Falcons Travel to Utah to Face the Utes
2/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 19, 2004
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Site
Huntsman Center (15,000), Salt Lake City, Utah
Radio
KVOR AM 740 in Colorado Springs. Jim Arthur, Play-by-Play.
Television
ESPN+Plus. Rich Waltz, Play-by-Play; Irv Brown, Analyst. The game will be televised locally in the Colorado Springs area on KXRM-Fox 21 (Adelphia Cable Channel 3).
Records
Air Force is 18-4 overall and 8-1 in the Mountain West Conference. Utah is 19-6 overall and 7-3 in the MWC.
Recent Results
Air Force had its three-game winning streak snapped Monday by Texas-Pan American, 37-35, in Edinburg, Texas. It was the Falcons' final non-conference game of the season. Utah had its own four-game winning streak ended Monday by Wyoming, 74-65, in Laramie.
Coaches
Air Force is coached by Joe Scott (Princeton, 1987), who is in his fourth season with the Falcons. He has a 47-60 record in his tenure at Air Force. Scott came to AFA from his alma mater, Princeton, where he was an assistant coach from 1993-2000.
Utah is coached by Kerry Rupp (Southern Utah, 1991), who took over the head coaching duties on Jan. 27 after Rick Majerus stepped down for health reasons. Rupp, who is in his third season at Utah, lost his first career game Monday and has a 4-1 record as Utah's head coach.
Series
Utah leads the series, 40-8. Air Force snapped a five-game losing streak to the Utes with a 62-49 victory earlier this season at Clune Arena.
