Coach Jim Boylen covered a lot of ground in his final press conference of the season today, touching on just about every aspect of the Utes in the wake of their season-ending loss to Arizona in the NCAA Tournament last week.

"I'm still stinging a little" from that, he said.

Still, Boylen said he felt "really proud" of the great strides his team made, sharing the Mountain West Conference regular-season title and winning its tournament championship -- the Utes finished 24-10, with one of the toughest schedules in the country -- while leading the league in field-goal percentage, three-point percentage and free-throw percentage.

"I've never been part of a team that has done that," he said.

But the Utes also lose their top four scorers, who accounted for about 70 percent of their offense, and Boylen addressed the need to commit fewer turnovers and improve the team's athleticism next season. He also discussed his incoming recruits and their prospective roles, next season's schedule (should be pretty good, again), the departure of forward Morgan Grim (the sophomore gave no reason when asking for his release, Boylen said), the progress of the redshirted players and his summertime plans -- all in such detail that we'll have to break it all down in separate posts later.

So keep an eye out in the coming days!