SALT LAKE CITY, UT – MARCH 04: Stanford Cardinal (14-16) guard Dorian Pickens (11) shoots during a game between Stanford and Utah. The Utah Utes (20-10) defeated the Stanford Cardinal 67-59 on March 04, 2017, at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Boyd Ivey/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

The Utah Utes were after revenge after losing to the Stanford Cardinal on Sat Feb 4th at Maples Pavilion 81-75. This time the Utes Saturday got a good win 67-59 over the Stanford Cardinal. The February loss was like a blemish for the Utes. Everyone in the Pac 12 are jockeying for position in the standings and the Utes are fighting with Colorado for one of the top spots for one of the higher seeds of the Pac 12 Tournament.

Every win counts for a team to get better position and the Utes would like to avoid facing a team like UCLA, Arizona, or Oregon in the Pac 12 Tournament. It was really a positioning game for Utah and it was a revenge game. You look what they did to the Cardinal’s Reid Travis he was held to only nine points during the game so the Cardinal really shut down in their loss to Utah.

Matt Harrington does the Stanford Cardinal podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com