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Utah State expected to hire UNI’s Ben Jacobson as next basketball coach | Sports

According to reports from Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68, and Pete Thamel of ESPN, Utah State is expected to hire Northern Iowa’s Ben Jacobson as the Aggies’ 23rd men’s basketball head coach in program history. These reports come five days after the departure of USU’s former head coach, Jerrod Calhoun, to Cincinnati. Per the report from Thamel, Jacobson signed a five-year contract. Financial terms of the contract have not been publicly released or reported at this time. Cache Valley Daily has submitted a public records request for the offer sheet sent to Jacobson. Jacobson spent 25 years at Northern Iowa, serving as its head coach since 2006 and amassing a record of 397-259 in that time and is the winningest coach in the program’s history. Under his guidance, UNI won four regular season titles in the Missouri Valley Conference, plus five conference tournament titles. His two most memorable seasons were in 2009-10 when the Panthers went 30-5 and made a run to the Sweet 16, including an upset of the one-seed Kansas. In the 2014-15 season, UNI went 31-4 and earned a five seed in the NCAA Tournament but lost in the second round to four seed Louisville.

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March 30, 2026 No Comments

Mammoth pummel Kings 6-2 to create more separation in Western Conference wild-card race | Sports

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alexander Kerfoot and Logan Cooley scored two goals each, Mikhail Sergachev tied a franchise single-game record with four assists, and the Utah Mammoth beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-2 on Saturday night. Nick Schmaltz and Jack McBain also scored, Karel Vejmelka made 29 saves, as the Mammoth avoided a second losing streak of at least three games in March. Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe scored for the Kings, who have won one of their last six games. Darcy Kuemper allowed five goals on 16 shots before being replaced by Anton Forsberg to start the third period. Forsberg made 11 saves in relief. The Mammoth continued their charge toward a playoff berth when Kerfoot opened the scoring 2:31 into the game, followed by two goals from Cooley late in the first period. Cooley struck on the power play to pick up his second with less than nine seconds remaining, canceling out any momentum Los Angeles had when Kopitar got them on the board two minutes earlier. Utah is now five points ahead of Nashville for the first wild-card berth in the Western Conference, which would put them against the Pacific Division in the postseason and away from

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March 29, 2026 No Comments

Green scores 31 points and Suns open up big lead early en route to a 134-109 rout of Jazz | Sports

PHOENIX (AP) — Jalen Green scored 31 points, Devin Booker had 26 and the Phoenix Suns routed the Utah Jazz 134-109 on Saturday night. Grayson Allen added 19 points, Oso Ighodaro scored 13 and Khaman Maluach had 12 and nine rebounds for the Suns, who had lost six of their previous seven games. The win moved Phoenix within 3 1/2 games of sixth-place Houston, the last position to stay out of the Western Conference play-in round. Neither Green nor Booker played in the fourth quarter as the Suns cruised to the victory. Brice Sensabaugh and Kyle Filipowski each scored 26 points for the Jazz, who lost their fifth in a row, seventh straight on the road and 10th of their last 11 overall. Svi Mykhailuk scored 14 points and Ace Bailey had all of his 13 points in the second half. Kennedy Chandler had 11 points and eight assists for Utah. The Suns used a 21-2 run in the first quarter to open up a 37-17 lead. Green had 11 points in the quarter, making three of Phoenix’s eight 3-pointers in the period. Phoenix posted its biggest halftime lead of the season at 73-45, led by Green’s 20 points. Sensabaugh

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March 29, 2026 No Comments

Jokic’s triple-double, Murray and Johnson hit late 3s to rally Nuggets by Jazz, 135-129 | Sports

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 33 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists, Cam Johnson and Jamal Murray combined for four 3-pointers in the final 2:20, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 13 down in the fourth quarter to beat the Utah Jazz 135-129 on Friday night. Murray finished with 31 points two nights after scoring a season-high 53. Jokic had his fourth straight triple-double and 31st of the season to help Denver avoid a costly loss in the tight Western Conference playoff race. The Nuggets are in fourth place, a game ahead of Minnesota and a half-game behind the Los Angeles Lakers. Kyle Filipowski led Utah with 25 points but was scoreless in the fourth quarter when Denver rallied from a 120-107 deficit. Jokic started the comeback with a layup, Tim Hardaway Jr., who finished with 21 points, hit a 3-pointer and two free throws that made it 124-121. After Ace Bailey made a baseline jumper, Jokic hit a turnaround and Johnson tied it with a 3-pointer. The teams traded threes before Johnson, who had 12 points, put the Nuggets ahead for good with another from deep with 46 seconds left. After a turnover, Murray sealed with another from

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March 28, 2026 No Comments

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