NCAA Tournament March Madness

#9 BYU

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Projected seed: 3

BYU’s résumé is anchored by a string of big neutral-site wins over Villanova, Wisconsin, Miami and Clemson and by a narrow neutral loss to Connecticut that shows the team can compete with the sport’s best, while dominant results against smaller opponents underline an offense that can take care of business. The profile contains no ugly losses to lower-tier teams, which preserves the value of those signature victories, and the team has already demonstrated it can win away from home. A brutal conference slate still offers multiple chances to add marquee road wins at Kansas, Texas Tech, Arizona, Baylor and Oklahoma State and to collect resume-enhancing home results against Arizona and Houston, so the current standing reflects both what BYU has already done on neutral floors and the clear ways it can continue to improve before Selection Sunday.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Villanova33W71-66
11/8Holy Cross293W98-53
11/11Delaware268W85-68
11/15(N)Connecticut7L86-84
11/21(N)Wisconsin38W98-70
11/27(N)Miami FL37W72-62
11/28(N)Dayton66W83-79
12/3(N)Cal Baptist129W91-60
12/9(N)Clemson31W67-64
12/13UC Riverside25899%
12/16Pacific12496%
12/19Abilene Chr21999%
12/22E Washington23799%
1/3@Kansas St7176%
1/7Arizona St6389%
1/10@Utah13189%
1/14TCU5687%
1/17@Texas Tech2455%
1/24Utah13196%
1/26Arizona550%
1/31@Kansas1749%
2/4@Oklahoma St5571%
2/7Houston861%
2/10@Baylor3561%
2/14Colorado6088%
2/18@Arizona529%
2/21Iowa St248%
2/24UCF5286%
2/28@West Virginia6976%
3/3@Cincinnati8479%
3/7Texas Tech2476%