nevill led the Utes in scoring 15 times and in rebounding 19 times last season, which were team highs in both categories. In the final NCAA statistical rankings, Nevill was ninth in field goal percentage (63.7) and 86th in rebounds per game (7.7). He recorded the second-best field goal percentage in a season in Utah history (.637). Chris Jackson shot.712 percent in to set the top mark. In Mountain West Conference play, Nevill was 10th in the MWC in scoring (14.7 ppg), second in rebounding (7.1 rpg), fifth in field goal percentage (56.7) and ninth in blocked shots (1.40 bpg). He had four double-doubles against Mountain West foes. The Perth, Australia, native had 10 doubledoubles in to bring his career total to 14. He scored in double figures in all but three of the games he played in last season including 11 of the last 12 games. Nevill had eight 20-point games last season to bring his career total to nine. In his most recent 20-point game, Nevill tied a season-high with 26 points (11-19 FG, 4-6 FT) against BYU on Jan. 31, He also had nine rebounds and three assists in 33 minutes versus the Cougars. Nevill scored a season-high 26 points (10-12 FG, 6-8 FT) for the first time against Virginia in the second round of the San Juan Shootout on Dec. 20, Nevill also contributed 11 rebounds and a career-high tying four assists in 30 minutes versus the Cavaliers. Nevill was named to the San Juan Shootout All-Tournament Team. Against Rhode Island on Dec. 9, 2006, Nevill had a career-high 16 rebounds (nine offensive). He shot 11-for-12 against Weber State on Nov. 29, 2006 to tie the fifth-best single-game field goal percentage mark in school history. Josh Grant also went 11-of-12 against Montana Tech on Dec. 1, Four Ute players have shot 100 percent in a game all with at least eight attempts to tie for the top mark. Johnnie B. Good Senior guard Johnnie Bryant (6-0, 180) earned all-mountain West Conference honorable mention in He was second on the team in scoring (15.1 ppg), connecting on 42.3 percent (88-for-208) of his 3-point attempts and 82.1 percent of his free throws, and led the team in assists (2.70 apg). Bryant scored in double figures in 24 of the 30 games. In the final NCAA statistical rankings, Bryant was 31st in 3-point percentage (43.0) and 34th in 3-pointers made per game (2.93). He made at least five 3-pointers in a game four times. Bryant was Utah s top scorer in Mountain West Conference play. He ranked sixth in the MWC in scoring (16.1 ppg), sixth in 3-point percentage (42.9), third in 3-pointers made (2.81), eighth in assists (3.06) and sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.44). He had four 20-point games and scored in double figures 13 times in conference play, including the first seven games. Bryant had at least five assists in six games last season including four conference games. Bryant tied his career-high with seven assists against San Diego State on Feb. 27. He also had seven assists against both Rice and Colorado State on Feb. 7. Bryant had seven 20-point games in to bring his career total to 11. He set career-highs with 28 points (7-12 FG, 3-7 3FG, FT) and seven assists (just one turnover) in 36 minutes against Rice on Nov. 25, Bryant hit seven 3-pointers against Virginia in the second round of the San Juan Shootout on to tie the school record. The Oakland, Calif. native already holds his undergraduate degree in human development and family studies. He is currently pursuing a second major in sports administration. 100th Season It s Easy Being Green Junior forward Shaun Green (6-8, 208) is one of the most accurate 3-point shooters in the nation. He was third on the team in scoring (11.1 ppg), and second in both assists (2.60 apg) and rebounding (6.1 rpg) in He shot 52.9 percent from the field and 51.2 percent (64-for-125) from 3-point range. Green also led the Utes in steals (36) and is second in blocked shots (16). Green s 3-point percentage of 51.2 would have led the nation in , but fell short of the minimum mark of pointers made per game to qualify. He averaged pointers per game. Green had a pair of 20-point games last season, the first ones of his career. He scored in double figures in 21 of the 30 games to give him 31 double-figure scoring games in his twoyear career. In Mountain West Conference play, Green ranked 19th in scoring (11.3 ppg), 14th in field goal percentage (49.2), fourth in 3-point percentage (44.8), 13th in 3-pointers made per game (1.88), fourth in rebounding (6.6 rpg), tied for 12th in assists (2.75 apg) and 14th in steals (1.19 spg). Green tallied three double-doubles in The first was in Utah s double-overtime game against UNLV on Jan. 3. Green had career-highs of 25 points (9-18 FG, FG, 3-3 FT) and 15 rebounds in 48 minutes played (also a career-best). Green already had his double-double at the end of regulation with 20 points and 12 boards. The Salt Lake City native hit all five 3-point attempts to tie the school single-game record for 3-point percentage against Washington State on Dec. 2, From Way Downtown Both Shaun Green and Johnnie Bryant put up some of the best 3-point field goal shooting numbers in school history this season. Green (64-for-125, 52.1 percent) set the single-season record for 3-point percentage previously held by Alex Jensen, who shot 46.0 percent (52-for-113) in Green finished with the sixth highest total of threepointers made in a season (64). Bryant finished second on the Utah single-season lists for 3-pointers made (88) and attempted (208). He was just 11 3-pointers shy of tying Nick Jacobson, who made 99 in , for first place.

7 Prospectus University of Utah Basketball Jim Boylen Head Coach 1st Season (Maine, 1987) Jim Boylen was named the 14th men s head basketball coach at the University of Utah on March 27, Boylen, 41, brings 20 years of coaching experience in the collegiate and professional ranks with him to Utah. After working in the NBA for 13 years, Boylen served as the top assistant to Tom Izzo at Michigan State during the and seasons. He helped direct the Spartans to a record and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. Michigan State advanced to the second round of the NCAA s in 2007 and ranked in the top 10 in the NCAA in three defensive categories: 7th in scoring defense (57.2 ppg), 7th in field goal percentage defense (38.4) and 9th in rebound margin (+7.0 rpg). The Spartans, who had eight underclassmen and no seniors on the roster, went 8-8 in the Big Ten Conference during Boylen s final year at Michigan State. Boylen also began his coaching career at Michigan State, working under former head coach Jud Heathcote from After serving as a graduate assistant for two seasons he was promoted to a full-time assistant in 1989, filling that role for three years. The Spartans won the Big Ten Conference title and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament in Michigan State also made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 1991 and From there, Boylen made his jump to the NBA. He joined the Houston Rockets as a video coordinator in 1992 and was promoted to assistant coach two years later. The Rockets won backto-back NBA Championships in 1994 and 1995 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals in During Boylen s 11-year stint in Houston, the Rockets made seven playoff appearances and had just two losing seasons. While in Houston, he worked with four of the NBA s 50 Greatest Players in Charles Barkley, Clyde Drexler, Hakeem Olajuwon and Scottie Pippen. With the Rockets, he also worked under one of the greatest coaches in NBA history, Rudy Tomjanovich. Boylen s duties included skill development, game and practice preparation, working with the perimeter players, as well as positioning and shooting. He was also in charge of team and opponent analysis. In , Boylen worked as an assistant coach at Golden State. He spent the season with the Milwaukee Bucks. A native of East Grand Rapids, Mich., Boylen received his bachelor s degree in business from Maine in Boylen captained the Black Bears basketball team as a junior and senior and earned firstteam all-north Atlantic Conference honors in his final year, averaging 21 points per game. He finished second in the conference Player of the Year voting to Northeastern s Reggie Lewis. Boylen and his wife, Christine, have two daughters, Ashlen Clare and Layla Blue. The Boylen File Personal Info. Born: April 18, 1965 Hometown: East Grand Rapids, Mich. High School: East Grand Rapids College: University of Maine, 1987 Wife: Christine Children: Ashlen Clare, Layla Blu Coaching Experience Michigan State , Graduate Assistant , Assistant Coach , Assistant Coach Houston (NBA) , Video Coordinator , Assistant Coach Golden State (NBA) , Assistant Coach Milwaukee (NBA) , Assistant Coach Utah 2007-present, Head Coach What They re Saying I m ecstatic for Jim. The Utah basketball job is a great job, and he deserves this opportunity. Jim has paid his dues both at the pro and collegiate levels. He made some sacrifices when he returned to Michigan State two years ago, but he made them because he wanted to be a collegiate head coach. As a coach, it s always fulfilling to watch your players reach their goals, but also watch your assistants get to take over programs of their own. Jim is an extremely hard worker with a great basketball mind who has made some great contributions at Michigan State, and understands the demands and responsibilities of being a head coach. But even more importantly, he is a great person and a great friend who will do everything he can to make the entire Utah community proud of the Ute basketball program. Tom Izzo Head Coach, Michigan State Jim is a very hard worker who puts his heart and soul into everything he does. He will be a guy who does his job enthusiastically and will be a part of the community. He s a guy who won t stop trying to get better. He is absolutely a sponge when it comes to learning as much as he possibly can about whatever it is he s doing. Rudy Tomjanovich Former Head Coach, Houston Rockets

8 Runnin Ute Basketball Chris Jones Assistant Coach 4th Season (Utah, 1994) Chris Jones, who played at Utah and has been on the Ute basketball staff for six years overall, has been an assistant coach since the season. Jones joined the Utah staff for his second stint in as the director of basketball operations. He recruits heavily for the Runnin Utes in-state and in the Western region. Jones played at Utah for two seasons ( ). He was a part of the team which won the Western Athletic Conference regular season title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He earned a degree in sociology from the U. in Jones served as the Utes video coordinator from He was a member of the staff for Ute teams that went to the NCAA second round in 1995, the Sweet 16 in 96 and the Elite Eight in 97. During that time, Utah had an overall record and a 45-7 mark in WAC play, winning three regular-season championships. The Utes posted a 29-4 record in , finishing the season ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press poll and No. 6 in the coaches poll. Jones helped develop All-Americans Keith Van Horn, Andre Miller and Michael Doleac. Jones coached the Wurthing Bears in London, England from After working with former Utah assistant coach Tommy Connor at Champions Athletic Academy for three years, Jones then became Connor s assistant coach at Westminster College in Salt Lake City for two years. In , Westminster advanced to the NAIA National Tournament, was ranked 21st in the nation and won the Frontier Conference championship. Jones, a Salt Lake City native was born on Dec. 30, 1971 and graduated from Judge Memorial High School in Jones and his wife, Emily, have a son, Rylan and a daughter, Rendi. Marty Wilson Assistant Coach 4th Season (Pepperdine, 1989) Marty Wilson is in his fourth season at Utah and has been a college coach for the past 17 years. Wilson has earned a reputation as one of the West Coast s top recruiters. Wilson was the top assistant at UC Santa Barbara from He helped direct UCSB to 54 wins in the last three years of his tenure. The Gauchos won the Big West Tournament title and made an NCAA Tournament appearance in UCSB claimed the Big West regular season championship and a National Invitation Tournament bid in Prior to his arrival in Santa Barbara, Wilson spent two seasons as an assistant at the University of San Diego, where he was the Toreros recruiting coordinator. Wilson began his collegiate coaching career at Pepperdine after graduating in After starting out as the restricted earnings coach, he 100th Season Jeff Smith Assistant Coach 1st Season (Alma College, 1995) Jeff Smith is in his first season as an assistant coach with the University of Utah men s basketball program. He comes to Utah after five seasons on the staff at Oakland University. During the and seasons, Smith was the associate head coach at Oakland. He helped the Grizzlies reach the 2005 NCAA Tournament, where they lost to eventual national champion North Carolina in the first round. Smith was largely responsible for Oakland s 2005 recruiting class, which was ranked No. 23 in the nation by Hoop Scoop. During his tenure at Oakland, Smith coached two Mid-Continent Conference Players of the Year. Rawle Marshall recently finished his second year in the National Basketball Association with the Indiana Pacers. Mike Helms became Oakland s first Associated Press All-American and was the NCAA s third-leading scorer in Five of the players Smith worked with were named to the conference s all-newcomer team. Before joining the Oakland staff, Smith was an assistant at Central Michigan for five years. He coached two Chippewas who were named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year. Chris Kaman earned the honor in 2003, just a year after Smith left CMU. Kaman later became the sixth overall pick of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. Smith is a 1995 graduate of Alma (Mich.) College, where he played for two seasons before a knee injury ended his playing career. He then worked with the program for two years as a student assistant, while earning his degree. Smith was named Alma s head junior varsity coach in , leading his team to a 13-6 record. He then moved to Albion College, where he was an assistant coach from Smith is a native of Carson City, Mich. was elevated to full-time status in April of One year later, he was named as the top assistant. In January of 1996, at the age of 28, he was named interim head coach for the Waves, replacing Tony Fuller, who resigned in mid-season. That year, Wilson directed Pepperdine into the semifinals of the West Coast Conference Tournament with a first-round upset of top-seeded Santa Clara. During Wilson s six seasons as a member of the Pepperdine staff, the Waves went ; advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1991, 1992 and 1994; and played in the NIT in From the though seasons, Pepperdine 34 of 35 games - including 21 in a row at one point - in West Coast Conference play. Wilson played for Pepperdine from After missing the season due to a back injury, Wilson returned for his senior year in As the starting point guard, he led the team to a record and the second round of the NIT. Wilson is from Pacoima, Calif. He and his wife, Mayra, have a daughter, Jessica (15), and a son, Jalon (12). Before coming to the U., Wilson ran a free basketball camp for around 100 under-privileged kids on an annual basis during the summers in his hometown.

9 Prospectus University of Utah Basketball Preseason Rosters Alphabetical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 11 Lawrence Borha G Jr. 2L Staten Island, N.Y. (Stonebridge Prep) 25 Sayre Brennan F Jr. RS Bridgehampton, N.Y. (Suffolk CC) 15 Carlon Brown G Fr. HS Riverside, Calif. (Martin Luther King HS) 1 Johnnie Bryant G Sr. 2L Oakland, Calif. (Ohlone College) 5 Luka Drca G So. 1L Belgrade, Serbia (Dimitrije Turcovic HS) 0 Curtis Eatmon G So. 1L Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Los Osos HS) 3 Chris Grant G Sr. 3L Salt Lake City (East HS) 21 Shaun Green F Jr. 2L Salt Lake City (Olympus HS) 45 Morgan Grim F Fr. HS Riverton, Utah (Riverton HS) 32 Tyler Kepkay G Jr. TR Vancouver, B.C. (College of Eastern Utah) 50 Luke Nevill C Jr. 2L Perth, Australia (Kell HS) 14 Kim Tillie F So. 1L Cagnes-sur-Mer, France (De La Fontaine HS) 13 Stephen Weigh G/F So. 1L Rockhampton, Australia (Lake Gininderra HS) By Class Seniors (2) Johnnie Bryant Chris Grant Juniors (5) Lawrence Borha Sayre Brennan Shaun Green Tyler Kepkay Luke Nevill Sophomores (4) Luka Drca Curtis Eatmon Kim Tillie Stephen Weigh Numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Curtis Eatmon G So. 1L Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Los Osos HS) 1 Johnnie Bryant G Sr. 2L Oakland, Calif. (Ohlone College) 3 Chris Grant G Sr. 3L Salt Lake City (East HS) 5 Luka Drca G So. 1L Belgrade, Serbia (Dimitrije Turcovic HS) 11 Lawrence Borha G Jr. 2L Staten Island, N.Y. (Stonebridge Prep) 13 Stephen Weigh G/F So. 1L Rockhampton, Australia (Lake Gininderra HS) 14 Kim Tillie F So. 1L Cagnes-sur-Mer, France (De La Fontaine HS) 15 Carlon Brown G Fr. HS Riverside, Calif. (Martin Luther King HS) 21 Shaun Green F Jr. 2L Salt Lake City (Olympus HS) 25 Sayre Brennan F Jr. RS Bridgehampton, N.Y. (Suffolk CC) 32 Tyler Kepkay G Jr. TR Vancouver, B.C. (College of Eastern Utah) 45 Morgan Grim F Fr. HS Riverton, Utah (Riverton HS) 50 Luke Nevill C Jr. 2L Perth, Australia (Kell HS) Staff Head Coach: Jim Boylen (Maine, 1987, 1st Season) Assistant Coaches: Chris Jones (Utah, 1994, 4th Season) Jeff Smith (Alma College, 1995, 1st Season) Marty Wilson (Pepperdine, 1989, 4th Season) Director of Basketball Operations: Jon Dykema (Michigan State, 2003, 1st Season) Video Coordinator: Jason Larson (Grand Valley State, 2004, 1st Season) Director of Player Development: Derek Depry (Wisconsin Lutheran, 2002, 1st Season) Pronunciation Guide Lawrence Borha BORE-uh Sayre Brennan...SAY-er Carlon Brown...CAR-lun Luka Drca LOO-kuh DAR-cha Tyler Kepkay KEP-kay Luke Nevill...NEH-vil Freshmen (2) Carlon Brown Morgan Grim By State/Country Utah (3) Chris Grant Shaun Green Morgan Grim California (3) Carlon Brown Johnnie Bryant Curtis Eatmon New York (2) Lawrence Borha Sayre Brennan Australia (2) Luke Nevill Stephen Weigh Canada (1) Tyler Kepkay France (1) Kim Tillie Serbia (1) Luka Drca

10 Runnin Ute Basketball Utah Basketball Schedule November 1 (Thu) Montana Tech (Exhibition) Salt Lake City TBA 6 (Tue) Northwest Nazarene (Exhibition) Salt Lake City TBA 9 (Fri) South Carolina Upstate Salt Lake City 7:00 100th Season NIT Season Tip Off West Regional 13 (Tue) vs. High Point Seattle, Wash. 5:00 14 (Wed) vs. Washington or N.J. Institute of Technology Seattle, Wash. TBA 19 (Mon) Santa Clara Salt Lake City 7:00 NIT Season Tip Off Semifinals/Finals 21 (Wed) vs. South Region New York City TBA ESPN2 23 (Fri) vs. East or North Region New York City 7:00 ESPN 28 (Wed) at Weber State Ogden, Utah 7:05 December 1 (Sat) UC-Irvine Salt Lake City Noon the mtn. 5 (Wed) Utah State Salt Lake City 8:00 the mtn. 8 (Sat) vs. Oregon Portland, Ore. TBA 15 (Sat) Missouri State Salt Lake City Noon the mtn. 22 (Sat) at California Berkeley, Calif. TBA 27 (Thu) Idaho State Salt Lake City 7:00 31 (Mon) at Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. TBA January 5 (Sat) Air Force* Salt Lake City Noon the mtn. 9 (Wed) Dixie State College Salt Lake City 7:00 16 (Wed) at San Diego State* San Diego, Calif. 8:00 the mtn. 19 (Sat) BYU* Salt Lake City 2:00 Versus 22 (Tue) at New Mexico* Albuquerque, N.M. 7:00 the mtn. 26 (Sat) TCU* Salt Lake City Noon the mtn. 30 (Wed) Wyoming* Salt Lake City 8:00 the mtn. February 2 (Sat) at Colorado State* Fort Collins, Colo. 7:00 6 (Wed) UNLV* Salt Lake City 6:30 the mtn. 9 (Sat) at Air Force* Air Force Academy, Colo. 4:00 CSTV 16 (Sat) San Diego State* Salt Lake City 2:00 Versus 20 (Wed) at BYU* Provo, Utah 8:00 the mtn. 23 (Sat) New Mexico* Salt Lake City Noon the mtn. 27 Wed) at TCU* Fort Worth, Texas 7:00 March 1 (Sat) at Wyoming* Laramie, Wyo. 2:00 the mtn. 4 (Tue) Colorado State* Salt Lake City 7:00 the mtn. 8 (Sat) at UNLV* Las Vegas, Nev. 1:00 Versus Mountain West Conference Tournament 12 (Wed) First Round Game Las Vegas, Nev. TBA 13 (Thu) Quarterfinals Las Vegas, Nev. TBA 14 (Fri) Semifinals Las Vegas, Nev. TBA 15 (Sat) Championship Game Las Vegas, Nev. TBA Dates and times are tentative and subject to change; All times listed are local to site; Home games played at the Jon M. Huntsman Center; * = Mountain West Conference Game

11 Prospectus University of Utah Basketball Overall Statistics RECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NONCONFERENCE No. Player G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Reb Avg PF D AT TO BL ST Pts Avg 50 NEVILL, Luke BRYANT, Johnnie GREEN, Shaun JOHNS, Ricky WEIGH, Stephen BORHA, Lawrence DEANE, Daniel DRCA, Luka TILLIE, Kim EATMON, Curtis RADOJEVIC, Misha FOSTER, David GRANT, Chris TM TEAM Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UT OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game WINNING STREAK 0 - Home win streak 2 - ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Utah Opponents DEADBALL REBOUNDS: Off Def Total Utah Opponents

12 Runnin Ute Basketball MWC Only Statistics 100th Season RECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE No. Player G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Reb Avg PF D AT TO BL ST Pts Avg 01 BRYANT, Johnnie NEVILL, Luke GREEN, Shaun JOHNS, Ricky BORHA, Lawrence DEANE, Daniel WEIGH, Stephen DRCA, Luka EATMON, Curtis FOSTER, David RADOJEVIC, Misha GRANT, Chris TM TEAM Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS UT OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game WINNING STREAK 0 - Home win streak 2 - ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Utah Opponents DEADBALL REBOUNDS: Off Def Total Utah Opponents

13 Prospectus University of Utah Basketball Game-By-Game Date Opponent Result Score Overall MWC Utah High Scorer Opp. High Scorer High Rebounder High Assists Att. Nov. 10 SOUTHERN UTAH L Nevill...19 Barnes Green Green...5 9,013 Nov. 18 at Santa Clara L Nevill...17 Denison Nevill... 9 Johns...4 1,731 Nov. 21 COLORADO L Bryant...20 Roby Nevill Borha...4 9,019 Nov. 25 RICE W Bryant...28 Almond Nevill Bryant ,868 Nov. 29 WEBER STATE W Nevill...24 Harris Green Green...4 8,929 Dec. 2 WASHINGTON STATE W Green...17 Cowgill Nevill Bryant ,351 Dec. 6 at Utah State L Bryant/Nevill...14 Carroll Green Nevill ,270 Dec. 9 at Rhode Island L (OT) Nevill...25 Baron Nevill Bryant/Johns...5 3,257 Dec. 16 CAL POLY W Nevill...21 Whiten Green Green...8 9,313 Dec. 19 vs. Central Florida (1) L Nevill...20 Peppers Bryant/Nevill....8 Bryant/Green Dec. 20 vs. Virginia (1) W Bryant/Nevill...26 Reynolds Nevill Nevill Dec. 21 vs. Northwestern (1) L Green...14 Coble Borha... 4 Eatmon Dec. 28 ALBANY L Weigh...22 Siggers/Wilson.. 22 Nevill... 7 Eatmon ,483 Jan. 3 * at UNLV L (2OT) Green...25 Kruger Green Borha ,369 Jan. 6 * TCU L Bryant...23 Hackett Nevill Weigh ,975 Jan. 9 * at Colorado State L Bryant...16 Three with Nevill... 5 Drca/Grant...3 3,642 Jan. 13 * at New Mexico L (OT) Bryant...19 Giddens Foster Bryant ,532 Jan. 16 * AIR FORCE W Bryant/Nevill...18 Burtschi Nevill Borha/Bryant...4 9,297 Jan. 20 * WYOMING W Nevill...14 Jones Nevill... 8 Bryant ,085 Jan. 27 * at San Diego State L Bryant...18 Habel Green Green...3 7,598 Jan. 31 * BYU L Nevill...26 Young Nevill... 9 Green ,244 Feb. 3 * at TCU W Johns...18 Hackett Nevill Drca/Green ,075 Feb. 7 * COLORADO STATE W Nevill...18 T. Smith Nevill... 5 Bryant ,185 Feb. 14 * at Air Force L Nevill...16 Welch Nevill... 5 Green...3 5,858 Feb. 17 * UNLV L Nevill...15 Adams Green/Nevill... 7 Bryant/Nevill...4 8,394 Feb. 21 * at Wyoming L Bryant...26 Ewing Green Borha...7 5,483 Feb. 24 * NEW MEXICO W (2OT) Bryant...23 Prentice Green Green...6 9,641 Feb. 27 * SAN DIEGO STATE W Johns...30 Abukar Nevill Bryant ,036 Mar. 3 * at BYU L Bryant...18 Burgess/Young.. 15 Green Green ,812 Mar. 8 at UNLV (2) L Nevill...26 Kruger Nevill Green ,925 HOME GAME *Mountain West Conference Game (1) San Juan Shootout at San Juan, Puerto Rico (2) Mountain West Conference Tournament at Las Vegas, Nev. Margin of Victory/Defeat Wins Losses Statistical Leaders Points Leader Nevill Bryant Green... 3 Johns... 2 Weigh... 1 Rebounds Leader Nevill Green Borha... 1 Bryant... 1 Foster... 1 Assists Leader Green Bryant Borha... 4 Drca... 2 Eatmon... 2 Johns... 2 Nevill Grant Weigh Point Games Johns Point Games Nevill Bryant... 7 Green... 2 Johns... 1 Weigh Point Games Nevill Bryant Green Johns... 6 Deane Weigh... 5 Borha... 4 Eatmon Rebound Games Nevill Green... 4 Double-Doubles Nevill Green... 3

14 Runnin Ute Basketball Points, Rebounds, Assists 100th Season B B D D E G G J N R T W O R E R A R R O E A I E R Y A C T A E H V D L I H A N A M N E N I O L G A N E O T N S L J I H T N L E E V I C Nov. 10 SOUTHERN UTAH Nov. 18 at Santa Clara Nov. 21 COLORADO DNP DNP Nov. 25 RICE DNP DNP Nov. 29 WEBER STATE DNP Dec. 2 WASHINGTON STATE DNP DNP Dec. 6 at Utah State DNP DNP DNP DNP Dec. 9 at Rhode Island Dec. 16 CAL POLY Dec. 19 vs. Central Florida (1) DNP Dec. 20 vs. Virginia (1) Dec. 21 vs. Northwestern (1) DNP Dec. 28 ALBANY DNP DNP Jan. 3 * at UNLV DNP DNP INJ Jan. 6 * TCU INJ Jan. 9 * at Colorado State INJ Jan. 13 * at New Mexico DNP DNP INJ Jan. 16 * AIR FORCE DNP DNP INJ Jan. 20 * WYOMING DNP INJ Jan. 27 * at San Diego State DNP DNP INJ Jan. 31 * BYU INJ Feb. 3 * at TCU INJ Feb. 7 * COLORADO STATE DNP DNP INJ Feb. 14 * at Air Force DNP INJ Feb. 17 * UNLV DNP INJ Feb. 21 * at Wyoming INJ INJ DNP INJ Feb. 24 * NEW MEXICO DNP INJ DNP Feb. 27 * SAN DIEGO STATE DNP DNP INJ Mar. 3 * at BYU DNP INJ Mar. 8 at UNLV DNP INJ Starter HOME GAME * Mountain West Conference game (1) San Juan Shootout at San Juan, Puerto Rico Record By Lineup Record PG SG SF PF C 0-2 Bryant Grant Johns Green Nevill 1-1 Bryant Borha Weigh Deane Nevill 3-4 Bryant Borha Weigh Green Nevill 0-2 Bryant Johns Weigh Green Nevill 1-2 Eatmon Bryant Borha Green Nevill 4-5 Bryant Drca Johns Green Nevill 0-1 Bryant Grant Johns Green Deane 1-0 Bryant Borha Johns Green Deane 1-2 Bryant Borha Johns Green Nevill

15 Prospectus University of Utah Basketball Game-By-Game Statistics Opponent Date Score Result FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Reb PF AT TO BL ST Pts UTAH (H) 11/10/ L SOUTHERN UTAH (39-44) UTAH (A) 11/18/ L SANTA CLARA (27-37) UTAH (H) 11/21/ L COLORADO (22-26) UTAH (H) 11/25/ W RICE (30-39) UTAH (H) 11/29/ W WEBER STATE (35-27) UTAH (H) 12/02/ W WASHINGTON ST. (36-21) UTAH (A) 12/06/ L UTAH STATE (21-27) UTAH (A) 12/09/ L (OT) RHODE ISLAND (33-38) UTAH (H) 12/16/ W CAL POLY (40-20) UTAH (N) 12/19/ L CENT. FLORIDA (15-28) UTAH (N) 12/20/ W VIRGINIA (40-28) UTAH (N) 12/21/ L NORTHWESTERN (30-41) UTAH (H) 12/28/ L ALBANY (27-30) UTAH (A) 1/03/ L (2OT) UNLV (34-38) UTAH (H) 1/06/ L TCU (27-30) UTAH (A) 1/09/ L COLORADO ST. (27-37) UTAH (A) 1/13/ L (OT) NEW MEXICO (25-37) UTAH (H) 1/16/ W AIR FORCE (31-21) UTAH (H) 1/20/ W WYOMING (29-28) UTAH (A) 1/27/ L SAN DIEGO STATE (25-25) UTAH (H) 1/31/ L BYU (27-34) UTAH (A) 2/03/ W TCU (36-29) UTAH (H) 2/07/ W COLORADO STATE (28-35) UTAH (A) 2/14/ L AIR FORCE (24-35) UTAH (H) 2/17/ L UNLV (25-33) UTAH (A) 2/21/ L WYOMING (33-39) UTAH (H) 2/24/ W (2OT) NEW MEXICO (36-34) UTAH (H) 2/27/ W SAN DIEGO STATE (32-19) UTAH (A) 3/03/ L BYU (26-37) UTAH (N) 3/08/ L UNLV (25-35)

16 Runnin Ute Basketball 1 - Johnnie Bryant G Sr. Oakland, Calif. (Ohlone College) Honorable Mention All-Mountain West Conference in Ranked 31st in the nation in 3-point percentage (.430) Ranked 34th in the nation in 3-pointers per game (2.93) Second on team and ninth in MWC in scoring (15.1 ppg) Led team and sixth in MWC in free-throw percentage (.821) Reached double figures in 24 of 30 games in Chris Grant G Sr. Salt Lake City (East HS) Saw action in 18 games, making three starts during Averaged 7.3 minutes per game last season Averaged 0.7 points and 0.4 rebounds per game Dished out 17 assists for an average of 0.9 per game One of five Utes to have a positive assist-turnover ratio in Lawrence Borha G Jr. Staten Island, N.Y. (Stonebridge Prep) Played in 29 games, with 16 appearances in the starting lineup Shot.445 (53-of-119) from the field last season Averaged 4.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per game Scored a career-high 13 points twice during Dished out a career-high seven assists vs. Wyoming Feb. 21, 2007 Scored in double figures five times last year 21 - Shaun Green F Jr. Salt Lake City (Olympus HS) 3-point percentage of.512 would have led the nation, but he fell short of the mininum 2.5 made per game to qualify (he made 2.1 per game) Set Utah single-season record for 3-point percentage last year Ranked third on team in scoring (11.1 ppg) in Was second on team in both rebounding (6.1) and assists 2.6) last year Also led last year s squad with 36 steals, good for fifth in the MWC 100th Season 25 - Sayre Brennan F Jr. Bridgehampton, N.Y. (Suffolk CC) Joined the Utes as a walk-on last season Red-shirted in Shot 57 percent from the field during his sophomore season at Suffolk Academic all-region selection at Suffolk CC Averaged 6.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.5 apg in in junior college 32 - Tyler Kepkay G Jr. Victoria, B.C. (Coll. of Eastern Utah) First-team NJCAA All-American in Led the nation (NJCAA) in scoring, averaging 27.9 ppg Ranked fifth in NJCAA free-throw percentage (.882) Ranked 22nd in NJCAA 3-point percentage (.474) last season Averaged 3.9 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game in Luke Nevill C Jr. Perth, Australia (Kell [Ga.] HS) All-America candidate All-Mountain West Conference Third-Team selection in NABC All-District Second Team last year USBWA All-District VIII selection in Ranked ninth in the nation in field-goal percentage last season (.637) Led team in scoring (16.8 ppg), rebounding (7.7 rpg); 10 double-doubles 0 - Curtis Eatmon G So. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Los Osos HS) Played in 29 games during the season, made three starts Shot.444 (16-of-36) from the field during his freshman season Hit 3-of-10 (.300) from 3-point range last year Dished out 1.1 assists per game Averaged 11.3 minutes per game

17 Prospectus University of Utah Basketball 5 - Luka Drca 14 - Kim Tillie G So. F So. Belgrade, Serbia (Dimitre Turcovic HS) Cagnes-sur-Mer, France (De La Fontaine HS) Played in 28 games with nine starts, despite suffering shoulder injury early in season Averaged 12.0 minutes per game last year Scored 2.3 points and dished out 1.3 assists per contest in Dished out a career-high four assists twice last season 13 - Stephen Weigh G/F So. Rockhampton, Aust. (Lake Gininderra HS) Saw action in 29 games, making 11 starts during Averaged 17.9 minutes per game last season Averaged 5.0 points and 1.6 rebounds per game Scored 22 points on 7-of-9 shooting against Albany Scored 16 points against UNLV in the MWC opener last year Played at least 20 minutes in 13 games 45 - Morgan Grim F Fr. Riverton, Utah (Riverton HS) Utah Class 5A MVP in for Riverton High School Led Riverton High to back-to-back state title game appearances Averaged 22.5 points per game in the state tournament (29 in title game) Averaged 21 points and eight rebounds per game as a senior Two-time first-team all-state selection Listed on Best of the West team by Long Beach Press Telegram Appeared in 11 games last season Missed remainder of after fracturing left ankle in practice Jan. 1 Season-high six points in seven minutes in season-opener vs. SUU One of the top players in France in his age group when he signed Played on bronze-winning French national team in Under-19 World Championships over the summer 15 - Carlon Brown G Fr. Riverside, Calif. (Martin Luther King HS) Ranked as fourth best wing player in West by ScoutHoops.com All-CIF Southern Section selection last season Averaged 17.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.0 steals in Four-year starter at Martin Luther King High School Riverside County Player of the Year; Inland Empire All-Star Listed on Best of the West team by Long Beach Press Telegram

18 Runnin Ute Basketball 100th Season Runnin Ute Basketball The University of Utah men s basketball program is entering its 100th season and ranks 10th in NCAA history with a.657 winning percentage. The Runnin Utes also rank 10th in the NCAA in all-time victories with 1,595. Since 1990, Utah has advanced to postseason play 14 times, including 12 trips to the NCAA Tournament. In the last 18 years, the Utes have made it to the second round of the NCAAs 10 times, the Sweet 16 five times, the Elite Eight twice and the 1998 Final Four. All-time, utah ranks tied for 11th in NCAA Tournament appearances (26). Since 1975, when the field was expanded to 32 teams, Utah has made nine Sweet 16 appearances. The Runnin Utes have reached the 20-win plateau 13 times since Utah s 11 regular-season conference championships over the past 17 years is the second-best mark among NCAA Division I programs. The Utes run of conference titles includes nine in the last 13 seasons. Utah has been dominant at home in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. Over the last 18 seasons, the Runnin Utes are (.890) on their home court. Utah s all-time record in the 39-year-old facility is (.825) In conference home games, in the last 13 years, Utah is (.887). Seven of those losses came in the last two seasons. Over the last 18 years, Utah has ranked in the top 30 in the nation 13 times in scoring defense, 11 times in rebounding margin, eight times in field-goal percentage defense and nine times in scoring margin. Center Andrew Bogut was the consensus National Player of the Year and was taken as the No. pick in the 2005 NBA Draft. Bogut was the fifth Ute selected in the NBA Draft in nine years and the fourth to earn All-America recognition in 11 years. Keith Van Horn and Andre Miller were two-time All-America selections, while Michael Doleac was honored once. Since 1990, a Ute has been named conference player of the year nine times.