The University of Utah Utes basketball team was founded in 1908. The team has finished its season among the National Collegiate Athletics Association's (NCAA) top-25 teams 19 times 1949-2009 and has played in the following conferences:-1937: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference1938-1961: Skyline Conference1962-1998: Western Athletic Conference (WAC)1999-2010: Mountain West Conference 2011- : Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12).