Don't think there wasn't some attention being paid to how coach Jim Boylen would handle his Utes if and when they built a massive lead on Colorado State last night, in the wake of his sportsmanship spat with the Wyoming Cowboys.

And for a moment near the end of the 82-61 victory, it looked a little worrisome.

The Utes were long since leading by nearly 20 and basically just playing out the clock when seldom-used outgoing senior Chris Grant hoisted -- and made -- a three-pointer with 1:44 left, at Boylen's specific urging, according to forward Shaun Green.

"We actually weren't even going to shoot the ball," Green said later. "And then Chris came around the curl and coach just told him to shoot it. He shot it, he even fell down, and he made it. It was just a great finish to the game."

Boylen later talked about happy he was that Grant could get in the book -- "whenever Chris Grant scores, it makes my day," he said -- which made for a sweet story. But given his hypersensitivity about the Wyoming dunk last weekend, Boylen's interest in essentially padding the stats for a favorite player could have been construed in some quarters as a little questionable.

At least, Boylen didn't let the giddiness get out of hand, from there.

When guard Luka Drca threw a length-of-the-court pass out of bounds moments later in an effort to get a lay-up for another seldom-used outgoing senior, Sayre Brennan -- Brennan has scored only one point all year -- Boylen scolded Drca and waved his arms demonstratively while telling his players to not make a mockery out of the final minute.

Which is probably exactly what he wanted to see Wyoming's Heath Schroyer doing last weekend.