NCAA Tournament March Madness

#23 BYU

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Projected seed: 6

The projection is anchored in a résumé that mixes eye-catching neutral-site and road victories with a string of damaging losses, which is exactly how committees sort teams; marquee nonconference and neutral wins over Villanova and Wisconsin and strong showings against Miami and Dayton paired with resume-enhancing wins away at Kansas State and at Baylor demonstrate BYU’s ability to beat quality opponents outside of its own gym, but that upside is offset by ugly results on the road at Kansas, Oklahoma State and Cincinnati and a surprising home setback to UCF and the repeated losses to elite programs like Arizona and Houston that expose defensive vulnerabilities, and with the slate as presented offering limited obvious chances left to add another signature win the committee is likely to balance those big wins against the clear blemishes when placing the team.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Villanova33W71-66
11/8Holy Cross329W98-53
11/11Delaware293W85-68
11/15(N)Connecticut11L86-84
11/21(N)Wisconsin22W98-70
11/27(N)Miami FL31W72-62
11/28(N)Dayton78W83-79
12/3(N)Cal Baptist106W91-60
12/9(N)Clemson36W67-64
12/13UC Riverside258W100-53
12/16Pacific112W93-57
12/19Abilene Chr242W85-67
12/22E Washington171W109-81
1/3@Kansas St101W83-73
1/7Arizona St67W104-76
1/10@Utah126W89-84
1/14TCU43W76-70
1/17@Texas Tech20L84-71
1/24Utah126W91-78
1/26Arizona2L86-83
1/31@Kansas21L90-82
2/4@Oklahoma St66L99-92
2/7Houston5L77-66
2/10@Baylor49W99-94
2/14Colorado70W90-86
2/18@Arizona2L75-68
2/21Iowa St6W79-69
2/24UCF54L97-84
2/28@West Virginia59L79-71
3/3@Cincinnati44L90-68
3/7Texas Tech20W82-76
3/10(N)Kansas St101W105-91
3/11(N)West Virginia59W68-48
3/12(N)Houston5L73-66