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Dallin Bachynski — student, husband and buzzer-beater extraordinaire — has a new nickname, a Utah assistant told him Thursday.

"Floater."

The Utah senior forward stretched his team's lead from two to six heading into the half of an eventual 75-59 victory over Stanford, first draining a rushed baseline heave as the shot clock expired, and then again, from the same spot a minute later, as the halftime buzzer sounded.

"When is the last time I shot a floater?" Bachynski asked after popping in a replacement for his missing front tooth to meet the press.

Good question. With freshman standout Jakob Poeltl whistled for two early fouls, it was a blast from the past for Bachynski.

When was the last time he played 23 minutes? Against UNLV, in December.

When was the last time he had six rebounds? Utah's first-round loss to Saint Mary's in the NIT.

When was the last time he scored 13 points? A year ago, against USC.

Utah's bench scored 33 to Stanford's five behind the efforts of Floater and freshman Brekkott Chapman, whose 12 were his second-highest total as a Ute.

After yet another home rout in which teamwork and balance were paramount, Larry Krystkowiak said that of all his players, the one most worth singling out was Bachynski.

He met with Bachynski before the game, he said, as his senior forward said his usual prayers. Krystkowiak put his arm around him and told him, "We're going to need you. You're a perfect matchup for [Stefan] Nastic."

That proved prophetic, as Bachynski, Poeltl and Chris Reyes teamed to limit Stanford's Serbian big man to just seven points on 2-for-9 shooting before fouling out.

Later, during a second-half surge, an aggressive Bachynski caught a feed from Delon Wright, pumped, and scored, followed a minute later with a strong finish at the rim, and-one.

It was an overdue reward for Bachynski, who has at times appeared frustrated — most notably when he was pulled after exchanging words on-court with his teammates against Washington State.

But Krystkowiak has repeatedly said that Bachynski has been a team player behind the scenes during the emergence of Poeltl — a bona fide NBA prospect whose debut at Utah coincided with what was to be Bachynski's collegiate swan song.

Poeltl, likewise, has credited the 265-pound 7-footer for toughening him up in practice.

"He's been bringing it in practice and doing a lot of things that are right," Krystkowiak said. "He's an easy guy to pull for, and I thought it was terrific that he had the performance that he had tonight."

Odds are, Floater probably won't stick. But "Bach" has, and will, work.

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