That's my recollection from the past as well, that every national bracket

Mar 16, 2024
12:01:30pm

Mitty All-American

anticipated a better seed than we ended up with. So I've never been able to put much confidence in those prognosticators, they always seemed to forget about or ignore or misunderstand the committee's problems with BYU.

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Unpopular opinion, er, fact. BYU will be at best a 7 seed.

Y05

Mar 16, 11:23am

we were 2 and done in the Big 12 tourney

byujag

Mar 16, 11:24am

Sorry, I meant just one win in the Big 12 tourney.

Y05

Mar 16, 11:31am

That’s not one and done

BYU Statsman

Mar 16, 11:59am

There is no history on how the committe treats BYU in the Big 12.

Ted Lasso

Mar 16, 11:24am

It's different this time with BYU in the Big 12.

WJCougar

Mar 16, 11:24am

You know it’s not just people on here, right? And usually BYU gets the shaft because they need to avoid Sunday.

TwinsRight

Mar 16, 11:25am

I'll be happy to eat crow. I hope I am wrong. For decades, I've looked through

Y05

Mar 16, 11:36am

Why is it not a problem this time? Did the BOT make an exception to allow BYU to

Cooouuugs

Mar 16, 11:54am

It’s not a problem because our expected seed is easy to fill without Sunday play this year.

TwinsRight

Mar 16, 12:15pm

"One and done in the Big 12"

Skeptical Optimist

Mar 16, 11:27am

BYU is much much closer to being a 4 seed than they are to being a 6 seed

BYUFootballisBack

Mar 16, 11:27am

One and done is losing your first game.

RyneK

Mar 16, 11:27am

Everything you said was incorrect.

spidercoug

Mar 16, 11:27am

BYU has never had this many quad 1 games and wins. It’s a different era

BYUheaven

Mar 16, 11:28am

RE: BYU has never had this many quad 1 games and wins. It’s a different era

Colorado

Mar 16, 11:29am

We have a lot of Q1 games this year. Have we ever had as many?

Colorado

Mar 16, 11:28am

RE: Unpopular opinion, er, fact. BYU will be at best a 7 seed.

provoprodigy

Mar 16, 11:30am

Do you even understand what the term “one and done” means?

JohnnyComeLately

Mar 16, 11:30am

Go back to your other username, this one isn’t working out

gmoney7

Mar 16, 11:31am

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DieHarder

Mar 16, 11:31am

I believe troll mentality is more accurate

Bill

Mar 16, 11:35am

I'm trying to be pleasantly surprised, rather than disappointed.

Y05

Mar 16, 11:37am

Why a 7 seed then? If you want to make sure you are pleasantly surprised, swing

Skeptical Optimist

Mar 16, 11:57am

So EVERY national bracket has BYU too high

stansburycoug

Mar 16, 11:35am

That's my recollection from the past as well, that every national bracket

Mitty

Mar 16, 12:01pm

The big ones are actually 2 of the least accurate

stansburycoug

Mar 16, 12:11pm

Facts don’t support your myths. BYU hasn’t been “screwed” in over 2 decades.

Mr. Scoobs

Mar 16, 11:37am

Why do you say history shows when history does not show that?

Baron

Mar 16, 11:37am

I’m guessing a 10 or 11 seed. Our strength is schedule just sucked.

bluecougar1985

Mar 16, 11:39am

In the 114 brackets from actual experts, 0 have BYU as a 7 seed, 2 @ 6, 10 @ 4

Mar 16, 11:49am

My favorite thing about these kinda takes is how rare people get called on them

theonick

Mar 16, 11:54am

I'll be back on Monday to admit I was wrong and let all of you publicly shame

Y05

Mar 16, 12:39pm

Well played! And I genuinely hope you’re wrong

theonick

Mar 16, 2:43pm

Nobody wants to hear it, but this has been my fear as well. Its tradition to

Mitty

Mar 16, 11:57am

Facts are better than fiction

Baron

Mar 16, 11:58am

I’m not seeing it.

Idacoug

Mar 16, 11:58am

We’re not in the WCC or MWC anymore

BYU Statsman

Mar 16, 12:00pm

RE: Unpopular opinion, er, fact. BYU will be at best a 7 seed.

DoctorEvil

Mar 16, 12:21pm

This is just the beaten down BYU fan syndrome. BYU is part of the Big 12 they

Cougar TD

Mar 16, 12:27pm

It's year one, do you think the committee will give BYU the P5 privilege

Y05

Mar 16, 12:42pm

Yes, they played a full schedule in the big 12.

Cougar TD

Mar 16, 12:48pm

Didn't someone do an analysis on this recently and generally BYU has been seeded

bluescholar

Mar 16, 12:34pm

No - just the opposite, even the Jimmer team was under seeded,

Cswilliam01

Mar 16, 12:42pm

Yes

BYUFootballisBack

Mar 16, 12:50pm

BYU has ALWAYS been dumped on -

Cswilliam01

Mar 16, 12:41pm

Don't let facts get in the way of #yourtruth.

Baron

Mar 16, 12:44pm

BYU sure is picked on

BYU Statsman

Mar 16, 12:52pm

#2 is absolutely true. BYU blows in MM. But is #1 really true? There are ...

COACHdrn

Mar 16, 12:54pm

This year is completely different

BYUvermont

Mar 16, 1:01pm

Just won @KU & took @ISU to the wire after leading most the game. Beg to differ this is just another BYU team.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 16, 1:19pm

History that was based on BYU playing in podunk conferences like the....?

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