Utah vs Cincinnati: Injury Hurdles & Postseason Push

0:00On March 10th, the Utah men's basketball team heads to Kansas City, Missouri, for its big 12 tournament opener against Cincinnati on Tuesday. March 10th, at 1 p.m. mountain time on ESPN Plus. The running youths face some injury hurdles, with freshman guard Lucas Langerida listed as questionable, while forward Babacarfe and guard Jacob. Patrick are ruled out. Langerida joined Utah in December from a pro club in Spain to add back court death and shooting, but an undisclosed injury sideline him for most of, conference play. He missed 12 straight games after his debut on January 10th, then played sparingly in the final three regular season contests, logging just, 52 minutes total. Utah wrapped the regular season with a tough 10 wins and 21 losses overall, including two wins and 16 losses in big 12 play, so they need every bit of help in this postseason push. His hope Langerida's 6 foot 5 frame would boost the squad under coach Alex Jensen, but his limited impact so far, 8 points, 3 assists, and 5 rebounds hasn't panned out yet.

1:05Meanwhile, Cincinnati enters at 17 wins and 14 losses, 9 and 9 in conference, looking mostly healthy with just forward Jalen Haynes. Out due to knee surgery, the Bearcats, who feature a former all Atlantic 10 standout, hold a slight edge per predictions, favored 76 to 66. The winner advances to face 8 seated UCF on Wednesday at 1pm mountain time, so keep an eye on availability reports as tip off near that.