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Utah reportedly lands commitment from top European guard Noam Yaacov The University of Utah has its signature piece of its 2026 recruiting class, and it is coming from overseas. Draft Express’s Jonathan Givony reported Monday morning that Israeli-Danish point guard Noam Yaacov has committed to the Runnin’ Utes. > NEWS: Oostende's Noam Yaacov has committed to Utah, agent Matan Siman-Tov tells DraftExpress. > > The 6'2 Israeli point guard is averaging 17.9 points and 5.8 assists in 26 minutes, shooting 40% from 3. > > He'll go through the 2026 NBA Draft process as an auto-eligible prospect. pic.twitter.com/U2xyDTGf2c > > — Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) April 20, 2026 ### Who is Noam Yaacov? The 6-foot-2 Yaacov is a 21-year-old with several years of pro experience, most recently with Filou Oostende of the BNXT League, a first-tier league in Belgium and the Netherlands. In addition to committing to Utah, Yaacov will go through the NBA draft process, Givony reported. Utah men’s college basketball transfer portal tracker Yaacov is a rising star in the game, having won BNXT League Player of the Month honors in March, when he averaged 20.4 points, 7.2 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game, while making an average of 2.6 3-pointers per contest. During the 2025-26 season, he is averaging 17.9 points, 5.8 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game while shooting 49% from the field, 40.3% from 3-point range and 77.4% from the free-throw line. ### How does Noam Yaacov fit into Utah’s plans for the 2026-27 season? Yaacov is the kind of dynamic guard that Utah coach Alex Jensen and his staff can build their roster and game philosophy around. He is the fifth recent addition to Utah’s upcoming roster, along with four transfers in former Utah Valley wing Jackson Holcombe, former Ohio State combo guard Taison Chatman, former Weber State big Malek Gomma and former Wright State point guard TJ Burch. With Yaacov and Burch, the Utes’ point guard depth is in place — that was the position of greatest need for Utah in the offseason after seeing Terrence Brown hit the transfer portal. Not only does Yaacov bring the ability to create his own shots, he can also help facilitate and connect a group that, on the surface at least, appears well-balanced. With Yaacov’s commitment, Utah can focus on bringing together the final piece or two of its 2025-26 roster and building for the future.

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Nothing clever this year, just straight money. Go Utes! @edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social

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The best time of the year is when we get to load the #charitibundibowl money cannon and shoot it at our new friends.

$177.88 in honor of Whitt’s record at Utah. Go off at Michigan, king.

$1000 + fees to get the numbers up.

@edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social @newap-georgia.bsky.social

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As a sports oriented person, the fact that BlueSky is no help for me tracking Utah basketball’s transfer portal activities is frustrating. Then again, no one healthy should be tracking Utah basketball’s transfer portal activities so I get it

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Utah’s “Get Better” Mindset 🔥

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Project Summary.

Supplier Awarded: VCBO Architecture

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Additional parking approved by U Board of Trustees - @theU On Tuesday, April 14, the University of Utah Board of Trustees approved a bond measure that will pay for construction of an underground parking structure...

Additional parking approved by U Board of Trustees
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Stines, DiPonio Selected in PLL Draft - University of Utah Athletics SALT LAKE CITY – University of Utah lacrosse seniors Ryan Stines and Nikko DiPonio were selected ninth and 24th overall by the Utah Archers and New York Atla...

Stines, DiPonio Selected in PLL Draft
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Utah MBB Recruiting News: The Runnin Utes added 6’7” Utah Valley Universitiy G/F Jackson Holcombe from the portal to its roster. Holcombe earned first-team All WAC honors averaging 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 2.2 steals per game shooting 53 percent from the field. #GoUtes

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The UofU has been remaking itself in an incredibly transactional way in recent years, even making something called a “Impact & Prosperity Epicenter”.

I’ve always been wary of people and institutions who are desperate to be relevant. Questionable decisions are made in those circumstances.

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Nestled at the east end of the University of Utah campus is a patch of student residences, but long before students began strolling the grounds around them, there were soldiers.

Read: https://tinyurl.com/3hj9f8xc

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Men's Lacrosse Weekly Awards - April 13 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Air Force and Utah earned this week’s Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) Men’s Lacrosse honors, announced Monday by the league office.

@lisalen.bsky.social Congrats.
asunsports.org/news/2026/4/...

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With the 45th and final pick in the 2026 #WNBA Draft, the Minnesota Lynx select guard Lani White out of Utah.

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AI Kyle Whittingham

Lord father president please heal Kyle Whittingham

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Utah WBB transfer Reese Ross (6-1 JR forward, Rapid City, SD) has announced her commitment to Baylor
—2025-26: 30 GP (30 starts), 29.0 MPG, 9.3 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 1.9 APG

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Utah Football Game Moved to Friday - West Virginia University Athletics MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Big 12 Conference has announced that West Virginia University's final football game of the 2026 season at Utah in Salt Lake City, has...

Utah Football Game Moved to Friday

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Big 12 Conference has announced that West Virginia University's final football game of the 2026 season at Utah in Salt Lake City, has been moved to Friday, Nov. 27.

#wvusports #wvumountaineers

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Voices: The University of Utah is a public university with public responsibilities. It must be more transparent. “Before jumping headlong into a private equity arrangement that signs away a piece of its athletic future, the University of Utah needs to provide some clarity,” writes Jason Chaffetz in an op-ed.

“Before jumping headlong into a private equity arrangement that signs away a piece of its athletic future, the University of Utah needs to provide some clarity,” writes Jason Chaffetz in an op-ed.

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Utah men’s college basketball transfer portal tracker Even before the transfer portal window for NCAA Division I men’s basketball opened Tuesday, over the past several weeks reports about players who were planning on entering the portal had spread in the news and on social media. The shakeup of rosters around the country will continue to be a major storyline as the offseason rolls on. Here’s a running list of players from the state of Utah’s seven Division I men’s college basketball programs — Utah, BYU, Utah State, Weber State, Southern Utah, Utah Valley and Utah Tech — who are reportedly entering the portal during the spring 2026 window, as well as transfers who commit to those seven schools. Various reports have been used to create this list, with aggregation news service Verbal Commits serving as the primary source, unless otherwise noted. The 15-day spring portal for men’s basketball officially opened Tuesday and closes April 21. Players are permitted to withdraw from the portal at any time — and conversely can commit to a new school at any time — but may only enter the transfer portal during those dates. The portal will close at midnight EDT on April 21. The list will be updated as players announce their intentions. ### BYU **ENTERING TRANSFER PORTAL** * Xavion Staton, center ### Utah **ENTERING TRANSFER PORTAL** * Terrence Brown, guard * Keanu Dawes, forward * Seydou Traore, wing * Ibi Traore, forward (per The Runnin’ Hoops podcast) * Josh Hayes, forward * Alvin Jackson III, guard * Jahki Howard, forward * Elijah ‘Choppa’ Moore, guard ### Utah State **ENTERING TRANSFER PORTAL** * Adlan Elamin, forward * Elijah Perryman, guard (per 247 Sports) * Jordy Barnes, guard * David Iweze, forward ➡️ **New school:** Cincinnati, per 247 Sports) * Tucker Anderson, forward ➡️ **New school:** Central Arkansas, per On3 ### Utah Valley **ENTERING TRANSFER PORTAL** * Jackson Holcombe, guard * Trevan Leonhardt, guard * Tyler Hendricks, guard ### Weber State **ENTERING TRANSFER PORTAL** * Tijan Saine Jr., guard * Malek Gomma, forward * Trevor Hennig, guard * Jace Whiting, guard * David Hansen, forward * Edwin Suarez, forward ### Southern Utah **ENTERING TRANSFER PORTAL** * Tanner Hayhurst, guard **TRANSFER PORTAL ADDITION** * Dylan Sanders, guard**** ➡️ **Old school:** Colorado State-Pueblo (Division II) ### Utah Tech **ENTERING TRANSFER PORTAL** * Chance Trujillo, guard * Samuel Ariyibi, forward

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Big 12 Looking to Add Flag Football The Big 12 Conference is looking to begin sponsoring flag football as a varsity sport in 2028. The first season would have at least 6 teams.

Big 12 Looking to Add Flag Football

#Flag #FlagFootball

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Cori Close said she and Gianna Kneepkens FaceTimed former Utah coach/current LA Sparks coach Lynne Roberts before going into the locker room today

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Utah will miss nationals for the first time ever

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Hayes

I thought Hayes was a freshman with how un-polished his game was. I'm surprised he wouldn't stick around to be a backup. Maybe he's getting the boot.

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President Randall Statement: Executive Order—“Urgent National Action to Save College Sports” - @theU Statement from President Taylor Randall in response to Executive Order—“Urgent National Action to Save College Sports.”

We welcome today’s executive order from the White House on urgent national action to save college sports as a meaningful step. attheu.utah.edu/students/pre...

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Dallen Bentley is a TE prospect in the 2026 draft class. He scored a 9.24 RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 111 out of 1456 TE from 1987 to 2026.

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KU hit four home runs in the bottom of the ninth to walk off Utah

(Please ignore Brian Hanni’s horrific call)

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I irrationally hate this. #Usky

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Morgan Scalley announces that Utah will not be holding a spring game this year. He said he wanted the extra practice day for a team coming together. He said there will be a day that fans will get to meet the team and learn who everyone is as a replacement.

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The truth behind Kyle Whittingham's split with Utah + is college football killing March Madness? The truth behind Kyle Whittingham's split from Utah. Why are SEC schools reducing their recruiting budgets by millions? How is college football killing March Madness?

NEW @yahoosports.bsky.social CFE: "Head Coach In Waiting" is never, ever* a good idea.

*Unless your current head coach is texting massage parlors

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Utah's Messy Divorce, Ireland's Hottest Recruit, and NFL Stars Get Humbled at Flag Football YouTube video by The Audible

New Audible: @ralphdrussoath.bsky.social Stew and I dig into the messy FOIA details behind Kyle Whittingham’s Utah exit; the Executive Order on the Army-Navy game; the NFL stars rough introduction to high level flag football, and the mind-blowing story of Neff Giwa:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tws1...

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