Utah Utes men's basketball
| Utah Utes men's basketball | |||||||||||||
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| University | University of Utah | ||||||||||||
| Head coach | Alex Jensen (1st season) | ||||||||||||
| Location | Salt Lake City, Utah | ||||||||||||
| Arena | Jon M. Huntsman Center (capacity: 15,000) | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Big 12 | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Utes | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Red and white | ||||||||||||
| All-time record | 1,858–1,052 (.638) | ||||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament champions | |||||||||||||
| 1944 | |||||||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||||
| WAC 1995, 1997, 1999 Mountain West 2004, 2009 | |||||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||||
| Rocky Mountain Conference 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937 Mountain States Conference 1938, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 WAC 1966, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Mountain West 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 | |||||||||||||
| NIT champions | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | |||||||||||||
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The Utah Utes men's basketball team, also known as the Runnin' Utes, represents the University of Utah as an NCAA Division I program that plays in the Big-12. They play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The school has made the NCAA tournament 29 times. They last made the tournament in 2016. Utah won the NCAA Championship in 1944, defeating Dartmouth College 42–40 for the school's only NCAA basketball championship. However, the school also claims the 1916 AAU National Championship, which was awarded after winning the AAU national tournament. They have also won the NIT once, defeating Kentucky in 1947. In 1998, the Utes played in the NCAA championship game, losing to Kentucky.