Utah Utes 1997-1998 Retro Shorts SLAM 227 and 3-seed Michigan to advance

and 3-seed Michigan to advance to the Final Four for the 2nd time in Richardson's tenure

Waiting for them was Mike Krzyzewski and the defending National Champion Duke Blue Devils

Gathered elastic waistband

in a parent surrendering themselves to the decades of hard work it would take to give their child adequate safety to dream

Once there it took a big off the bench effort from Josh Pace (14pts) to escape Auburn 79-78

Utah Utes 1997-1998 Retro Shorts SLAM 227 and 3-seed Michigan to advanceAfter losing Keith Van Horn to the NBA Draft Rick Majerus' Utah Utes started the '97 98 season ranked #16 in the preseason poll. They quickly rose up the rankings after starting the season on an 18 game win streak and finishing the season 25 3. As the #3 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament the Utes advanced to the Sweet 16 after wins against #14 seed San Francisco and #6 seed Arkansas. Led by a trio of future NBA players, Andre Miller,