(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes center Branden Carlson (35) blocks a shot by Oregon State Beavers guard Ethan Thompson (5) as the University of Utah hosts Oregon State, NCAA men's basketball in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020.
Josh Newman began covering the University of Utah for The Tribune in 2019. A Long Island, N.Y. native, he covered Rutgers University and Monmouth University for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey for 15 years. Basketball remains his first love, a cold IPA coming in a close second.