Old Oquirrh Bucket


The Old Oquirrh Bucket is the symbol of in-state basketball supremacy in Utah, United States. Every year from 1974 to 2010, the trophy was awarded to the in-state college team, Brigham Young University, Utah State University, Weber State University, Utah Valley University, and Utah University ) that had the best win–loss record against in-state competition.
In 1974, a proposal was presented to create a trophy—a symbol to be awarded annually to Utah's best college basketball team. The concept was accepted and for the first two years the in-state title was awarded to the USU Aggies, although no actual trophy had been determined.
In 1977, after Weber State won the title for the first time, an Ogden businessman located a pioneer bucket at a local auction, complete with a history of how it had been found. It became the traveling trophy emblematic of Utah college basketball supremacy.
The plaque on the bucket includes a map with the names and locations of the four original schools. SUU and UVU did not field Division I basketball programs at the time the trophy was created, but have since become members of the NCAA Division I. The plaque includes the caption "The Oquirrh Bucket Utah State Collegiate Champ Basketball".
Utah has won the bucket 14 times, followed by Utah State and Brigham Young with nine victories each, and Weber State with four. Neither of the other two schools have ever won the award. On November 15, 2010, it was announced that the trophy would be retired, due to the recent changes in conference alignments and changes in scheduling of games among the in-state schools. The Old Oquirrh Bucket was last won by Utah State in both 2008–09 and 2009–10, and will be donated by Utah State University to the Utah Sports Hall of Fame.

Oquirrh Bucket history

SeasonVictorRecordCoach
2009–2010Utah State5–1Stew Morrill
2008–2009Utah State4–1Stew Morrill
2007–2008BYU4–0Dave Rose
2006–2007BYU5–0Dave Rose
2005–2006Utah4–1Ray Giacoletti
2004–2005Utah State4–0Stew Morrill
2003–2004Utah4–1Rick Majerus
2002–2003Utah4–1Rick Majerus
2001–2002Utah State2–1Stew Morrill
2000–2001BYU4–1Steve Cleveland
1999–2000Weber StateJoe Cravens
1998–1999Utah3–1Rick Majerus
1997–1998Utah5–0Rick Majerus
1996–1997Utah5–0Rick Majerus
1995–1996Utah4–0Rick Majerus
1994–1995Utah3–1Rick Majerus
1993–1994BYU4–0Roger Reid
1992–1993Weber StateRon Abegglen

SeasonVictorRecordCoach
1991–1992BYU5–0Roger Reid
1990–1991Utah5–0Rick Majerus
1989–1990Utah3–2Rick Majerus
1988–1989Utah4–1Lynn Archibald
1987–1988Utah3–2Lynn Archibald
1986–1987BYU4–1LaDell Andersen
1985–1986Weber StateLarry Farmer
1984–1985Utah State5–1Rod Tueller
1983–1984Utah State5–1Rod Tueller
1982–1983Utah State5–1Rod Tueller
1981–1982BYU3–2Frank Arnold
1980–1981Utah4–1Jerry Pimm
1979–1980BYU4–0Frank Arnold
1978–1979BYU3–1Frank Arnold
1977–1978Utah4–2Jerry Pimm
1976–1977Weber StateNeil McCarthy
1975–1976Utah State4–2Dutch Belnap
1974–1975Utah State4–2Dutch Belnap