Brigham Younger Cougars guard Te’Jon Lucas (3) splits the protection of Utah State Aggies guard Rylan Jones (15) and Utah State Aggies ahead Brandon Horvath (4) as BYU and Utah State play an NCAA basketball recreation in Provo on the Marriott Heart on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. BYU received 82-71. Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
After it was made official Sunday that the BYU Cougars didn't make the NCAA males’s basketball match’s discipline of 68, the place the Cougars would find yourself within the Nationwide Invitation Event turned the subsequent query.
On Sunday evening, it was revealed that the Cougars are a 2-seed within the 32-team discipline and can host the Lengthy Seaside State 49ers within the first spherical.
Then as a minor shock, the final group introduced within the discipline was the Utah State Aggies, who will likely be a 4-seed and host the Oregon Geese within the first spherical.
Utah State and Oregon will play Tuesday at 7 p.m. MT on the Spectrum in Logan, and BYU and Lengthy Seaside State will play Wednesday on the similar time on the Marriott Heart in Provo.
The highest 4 seeds in every quadrant of the bracket will host the first-round video games, and video games will likely be performed at residence websites till the semifinals and finals at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
For BYU, the journey to the NIT is maybe seen as a disappointment after they began the season 17-4 earlier than a four-game shedding streak, after which the Cougars had been eradicated by the San Francisco Dons within the West Coast Convention match.
Ought to BYU beat Lengthy Seaside State (the common season champion of the Massive West Convention earlier than Cal State Fullerton received the convention match), it would face the winner of the competition between 3-seed Saint Louis and Northern Iowa within the second spherical.
As for the Aggies, they completed all the best way again in seventh within the Mountain West Convention after which misplaced within the second spherical of the convention match to the Colorado State Rams, however they’ll head to the NIT after the highest 4 groups made the NCAA Event and UNLV and Fresno State won't be within the NIT.
Utah State will face an Oregon group that was anticipated to be superb this season however disenchanted. Ought to the Aggies win their first-round matchup, they may face the winner of 1-seed Texas A&M and Akron within the second spherical.
Texas A&M, additionally nicknamed the Aggies, was on the bubble for the NCAA Event after making all of it the best way to the SEC championship recreation.
Elsewhere, the SUU T-Birds introduced Sunday that they may play in The Basketball Basic (previously referred to as the CIT), with their first-round opponent to be introduced on Monday.
Just like the NIT, The Basketball Basic may have a 32-team discipline. All video games will likely be performed at campus websites, with the championship recreation scheduled for March 31.
All video games will likely be streamed on ESPN+.
The T-Birds have a report of 20-11. It marks the primary time in program historical past they've reached the 20-win mark two years in a row.