Just for the record, having heard several complaints on the topic ... point guard Tyler Kepkay could not have "easily" hit center Luke Nevill wide open under the basket for the Utes' final shot of regulation in their 77-67 overtime loss at New Mexico last night.

I just finally watched the replays, and it looks pretty clear that Kepkay made the best play he could -- albeit from far away -- with New Mexico's Daniel Faris and J.R. Giddens having briefly double-teamed Kepkay after Nevill set a high screen.

Had Kepkay attempted to thread the needle with a pass to Nevill in the split-second that Giddens retreated to guard him, I'm pretty sure the ball would have been tipped or stolen.

And even if he had somehow sneaked a pass through, Kepkay would have had to do it almost the moment Nevill released from his screen, requiring Nevill to catch the ball on the move at about the free-throw line (and probably low, judging by the difficult angle between extended defenders with which Kepkay would have had to cope) which seems likely to have ended in a fumbling sequence that easily could have kept the Utes from even getting a shot up.

Ask me, I say he made the right call taking the shot.