Is BYU still seen as an NCAA tournament team after its disastrous week?

byDuc Manh •
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BYU head coach Mark Pope watches the second half against Gonzaga.
BYU head coach Mark Pope watches the second half of an NCAA faculty basketball sport towards Gonzaga, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Spokane, Wash. The Cougars misplaced two video games final week, hurting their NCAA match resume.
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Final week was a tough one for BYU’s NCAA match resume.

After shedding on a buzzer-beating floater at Santa Clara, the Cougars had been humbled with a loss to Pacific, snapping the Tigers’ seven-game shedding streak.

These defeats dropped BYU to 17-6 on the season — 5-3 in West Coast Convention play — and tightened the wiggle room the Cougars have in attempting to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Match.

Simply how damaging was it?

In 5 current bracketology projections, BYU was included in 4 of the brackets, although the Cougars discovered themselves dropping.

BYU is at present No. 34 within the NCAA’s NET rankings, and the Cougars have a pair of necessary WCC video games this week — on Thursday towards San Francisco, and on Saturday towards Gonzaga, each on the Marriott Heart.

The Zags, as traditional, are among the many nation’s prime groups and a lock for the NCAA Match, with championship aspirations. BYU misplaced by 26 to the Zags in Spokane earlier this season.

The matchup with the Dons might have important NCAA implications, although. At the moment, most bracketologists have 4 WCC groups making the NCAA Match.

San Francisco, although, might use one other signature win — like Thursday in Provo — for its resume.

Within the 5 current bracketology projections used for this text, the Dons are among the many final 4 groups to earn a play-in spherical bye in three of them, and among the many final 4 groups within the subject in one other projection.

Right here’s a more in-depth take a look at every of the bracketology projections:

ESPN, Joe Lunardi

  • BYU projection: No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 Wake Forest.
    Lunardi nonetheless has the Cougars within the subject, although they're now in bubble standing by Lunardi’s “bracket math” and the primary crew on the surface of packages whose odds of creating the match are 80% or greater.
  • Different West Coast Convention projections: Gonzaga (No. 1 seed), Saint Mary’s (No. 9), San Francisco (No. 11).
  • Different Utah projections: Weber State, No. 14 vs. No. 3 Arizona. The Wildcats at present lead the Large Sky standings and are being projected to earn the league’s automated NCAA bid.
  • Word: After successful two video games final week — blowout wins over San Diego State and Nevada — Utah State moved nearer to bubble territory and had been listed among the many first 14 groups out of the match, although the Aggies, at 12-9 on the yr, would wish to construct on that momentum to make a severe case.

CBS Sports activities, Jerry Palm

  • BYU projection: Not within the match.
    BYU is among the many first 4 groups out in Palm’s bracketology. The Cougars are the one crew among the many ultimate 4 groups out with a Quad 4 loss, with the loss at Pacific final Saturday.
  • Different WCC projections: Gonzaga (No. 1), Saint Mary’s (No. 7), San Francisco (No. 11).
  • Different Utah projections: Weber State, No. 15 vs. No. 2 UCLA.

The Athletic, Brian Bennett

Word: Bennett releases his Bracket Watch on Friday, and the newest projection from The Athletic was the day earlier than BYU misplaced to Pacific.

  • BYU projection: No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 Seton Corridor.
  • Different WCC projections: Gonzaga (No. 1), Saint Mary’s (No. 10), San Francisco (No. 11).
  • Different Utah projections: Weber State, No. 15 vs. No. 2 Arizona.

The Washington Publish, Patrick Stevens

  • BYU projection: No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 Indiana.
    “It was a bit shocking that BYU’s depressing journey final week — with one-possession losses to Santa Clara and Pacific — didn’t go away extra of a mark on the Cougars’ profile. If there’s additional slippage, the Saturday setback at Pacific specifically might hang-out BYU,” Stevens wrote.
  • Different WCC projections: Gonzaga (No. 1), Saint Mary’s (No. 7), San Francisco (No. 12).
  • Different Utah projections: Weber State, No. 15 vs. No. 2 UCLA.

Bracketville

  • BYU projection: No. 10 seed, vs. No. 7 Iowa.
  • Different WCC projections: Gonzaga (No. 1), Saint Mary’s (No. 10), San Francisco (No. 11).
  • Different Utah projections: Weber State, No. 15 vs. No. 2 Kansas.

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