Utah Utes men's basketball

Utah Utes men's basketball
Utah Utes men's basketball
	2024–25 Utah Utes men's basketball team
University	University of Utah
All-time record	1,858–1,052 (.638)
Head coach	Alex Jensen (1st season)
Conference	Big 12
Location	Salt Lake City, Utah
Arena	Jon M. Huntsman Center ; (capacity: 15,000)
Nickname	Utes
Colors	Red and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away
NCAA tournament champions
	1944
Runner-up	1998
Other NCAA tournament results
Runner-up	1998
Final Four	1944, 1961, 1966, 1998
Elite Eight	1944, 1945, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1997, 1998
Sweet Sixteen	1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2015
Appearances	1944, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2016
Conference tournament champions
	WAC ; 1995, 1997, 1999Mountain West ; 2004, 2009
Conference regular-season champions
	Rocky Mountain Conference ; 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937Mountain States Conference; 1938, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962WAC; 1966, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999Mountain West; 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009
NIT champions
	1947

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.