Utah counting on experience as springboard this season

FILE - Utah forward Timmy Allen (1) shoots against California forward Kuany Kuany (12) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Berkeley, Calif., in this Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, file photo. Four starters return to Utah from a year ago – led by second-team All-Pac-12 selection Timmy Allen. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FILE - Utah head coach Larry Krystkowiak yells from the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college basketball against Utah game in Los Angeles, in this Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, file photo. Eight players in head coach Larry Krystkowiak’s nine-man rotation in the 2019-20 season are back on the roster. It has Utah feeling confident about taking a leap forward from last season’s 8th place finish in the Pac-12 after posting the program’s fewest wins in a season since 2013.(AP Photo/Kelvin Kuo, File)