Naturally, we didn't have enough room in today's newspaper article about the improvement of the Utes to mention everything former assistant coach Randy Rahe had to say about going against them tonight at the Dee Events Center in Ogden.

Now the head coach at Weber State, Rahe said the Utes will be a "good challenge" for his Wildcats, because they will test them in so many ways. Center Luke Nevill is the biggest problem, he said.

"We don't have anybody close to that," Rahe said. "We're putting 6-7 on 7-1. Normally, you double and stuff against him, but they shoot the ball so well that if you double, you're giving up threes. And if you don't, then you have to battle him one-on-one down there. So it's a double-edged sword."

Rahe was extremely complimentary of the job Boylen is doing with the Utes, saying he has them "guarding really well" -- the Utes are allowing opponents to shoot only 41.7 percent and score 67.8 points per game, far better than last year -- while playing a system that's "a little different than some other people play."

"They push you down to the baseline, keep you out of the middle," Rahe explained. "It's something you don't see every night. ... And once you get down there, there's not a whole lot of places to go."

The Utes, by the way, are 4 1/2-point favorites, though the folks at Covers.com give the Wildcats the edge on defense.