Only a few hours remain until the Utes learn their seed and destination in the NCAA Tournament, following their tough and impressive victory over San Diego State in the Mountain West Conference tournament championship game last night.

And everybody is making their final predictions.

ESPN's Jerry Lunardi has the Utes as a No. 7 seed in his popular “Bracketology” -- playing Dayton in Greensboro, N.C. Meanwhile, Jerry Palm at CBSSports.com projects the Utes as a No. 7 seed playing Creighton in Minneapolis (with the chance to meet coach Jim Boylen's mentor Tom Izzo and Michigan State in the second round), and Andy Glockner of SI.com has them as a No. 8 seed playing Dayton in Philadelphia (better to play Dayton than to go here, for sure).

Even more promising, Marlen Garcia of USA Today had the Utes as a No. 6 seed playing Penn State in Minneapolis (and that was before the Mountain West title game was over), and Mike Huguenin of Rivals.com also has the Utes as a No. 6 seed, though his projection does not include opponents or sites.

My guess is the Utes will be a No. 7, and might actually have a shot at playing at one of the Western sites, either Boise or Portland. But that's just a hunch. Stay tuned this afternoon to find out what happens ...