When the final seconds slipped off the clock at the Huntsman Center on Saturday night, the Utes having defeated UCLA by the count of 92-81, it was time to reflect upon a regular season just ended.
The punctuation itself deserved mention and was indicative of the campaign in its entirety, Utah gaining its 17th win against 13 losses. The victory was nowhere near as dramatic as the one the Utes took from the Bruins in L.A. exactly one month before, a bit of scintillation that saw Utah climb back from a 22-point deficit over the last 13 minutes to famously clinch the thing on Parker Van Dyke’s 3-pointer as time expired.