SALT LAKE CITY — On a Monday podcast with college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, new Utah coach Craig Smith said he wants to make the Utes perennial NCAA Tournament contenders. "Our goal is to to get to the NCAA Tournament," Smith told Rothstein on the College Hoops Today podcast. "How are we going to do it? I don't know yet. That road will take its course." The one-time NAIA championship contender and South Dakota coach knows a thing or two about qualifying for the NCAA Tournament; he did so in three straight seasons at Utah State, making two overall appearances in three years (the other was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic).