Utah Utes

SALT LAKE CITY — The latest stop on Dennis Erickson’s coaching tour of the Pac-12 brings him to Utah as co-offensive coordinator, where his marching orders are simple: help the Utes score more touchdowns.

The 65-year-old Erickson, who won two national titles as Miami coach and has been a head coach at three Pac-12 schools, intends to implement an up-tempo offense that is trending throughout college football.

“If you look at probably the top 10 offenses in college football, all of them run 75, 80 plays,” Erickson said at a news conference Wednesday. “Well, you can’t run 75, 80 plays if you’re in the huddle.”

SALT LAKE CITY — Arizona coach Sean Miller shuffled his lineup hoping his team would rebound from its worst loss of the season.

It worked, although Sunday’s 68-64 victory over Utah at the Huntsman Center was hardly easy for the ninth-ranked Wildcats, who blew a 13-point second-half lead but finished strong to avoid a third straight defeat.

“I don’t think we played any different (down the stretch),” said freshman Brandon Ashley, who was benched in favor of senior Kevin Parrom. “I just think we picked up our intensity. We saw that we needed to stop messing around and fight.”

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah will enshrine four former Ute athletes and one former coach into the Crimson Club Hall of Fame on April 22 at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center. 

Honored at the 2013 Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Michael Doleac (men’s basketball), Anne Handy Jones (women’s basketball), Theresa Kulikowski (gymnastics), Rick Majerus (men’s basketball coach) and F.D. Robbins (men’s tennis).

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Joe Burton says he doesn’t pay much attention to his stats. The Oregon State senior post is concerned only about the wins.

Burton filled up the box score Wednesday night, helping the Beavers pull away from Utah in the second half for an 82-64 win.

Burton finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists as Oregon State (12-11, 2-8 Pac-12) recorded its highest point total in a conference game this season against a Utah team that was allowing only 60.9 points per game.

SALT LAKE CITY — Brandon Taylor drew a charge with 9.7 seconds left and Glen Dean hit a pair of free throws on the other end to help Utah survive a late rally and upset Colorado 58-55 on Saturday afternoon.

Jason Washburn scored 13 points and collected 11 rebounds, while Jeremy Olsen added 12 points off the bench, to lead the Utes (10-11, 2-7) to their second Pac-12 win of the season.

Spencer Dinwiddie had 18 points, while Andre Roberson chipped in 10 points and 12 rebounds, for the Buffaloes (14-7, 4-5) who added a damaging loss to their NCAA tournament resume.

SALT LAKE CITY — John Gage made all four of his 3-point attempts and scored a career-high 19 points to help Stanford rout Utah 87-56 on Sunday night.

Chasson Randle added 17 points and eight rebounds while Josh Huestis chipped in 13 points and seven boards for the Cardinal (12-8, 3-4 Pac-12), who handed the Utes their most lopsided loss of the season.