Sports Mumbling, March 3rd

Sports Mumbling on March 3rd...

• New Ute Hoop Rankings- Now 15th (coaches) and 16th (media) ranked in the country. Based on what I've seen this year, those rankings feel about right. Sports Illustrated has them at #17 in their power rankings, by Luke Winn.
  
• I give credit to "Ancient Ute" who posted a 'Historical trend for Utah Basketball' on the utefans.net website. His report (click here), shows that the Utes have only had 6 losing seasons in the last 50 years.
  
• Ute center Andrew Bogut has his own blog, "Awesome Aussie". Its not too bad, although he is certainly much better on the court than he is online. Some good stuff in there, but don't buy into the bit about him having a pet crocodile and kangaroo as he stated on Jan 23rd!
  
• Looking to move to Utah this spring? I think Karl Malone's house is still for sale. Better hurry and jump on it though, it looks like the price has dropped to a mere $5.75 M.
• The Jazz have won 3 in a row, and go for 4 against the Hornets in New Orleans. The Jazz would win by 15-20 right now in Utah, but momentum and the road atmosphere probably makes this a game. I'm not a big Byron Scott fan (coach of the Hornets), so I can't say their struggles bother me.
• One part about the Hornets I like, is the point guard Dan Dickau. He has taken over for the oft injured and finally traded Baron Davis. Dickau is a point guard who shares the ball, and is thinking about others when on the floor. He is probably going to earn himself some cash as he is a free agent this summer and only going to get better. If you are a rumor monger, remember that the Jazz will have cash to spend, have an unsettled point guard position, and Dickau went to Gonzaga, which coincidently was the same school as John Stockon. A little more you ask...remember that Stockton used to go home to Gonzaga for pickup games and played many times with Dickau.