The 2008–09 Utah Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the

2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2008, and ended with the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April 6, 2009, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The season saw six dif ...

. They played their home games at the

Jon M. Huntsman Center The Jon M. Huntsman Center is a 15,000-seat indoor arena in the western United States, on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. It is the home of the Utah Utes of the Pac-12 Conference, the primary venue for Utah Utes men's b ...

in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, and were a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Utes were led by second-year head coach

Jim Boylen James Francis Boylen (born April 18, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach. He was the coach of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Previously, Boylen served as head coach for the University of Utah, coa ...

. They finished the season 24–10 (12–4 in Mountain West play) and won the

2009 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament The 2009 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada from March 11–14, 2009. The tournament was sponsored by Conoco. The quarterfinal was broadcast live on t ...

to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As No. 5 seed in the Midwest region, Utah lost to Arizona in the Round of 64.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

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