Utah Utes men's basketball: Runnin' Utes outlast Buffaloes on day of Rick Majerus sweater unveiling

Colorado coach Tad Boyle, meanwhile, acknowledged that his squad wasn’t very good Saturday.

“I have the utmost respect for the Utah program and I think it is great what Larry Krystkowiak is doing here, this program and what it means — they honored one of the all-time great coaches that coached here,” Boyle said. “But for a team that has not won a home conference game to have their first one on the Buffs, we have to have more pride in ourselves than that. We have to come in more prepared and I take full responsibility for that.”

EXTRA STUFF: Utah returns to action Wednesday at Oregon State. It visits Oregon on Saturday. ... Attendance was 10,977. ... Krystkowiak said freshman forward Jordan Loveridge, who did not play because of a sore knee, is expected to resume practice Monday and be back in the lineup for the road trip. ... Freshman Brandon Taylor started in place of DuBois and junior college transfer Renan Lenz stepped in for Loveridge.

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