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ASU Basketball: 2019 Pac-12 Week 4 Power Rankings

By Trevor Booth

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 21: Head coach Bobby Hurley of the Arizona State Sun Devils looks on during the second half of the championship game against the Utah State Aggies in the MGM Resorts Main Event basketball tournament at T-Mobile Arena on November 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arizona State won 87-82. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 21: Head coach Bobby Hurley of the Arizona State Sun Devils looks on during the second half of the championship game against the Utah State Aggies in the MGM Resorts Main Event basketball tournament at T-Mobile Arena on November 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arizona State won 87-82. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images) /
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FULLERTON, CA – NOVEMBER 25: A.J. Turner #21 and Anthony Gaines #11 of the Northwestern Wildcats guard Sedrick Barefield #2 of the Utah Utes as he looks to take a shot in the first half of the game during the Wooden Legacy Tournament at Titan Gym on November 25, 2018 in Fullerton, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)
FULLERTON, CA – NOVEMBER 25: A.J. Turner #21 and Anthony Gaines #11 of the Northwestern Wildcats guard Sedrick Barefield #2 of the Utah Utes as he looks to take a shot in the first half of the game during the Wooden Legacy Tournament at Titan Gym on November 25, 2018 in Fullerton, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) /

10. Utah Utes

While Thanksgiving meals may have served the Utes well, their trip to Fullerton, California, and the Wooden Legacy Tournament did not.

There, Larry Krystkowiak’s rebuilding squad lost two of three games against Hawai’i and Northwestern. Utah’s lone victory in the tournament came over Grand Canyon, who also finished 1-2 in the tournament.

In the two losses, the Utes didn’t get enough production from their top dogs, Sedrick Barefield and Donnie Tillman. Barefield scored four points on 1-of-8 shooting in the loss to the Rainbow Warriors, and Tillman dropped to six points while shooting 1-of-4 from the field in the loss to the Wildcats.

With the Utes losing big production from David Collette, Tyler Rawson and Justin Bibbins, they haven’t yet built a team identity. While Barefield and Tillman are the two top scorers, they also are the top playmakers, leading the team in assists with 3.8 and 1.3, respectively.

The lack of ball movement has allowed teams to run on the Utes in the open floor, as their 14 turnovers per game match their assist total.

Now 3-3 on the season, the Utes, like several teams in the conference, may have lost an off-chance to make the NCAA Tournament.

Utah will return home this Saturday to face Tulsa.

– Trevor Booth 

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