Last Addition to Schedule in Place
The Utes are about to finalize their schedule, though not quite in the way they would have preferred.
Having already lined up a home game against Idaho State on Dec. 27 to fill one of the two openings they had when they announced the bulk of their schedule a few weeks ago, the Utes have reached an agreement to play Dixie State on Jan. 9 in the Huntsman Center.
Coach Jim Boylen said he had been working to get St. Mary's to visit in that span, but that the Gaels "backed out" to play at Texas. Other sources said the Gaels are expected to get a $100,000 guarantee from the Longhorns, which is about 20 percent more than the Utes had been willing to pay.
"This scheduling thing is a fiasco," Boylen said, "and we did the best we could. ... I think we have a pretty good schedule."
The game against Dixie State will break up what had been an 11-day stretch without a game after the Utes open their Mountain West Conference season against Air Force at home on Jan. 5. After that, the Utes play at San Diego State on Jan. 16.
Having already lined up a home game against Idaho State on Dec. 27 to fill one of the two openings they had when they announced the bulk of their schedule a few weeks ago, the Utes have reached an agreement to play Dixie State on Jan. 9 in the Huntsman Center.
Coach Jim Boylen said he had been working to get St. Mary's to visit in that span, but that the Gaels "backed out" to play at Texas. Other sources said the Gaels are expected to get a $100,000 guarantee from the Longhorns, which is about 20 percent more than the Utes had been willing to pay.
"This scheduling thing is a fiasco," Boylen said, "and we did the best we could. ... I think we have a pretty good schedule."
The game against Dixie State will break up what had been an 11-day stretch without a game after the Utes open their Mountain West Conference season against Air Force at home on Jan. 5. After that, the Utes play at San Diego State on Jan. 16.
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