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By ESPN's Eamonn Brennan
Brigham Young [24-7 (12-4), RPI: 49, SOS: 111] BYU handled Portland at home Saturday, but that obviously won't move the needle much. This profile looks much the same as it did immediately following last week's loss at Gonzaga: 11-4 road record (good), 1-6 record versus the top 50 (bad), and so on. If the Watch had to guess, it would guess BYU will get in, but it could definitely use a strong performance in the WCC tournament -- even a win over Gonzaga in the semifinals -- to solidify things down the stretch.
Greg Wrubell is tweeting today of bracket scenarios that have CSU in the tourney and BYU out. I think we have extra incentive to be UNLV fans tomorrow night. CSU has not lost a home conference game this season, but have lost everyone on the road. Still, they have that inflated RPI of 25 and SOS of 4. Can you imagine ever that a 6 conference loss MWC team would even be in the bubble picture? Wow, that's some change from the past. Not that if CSU is in, BYU is out, but that takes one of the positions that BYU will be looking at if they don't take this tourney.
By ESPN's Eamonn Brennan
Brigham Young [24-7 (12-4), RPI: 49, SOS: 111] BYU handled Portland at home Saturday, but that obviously won't move the needle much. This profile looks much the same as it did immediately following last week's loss at Gonzaga: 11-4 road record (good), 1-6 record versus the top 50 (bad), and so on. If the Watch had to guess, it would guess BYU will get in, but it could definitely use a strong performance in the WCC tournament -- even a win over Gonzaga in the semifinals -- to solidify things down the stretch.
Greg Wrubell is tweeting today of bracket scenarios that have CSU in the tourney and BYU out. I think we have extra incentive to be UNLV fans tomorrow night. CSU has not lost a home conference game this season, but have lost everyone on the road. Still, they have that inflated RPI of 25 and SOS of 4. Can you imagine ever that a 6 conference loss MWC team would even be in the bubble picture? Wow, that's some change from the past. Not that if CSU is in, BYU is out, but that takes one of the positions that BYU will be looking at if they don't take this tourney.