How much roster turnover will there be in Alex Jensen’s first season? – Deseret News

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When the University of Utah men’s basketball team takes the floor for the first time under new head coach Alex Jensen, there’s probably going to be a lot of new faces.

Between graduating seniors and a bevy of players already in the transfer portal, Jensen, the former Runnin’ Ute legend, faces a challenge in fielding his first time for the 2025-26 season.

While Jensen isn’t working full time as Utah’s head coach — he’ll do that once his time as an assistant coach with the Dallas Mavericks comes to a close, perhaps even in a couple weeks — he’s already brought on a pair of helpers to get recruiting heading in the right direction.

Jensen has already announced one of his assistants — noted recruiting guru Raphael Chillious — and has his general manager, longtime NBA executive and GM Wes Wilcox.

Those two are leading the efforts behind building the Utes’ roster for the upcoming season, a task that’s already at hand with the transfer portal window open for business.

Jensen stressed the importance of building relationships when asked about recruiting during his introductory press conference.

“That’s a relationship-based thing and now it’s evolved, because you have agents — there’s a whole world of people — and there’s relationships that you have to have where you can get to the meat of the kid, if that makes sense, get the real story,” Jensen said.

“That’s a relationship-based thing and now it’s evolved, because you have agents — there’s a whole world of of people — and there’s relationships that you have to have where you can get to the meat of the kid, if that makes sense, get the real story.”

—  Utah basketball coach Alex Jensen

“It’s going to be a lot of work, and I know that. I’m excited again,” he continued. “It’s hard finishing up in Dallas, but I’ll do my due diligence to get a staff that understands, that knows that because there’s a lot of work that needs to be done, and it never stops, and that’s…

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Publish date : 2025-04-04 22:51:00

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