The Utah Utes this weekend are celebrating their 100 years of hoops and are having a special price of 100 pennies for upper tickets, a nice gimmick but to be honest the Utes attendance has suffered and hopefully this will sell the stadium out. With the Utes on a roll after beating UNLV last week and have won 3 in a row of 4 of 5. The Utes have had a great basketball history with 23 conference titles, in 100 years and that is by far more then any other team in the leagues that Utah has been part of however from 1906 from 1926 the Utes were not part of a conference, so in reality from 1926 to present have won 23 of the 82 regular season titles which is an amazing 28% of league titles. The Utes also have won 3 variations of a national title from the 1916 AAU, 1944 NCAA, and 1947 NIT championships. The best year for Utah has to be the 1998 team that made its way to the national title game against Kentucky who the Utes have always struggled against. The Utes were the first team since 1990 UNLV, who won the title, to be in the final game not from a super power conference. The Utes have had many players go on to the NBA and other successful careers after being a Ute. The Utes are having a huge celebration by having a huge reunion of players for this Saturday's game.
The Utes also announced their All-Century team earlier today and check this link for more details on some of the players
Andrew Bogut - 2003-05
Jerry Chambers - 1963-66
Tom Chambers - 1977-81
Mike Doleac - 1994-98
Arnie Ferrin - 1943-48
Vern Gardner - 1945-49
Josh Grant - 1988-91/1992-93
Alex Jensen - 1994-95/1997-2000
Jeff Jonas - 1973-77
Jeff Judkins - 1974-78
Bill Kinner - 1932-36
Billy McGill - 1959-62
Andre Miller - 1995-99
Mike Newlin - 1968-71
Keith Van Horn - 1993-97
Danny Vranes - 1977-81
This is a list of the players who will be at the game
1930s
Verl Wilde - 1938
Parry Wilson - 1938
1940s
Arnie Ferrin - 1947
Fred Lewis - 1944
Bob Lewis - 1944
Wat Misaka - 1947
Glynn Petersen - 1947
Fred Sheffield - 1945
Herb Wilkinson - 1944
Jimmy Woodward - 1944
1950s
Robert Beall - 1953
R.L. Benson - 1957
Morris Buckwater - 1956
Art Bunte - 1956
DeLyle Condie - 1959
Paul Grant - 1952
Gary Hale - 1958
Milt Kane - 1958
Alden Lewis - 1954
Jack Mannion - 1957
Bill Maxwell - 1955
Lyle Rich - 1953
Glen Smith - 1952
1960s
John Allen - 1963
Keith Ancell - 1960
Joe Aufderheide - 1962
Leonard Black - 1966
Jerry Chambers - 1966
Steve Cotterell - 1967
George Fisher - 1966
Danny Hawes - 1964
Allen Holmes - 1963
Bernard Kroeger - 1965
Lyndon Mackay - 1968
Steve McDonough
Billy McGill - 1962
Jeff Ockel - 1968
Dick Paul
Jim Rhead - 1961
Skip Sedivec - 1964
Richard Tate - 1966
Spence Thurgood - 1965
Fred Wheeler - 1962
1970s
Dan Cowan - 1973
Greg Deane - 1978
Mike Dunn - 1978
Ken Gardner - 1971
Terry Gardner - 1972
Tony Hodges - 1977
Jeff Jonas - 1977
Jay Judkins - 1978
Rich Kieval - 1977
Jim Mahler - 1971
Tyrone Medley - 1974
Mike Newlin - 1971
Craig Nielsen - 1974
Brad Smith - 1977
Doug Terry - 1976
Randy White - 1975
Charlie Whiting - 1974
1980s
Mike Bozner - 1983
Tom Chambers - 1981
Steve Folsom - 1981
George Furgis - 1983
Gale Gondrezick - 1988
Craig Hammer - 1982
Manny Hendrix - 1986
Scott Hill - 1984
Pace Mannion - 1983
Jim Marsh - 1981
Tim McLaughlin - 1985
Reid Monson - 1989
Sie Moore - 1987
Bill Perkins - 1989
Clyde Rivers - 1986
Watkins Singletary - 1989
Mitch Smith - 1988
Albert Springs - 1987
Danny Vranes - 1981
Peter Williams - 1983
1990s
Brett Allen - 1998
Greg Barratt - 1998
Larry Cain - 1993
Ben Caton - 1997
Doug Chapman - 1996
Ty Church - 1997
Joeff Connolly - 1994
Mike Doleac - 1998
Mike Gill - 1992
Josh Grant - 1994
Drew Hansen - 1996
Jon Hansen - 1990
Ryan Hunt - 1995
Brandon Jesse - 1996
Kelly Leonard - 1997
M'Kay McGrath - 1992
Ralph McKinney - 1991
Doug Meacham - 1996
Andre Miller - 1999
Sean Mooney - 1991
Terry Preston - 1996
Mark Rydalch - 1996
Craig Rydalch - 1996
Jimmy Soto - 1993
Andy Tanner - 1993
Andre Thompson - 1997
Keith Van Horn - 1997
Walter Watt - 1991
2000s
Nate Althoff - 2001
Andrew Bogut - 2005
Trace Caton - 2003
Tim Drisdom - 2006
Tony Harvey - 2000
Casey Iverson - 2006
Marc Jackson - 2005
Jeff Johnsen - 2002
Brandon Sluga - 2000