Utah Utes men's basketball
2025–26 Utah Utes men's basketball team
University	University of Utah
First season	1908–09; 118 years ago
Athletic director	Mark Harlan
Head coach	Alex Jensen 1st season, 10–22 (.313)
Location	Salt Lake City, Utah
Arena	Jon M. Huntsman Center (capacity: 15,000)
NCAA division	Division I
Conference	Big 12
Nickname	Utes
Colors	Red and white[1]
All-time record	1,923–1,121 (.632)
NCAA tournament record	38–32 (.543)
NCAA Division I tournament champions
1944
Other NCAA Division I tournament results Runner-up 1998 Final Four 1944, 1961, 1966, 1998 Elite Eight 1944, 1945, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1997, 1998 Sweet Sixteen 1944, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2015 Appearances 1944, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2016
NIT champions
1947
Conference tournament champions
WAC: 1995, 1997, 1999 MW: 2004, 2009
Conference regular-season champions
MSAC: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937 MSAC: 1938, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 WAC: 1966, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 MW: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009
Conference division champions
MSAC Western: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937
Uniforms
Home Away

The Utah Utes men's basketball team, also known as the Runnin' Utes,^[2][3] represents the University of Utah as an NCAA Division I program that plays in the Big-12. They play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The school has made the NCAA tournament 29 times. They last made the tournament in 2016. Utah won the NCAA Championship in 1944, defeating Dartmouth College 42–40 for the school's only NCAA basketball championship. However, the school also claims the 1916 AAU National Championship, which was awarded after winning the AAU national tournament. They have also won the NIT once, defeating Kentucky in 1947. In 1998, the Utes played in the NCAA championship game, losing to Kentucky.