For the first time all season, the Utes are playing back-to-back road games in different cities -- within four days, too -- putting a greater strain on the schedule than they're accustomed.

But coach Jim Boylen said that doesn't create any special concern.

"I don't go to my guys and say, 'Oh, no, we're playing on the road,'" Boylen said. "It's part of the deal, and we don't have any fear of playing on the road. We've played well on the road. We've been in a lot of games on the road, and we'll do the things we always do. Just keep working on it."

But the Utes will make one accommodation to the schedule, by taking a charter flight to their game at TCU on Wednesday night.

That will allow them to return to Salt Lake City by about midnight after the game, so the players can get a reasonable amount of sleep and attend class and practice on Thursday. The Utes then will take a bus to their game at Wyoming on Saturday, with the weather forecast hardly looking like that will be a problem.