Editing University of Utah (section)

===Men's basketball===
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The men's basketball team won the NCAA title in [[1944 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1944]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Division I Men's Basketball History | url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/m-basketball-d1.html | publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] | access-date=May 15, 2009}}</ref> and the [[National Invitation Tournament|NIT]] crown in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|title=Postseason NIT History (1940s) |url=http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1940s.html |publisher=[[National Invitation Tournament]] |access-date=May 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422060815/http://www.nit.org/history/nit-postseason-results-1940s.html |archive-date=April 22, 2009 }}</ref> [[Arnie Ferrin]], the only four-time All-American in Utah basketball history, played for both the 1944 and 1947 teams. He also went on to help the [[Minneapolis Lakers]] win [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] Championships in 1949 and 1951.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Arnie Ferrin To Be Honored During Utah-TCU Game Saturday |url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030209aab.html |publisher=University of Utah |date=March 2, 2009 |access-date=May 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026191154/http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030209aab.html |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Wataru Misaka|Wat Misaka]], the first person of Asian descent to play in the NBA, also played for Utah during this era.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10420139 |first=Jennifer W. |last=Sanchez |title=Utahn broke ethnic wall in NBA |work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=September 9, 2008 |access-date=October 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821125403/http://www.sltrib.com/ci_10420139 |archive-date=August 21, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Utah basketball rose again to national prominence when head coach [[Rick Majerus]] took his team, including guard [[Andre Miller]], combo forward [[Hanno Möttölä]], and post player [[Michael Doleac]], to the NCAA [[Final Four]] in [[1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1998]]. After eliminating [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|North Carolina]] to advance to the final round, Utah lost the championship game to [[Kentucky Wildcats|Kentucky]], 78–69.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack |last=Curry |author-link=Jack Curry |title=1998 NCAA Tournament: Kentucky Turns Comeback Into Its 2nd Title in 3 Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/31/sports/1998-ncaa-tournament-kentucky-turns-comeback-into-its-2d-title-in-3-years.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 31, 1998 |access-date=May 15, 2009}}</ref>