All teams deal with it to one degree or another (or nearly all), but it isn’t as

Mar 25, 2024
3:09:07pm

gwalker Truly Addicted User

simple as attributing our tourney loss to it this year. Duquesne clearly wasn’t playing like the 6th place A 10 team when we played them any more than NC State is currently playing like the 10th place ACC team.

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So BYU beat 3 of the Sweet 16 teams and came within a Trevin Knell open 3 of

NOCAL_YFAN

Mar 25, 2:51pm

We obviously play to the level of our competition it's a weird arrogance mental issue with both men's sports...

Coug

Mar 25, 2:52pm

All teams deal with it to one degree or another (or nearly all), but it isn’t as

gwalker

Mar 25, 3:09pm

It's a BYU tradition now for quite some time

Coug

Mar 25, 3:09pm

Unless you’re winning Natties every team’s fans feel this way.

gwalker

Mar 25, 3:26pm

BYU played a style that gave them a chance to beat anyone

Belboz

Mar 25, 3:30pm

We didn't lose a regular season game against a Q3 or Q4 opponent and we had a

here's to hoping

Mar 25, 4:35pm

if it had been regular season, would neutral site against Duquesne been a Q2 game?

byujag

Mar 25, 4:46pm

Yes

krindorr

Mar 25, 8:31pm

The point is that we don't play down to the level of our opponents. If we had,

here's to hoping

Mar 26, 4:21pm

RE: So BYU beat 3 of the Sweet 16 teams and came within a Trevin Knell open 3 of

Mister P

Mar 25, 2:54pm

The BYU football & basketball teams closing out their inaugural Big12 seasons.

NOCAL_YFAN

Mar 25, 2:56pm

Never underestimate BYU fans ability to see that the glass is half empty

FiveTen-BuckEighty

Mar 25, 3:27pm

Probably more like 60 percent empty or more if we are being honest

Blue2thebone

Mar 25, 5:23pm

March madness is about who's peaking at the right time. NC St is prime example

Stucoug83

Mar 25, 3:29pm

A lot of teams that do well in conference tourneys, don’t in the ncaas

BYU '80

Mar 25, 3:39pm

Look at who was in the finals of the power 5 conference tournaments. Most are

Stucoug83

Mar 25, 4:57pm

Well, the NCAA tournament didn’t start this year. There’s been a lot of research

BYU '80

Mar 25, 5:58pm

What is the research. Because I would pick a team that is hot. Oregon, NC st and

Stucoug83

Mar 25, 6:15pm

RE: What is the research. Because I would pick a team that is hot. Oregon, NC st

BYU '80

Mar 25, 7:13pm

Great article! Really interesting the data on regular season Champs. It does

Stucoug83

Mar 25, 9:24pm

The tourney is its own beast. You can’t compare what we did against these

bookofdaniel

Mar 25, 3:38pm

"Knell open 3" had much more expected value at the time.

Mr. Scoobs

Mar 25, 3:40pm

Ouch

TNT

Mar 25, 5:01pm

Yep. Major face plant with Duquesne. Clearly we had the talent to make it to

BlooCoug

Mar 25, 5:11pm

Welcome to high major basketball.

RyneK

Mar 25, 5:21pm

Duquesne finished first (not 6th) place in A-10

zerome4sooners

Mar 25, 5:31pm

Won the tourney, but finished 6th place in the regular season

NOCAL_YFAN

Mar 25, 5:50pm

Yup, conf champs

zerome4sooners

Mar 25, 7:11pm

Oh NOCAL_YFAN, please don't put this all on Trevin. He did the best he could.

Ratchet

Mar 25, 5:32pm

It's a real shame

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

Mar 25, 6:13pm

Home court is huge.

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