Many BYU wins have been ugly. Winning ugly gets you in the tourney. But doesn't

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Mar 7, 2021
9:43:40pm

Lance71 Truly Addicted User

Many BYU wins have been ugly. Winning ugly gets you in the tourney. But doesn't

get you a good seed. All based on the nebulous "eye test".

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Lance71

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Last login: May 22, 2024
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NET, SoR, and KenPom have us as a 5 seed, Sagarin as a 6 seed, KPI as a 2 seed,

BYUCLA

3/7/21 9:40pm

Many BYU wins have been ugly. Winning ugly gets you in the tourney. But doesn't

Lance71

3/7/21 9:43pm

Nah—Ever seen Virginia play? Should be illegal. BYU has a top 30 off and def.

Mr. Scoobs

3/7/21 10:01pm

UVA has the 6th best defense in terms of points allowed

run26

3/7/21 11:33pm

Partly because they play the slowest pace and it is painful to watch.

Mr. Scoobs

3/8/21 6:12am

One win over a tourney team right now (SDSU). USU could do us some favors.

Mr. Scoobs

3/7/21 9:52pm

The thing is, the comparable teams with more good wins also have more bad losses

BYUCLA

3/7/21 10:16pm

Yeah I see Creighton/Colorado in that category. Both have 3 Q3 losses.

Mr. Scoobs

3/7/21 10:23pm

BYU has no bad losses. 3-3 Q1 is solid, as is 4-2 Q2. I agree seeding could go

3/8/21 1:16am

Q2 games vs sub 100 teams doesn’t move the needle as much as teams beating a top

Mr. Scoobs

3/8/21 6:20am

Lag.

EtTuKalante

3/7/21 10:36pm

How in Hades does KPI have BYU as a 2 seed? Is it a metric created entirely by BYU fans?

unctoothman

3/7/21 10:49pm

It is a purely resume-based metric. Similar to old RPI where BYU is #6.

Mr. Scoobs

3/8/21 6:21am

Kougar Percentage Index

3/8/21 8:55am

Generally BYU seems to project lower than we should be to the rankings. Last

3/8/21 12:03am

#17 in the Massey Composite Rankings

AF Cougar

3/8/21 3:32am

The people making poles don't watch our games. Haven't realized we've improved.

3/8/21 9:07am

RE: The people making poles don't watch our games. Haven't realized we've

HenderCoug

3/8/21 9:51am

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