Pac-12 sources alerted early that the Utes were going to be a team to watch.Enough experienced components returned plus a couple of shrewd additions from the portal, among them ex-Washington wing Cole Bajema and ex-Colorado frontliner Lawson Lovering. Bajema, in particular, was enlisted to aid in three-point shooting that too often misfired (only 33% ) a year ago; now, Utah is up to 38% with its triples, with Bajema importantly providing a perimeter diversion for explosive wing Gabe Madsen, who is hitting 45% of his three-balls. All of these are buzzing around 7-footer Branden Carlson (17 ppg), the Utes and their 81 ppg offense can present quite a handful, as BYU found out a couple of weeks ago in Salt Lake City. Play Utah