"We didn’t have two of our best players prior to non-conference, and you schedule to get wins — that’s what everybody does," he said. "I have absolutely no regrets, short of not winning a few of those games."
The two players, of course, were David Collette and Sedrick Barefield — Kyle Kuzma called adding the duo "the biggest stride" the Utes had made since the beginning of the season. Before they arrived, Utah lost its two toughest games (vs. Butler, at Xavier) while racking up wins against Coppin State, UC Riverside and Utah Valley, which all wound up being losing record teams in weak conferences.