The Utah Eagles were a basketball team in the

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. They played their games in

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, and although they started play in the 2006-2007 season, they folded in mid-season. The Eagles played their home games at the

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on the Redwood Campus of

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- the same gymnasium used for the

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's annual

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. The team's roster featured a number of players with local ties, including

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, a former Weber State player, Bryant Markson, a former

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player and Mike Hall, a former

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player. John Millsap, the younger brother of Utah Jazz player Paul Millsap, also played for the Eagles. The roster also included talented players from other regions of the country. Utah won its first game, beating

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134–120 on December 2, 2006. It finished its first season with a 6–16 record, then folded on January 23, 2007. Although the CBA was able to reschedule the remaining opponents' games so that all franchises would finish a 48-game schedule, two games could not be rescheduled and were deemed forfeits by league mandate. Those two losses meant the Eagles finished with a 6–18 record.

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