BYU was so close to being an Elite Eight team next year:

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Apr 25, 2024
3:34:17pm

nephicoug All-American

BYU was so close to being an Elite Eight team next year:

Another one of those "what could have been" moments for BYU fans

Here's an interesting stat about how important retention is right now in college basketball:

Of the top nine rotation players among the Elite Eight teams, 54 percent were returnees from the previous season.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) April 25, 2024

https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1783603274957934872

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nephicoug

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BYU was so close to being an Elite Eight team next year:

nephicoug

Apr 25, 3:34pm

I like the optimism, but BYU needs to win a 1st round game first to start

Thrill

Apr 25, 3:36pm

Like Purdue did last year?

nephicoug

Apr 25, 3:36pm

Purdue has won 16 NCAA tournament games since BYU's last tournament win

BYUheaven

Apr 25, 3:39pm

I'm talking about the team that was essentially retained from one year to the

nephicoug

Apr 25, 3:39pm

They won 5 this year so one of your numbers missed

SoBlueitHurts

Apr 25, 5:48pm

Not without another big man or 2 since Aly was going to redshirt.

idcougarfan

Apr 25, 3:38pm

We would have got that plus Baker and chandler and Peja not to mention Robinson may have stayed. Hall would have left

Blue2thebone

Apr 25, 4:02pm

Or we can just play Townsend Tripple and Jared McGregor a bunch of minutes.

DieHarder

Apr 25, 3:42pm

It is uncanny how BYU wins when those guys get a lot of minutes. They were key.

Thrill

Apr 25, 3:56pm

We were only three NCAA tourney wins away from the Elite Eight last year!

Tricky

Apr 25, 3:43pm

BYU very well still may have a rotation with > 54% returning players

PumaFanatico

Apr 25, 3:48pm

Which means we are basically a lock for the elite eight!!!!!!!!!!

PumaFanatico

Apr 25, 3:48pm

RE: Which means we are basically a lock for the elite eight!!!!!!!!!!

gmoney7

Apr 25, 3:52pm

you beat me by a minute with your analysis

cwilke1

Apr 25, 5:06pm

we just need one of Saunders and Hall to come back and we would hit that

cwilke1

Apr 25, 3:49pm

If any of those guys are in the rotation, BYU is in trouble next season.

Thrill

Apr 25, 3:57pm

Looks like BYU may? is likely? to have over 54% starters as returning players

NYC and Japan

Apr 26, 1:06pm

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