I’ve always felt it was that fans optimistically put BYU a seed or two higher

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Feb 21, 2021
11:58:25am

sunjieming 3rd String

I’ve always felt it was that fans optimistically put BYU a seed or two higher

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sunjieming

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Link to updated team sheets for today. The metrics point to us being a 6 seed,

BYUCLA

2/21/21 9:03am

So in reality about a 10 seed

Beggar

2/21/21 9:17am

Only slightly worse than a seven seed 🙂 and much better than an 8 or 9 seed

kC Cougar

2/21/21 9:23am

SMC at risk of falling to Q2. Not enough Q1 opportunities

Mr. Scoobs

2/21/21 9:27am

Excited for the tournament. Lots of good ball coming

OU Cougar

2/21/21 9:29am

My experience over a few decades is that BYU is usually 2-3 seeds lower than

BlooCoog

2/21/21 11:18am

Yes, in pretty much all sports. Women's soccer especially.

oldrugger

2/21/21 11:27am

Someone did an analysis on it a while back and found that this was not true.

BYUCLA

2/21/21 11:56am

I’ve always felt it was that fans optimistically put BYU a seed or two higher

sunjieming

2/21/21 11:58am

Link to analysis? It seems to be a near annual occurrence that BYU gets hosed on

BlooCoog

2/21/21 12:42pm

If metrics point to us being a six seed dust add 4-6 to that number. It’s just how it goes. There is the Sunday play

Blue2thebone

2/21/21 12:36pm

Yep. The unathletic penalty is the "eye test" penalty; BYU has too many white

BlooCoog

2/21/21 12:43pm

BYU can receive both the “unathletic” penalty and the “doesn’t pass the eye test”. But as you pointed out they are

Blue2thebone

2/21/21 1:10pm

Except for that narrative isn’t provable because it’s not true.

Mr. Scoobs

2/21/21 1:08pm

Case in point. Last year we were projected as a 5 seed and didn’t even make the tournament.

Blue2thebone

2/21/21 1:18pm

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