Now that the Utes have beaten San Diego State in their home finale - they have won six of their last 11 games, for whatever that's worth - they can start watching the scoreboard to see where they might end up seeded in the Mountain West Conference next week.

Best-case scenario?

The fifth seed, if you can believe it.

Of course, for that to happen, the Utes need to beat Brigham Young at the Marriott Center on Saturday, have Wyoming lose at least once (the Cowboys play at TCU tonight and host New Mexico on Saturday) and have Colorado State lose its finale at UNLV on Saturday).

That way, the Utes would finish either all alone in fifth place at 7-9, or in a tie with the Cowboys - against whom they would win a tie-breaker by virtue of their win over the Cougars.

But if the Utes fail to snap the Cougars' 30-game homecourt winning streak, they not only lose their shot at a fifth seed, but again put themselves at risk of having to win a play-in game. That could happen if New Mexico were to unexpectedly win its last two games, against UNLV tonight and against Colorado State on Saturday. In such a case, the Utes would lose tie-breakers against all of the three teams with which they could be tied - Wyoming, Colorado State and New Mexico.

Obviously, the most likely scenario is that the Utes lose at BYU, but the Lobos also lose at least once, keeping the Utes out of the play-in game. Then, it becomes a question of whether the Utes would get the sixth or seventh seed, something that could go either way at the moment, depending on how the rest of the league fares tonight and Saturday.