The Utes have always seemed a likely prospect for the inaugural College Basketball Invitational tournament, and though we still don't know whether they're in it, we can at least start guessing about potential match-ups.

According to NITology, the Utes will join Alabama, IUPUI, Rhode Island, Nevada, Seton Hall, San Diego State, Houston, Wright State, Ohio, Tulsa, Valparaiso, Sam Houston State, UTEP, Bradley and Washington in the tournament.

The Utes already have played Washington and San Diego State this season, so those teams might not be considered prospective opponents for them. Which would leave Nevada as the only team in the group that would qualify as a regional opponent; any of the others would require much longer travel for one of the teams involved.

We shall see, in only a matter of hours now ...