NONCONFERENCE* No. 8 UTAH (7-1) at UC...

NONCONFERENCE

* No. 8 UTAH (7-1) at UC IRVINE (0-7)

Time--7. Radio--KUCI-FM (88.9).

This game has all the appearances of a huge mismatch. Utah is the highest-ranked team to play in the Bren Center since Nevada Las Vegas in 1991, when the Rebels were ranked No. 1. Utah has lost only to Arizona this season, 69-61, and has one of the nation’s top players in 6-10 senior forward Keith Van Horn. Van Horn has scored 2,014 points in his college career and is averaging 22.1 points this season. Winless Irvine has lost its last three games by an average of 35 points.