During the Majerus hay-day announcers used to say that a lot about Utah too. Such a deliberate offense with few turnovers and great shot selection, with stellar rebounding on both ends, and incredibly disciplined man2man D. Great recipe for success.
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When I was in high school in Utah, Jerry Pimm brought a couple of Ute players to teach basketball skills (I think it was Judkins, but that was ancient days). I became Ute fan on that day, and decided against going to UCLA or USC.
Of course, I went to grad school at Syracuse because they had just gotten to the Final 4 when I was applying.
Yes, I made decisions on education based on the basketball team. But I’ll always think the world about Pimm.
BTW, many years later, I took a job with a company in Salt Lake City (after I had been away for 30 years), and my company put me up in a hotel in downtown while I looked for a new house and move my belongings from Florida. I swear I saw Rick Majerus all the time. Did he live in that hotel?
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I grew up in the Jack Gardner era, talk about non descript pre season schedules. His philosophy was you built confidence by beating up on a lot of lesser teams.