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Why this former Runnin’ Utes basketball assistant is thrilled to be back
Having left Larry Krystkowiak’s staff in 2019 to be closer to his ailing mother in Las Vegas, assistant coach DeMarlo Slocum is back with the Utes and new coach Craig Smith
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The next year, Utah kept that momentum rolling, advanced to the Pac-12 Tournament’s championship game for the first time and made it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament before getting crushed by Gonzaga 82-59 at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
“It was never a thing where I wanted to leave here. It was just a decision regarding my family and I felt like it was a good time to get back and spend some time with my mom because she was under the weather. So the timing for that worked out perfectly. It was just a family decision that I felt was best at that time.” New Utah assistant coach DeMarlo Slocum
Jun 9, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah men s basketball program announced that it will play host to Sacramento State on Saturday, Nov. 13, of opening week inside the Jon M. Huntsman Center for the upcoming 2021-22 season.
Fans can purchase season tickets for the upcoming 2021-22 Utah men s basketball season online or via phone by contacting the Utah Ticket Office at 801-581-8849.
This serves as the third meeting between the two programs with the previous two contest played in Salt Lake City. The all-time series is tied at 1-1 between the Runnin Utes and Hornets with Utah winning the first meeting 74-45 back on Dec. 12, 1992, and Sacramento State winning the most recent meeting 74-71 on Nov. 16, 2012.
LOGAN Another former Utah commit is heading to Logan.
Norbert Thellisen, who signed with the Runnin Utes basketball program a year ago before deferring play during the 2020-21 season, will now enroll at Utah State and head to Logan in time for the 2021-22 season, head coach Ryan Odom announced Tuesday. We are extremely excited about the addition of Norbert to our program, Odom said. Norbert is a versatile forward with major potential and his game fits our style of play.
A native of Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Thelissen most recently played for Heroes Den Bosch s U-22 squad, appearing in 19 games scattered over the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. He also represented his home country at the Division B FIBA U20 European Championships in Portugal during the summer of 2019, where he averaged 11.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.