Kansas dropped its only game to Craig Smith and Utah just days ago, but on Monday the Utes fired their fourth-year head basketball coach.

Over three days, the Runnin' Utes defeated Kansas and Kansas State in Salt Lake City. Both of those programs reportedly have bigger NIL budgets than the Utes. So Utah’s head coach — who may have even saved his own job with the victories — took a confident victory lap following the program’s momentous wins.

KU, which practiced Sunday at the Utah Jazz practice facility in Salt Lake, beat Samford and lost to Gonzaga in the 2024 NCAA Tournament at Salt Lake City’s Delta Center, home of the Jazz. In 2019, KU beat Northeastern, then fell to Auburn on opening week of the NCAAs.

Hunter Dickinson scored 12 points in Saturday night's loss at Utah, but that was enough to put him in a rare club. Dickinson recorded his 1,000th point in a Kansas uniform, making him just the 14th player in college basketball history to score 1,000 points at two different schools.

Kansas State heads to Salt Lake City to face a Utah team that just handed Kansas its fourth loss in the past seven games. The Wildcats want to avoid the same outcome and continue stacking wins for an NCAA Tournament push.

Kansas coach Bill Self had another unhappy trip to Salt Lake City. What did the national championship coach think of the Marriott and Huntsman Centers?

Utah is parting ways with head coach Craig Smith, sources told ESPN. Smith is nearing the end of his fourth season in charge of the Utes, currently sitting at 15-12 overall, 7-9 in the Big 12 after beating Kansas and Kansas State last week. Zero NCAA tournament appearances.

The Kansas Jayhawks are in Salt Lake City for a 9 p.m. Saturday game against the Utah Utes (followed by a game at BYU early next week).

Instead of participating in a multi-team holiday tournament, the Jayhawks over Thanksgiving week played Duke in Las Vegas and Furman at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks on this upcoming trip to Utah will leave Friday and return to Lawrence in the early morning hours after the game Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

Big 12 foes clash on the hardwood as the Utah Utes battle the Kansas State Wildcats this evening, live from Salt Lake City, Utah.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - Former Real Salt Lake outside back Andrew Brody will join Sporting KC after being claimed off waivers. Brody is under contract through the 2025 campaign.

Gabe Madsen scored 24 points and became Utah’s career leader in made 3-pointers as the Utes beat No. 17 Kansas 74-67.