FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2020, file photo, Utah forward Timmy Allen shoots as California guard Matt Bradley (20) defends during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Salt Lake City. Allen is testing the NBA waters. The do-everything guard from Mesa, Ariz., joined teammate Both Gach among the 205 players on the league's most recent early-entry draft list. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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.