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Originally Posted by SeattleUte
It pains me to say it but I think if BYU wins the tournament in Vegas (I still hate how Vegas gets the home court every year) it deserves a no less than no. 6 seed, maybe 4 or 5. It ran away from the conference title, and under my scenario would have won the tournament. Moreover, winning at Louisville was a solid "quality win," even though Louisville now is not the same team it was then. Louisville finished in sole possession of second place in the Big East (Louisville came within three points of winning the Big East outright Saturday, losing at Georgetown by 3). Louisville is probably easily one of the ten best teams in the country now. If BYU gets a less than 8 seed then yes, I agree the committee hates BYU (though I've thought claims of bias were BS in the past).
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I agree with you. I have never felt that BYU's seeding in the past was unfair. What did BYU in was intra-conference comparisons. It was difficult to seed BYU above somebody else in the MWC who got a seed that they were deserving of and thus BYU ended up where it did. This year even if BYU loses the MWC tourney, I think BYU will still have a superior resume than any other conference foe. Nobody else will drag BYU down. If BYU wins the MWC tourney they will get a 6 or perhaps a 5 depending on how other teams in that vicinity do in their tourneys. I think it is important that MSU make a good run in the Big 10 tourney. If they choke that is one that could hurt BYU. It would be tough to seed BYU higher than MSU if the Spartans have one-two more losses than BYU, higher RPI and beat BYU.
If BYU loses the MWC tourney in the championship I see either a 7 or 8 seed- depending upon who BYU loses to and how competitive the game is. If they lose in the semis I see a 9 seed. If they lose in round 1, I see a 10 seed.
I have always felt BYU was seeded where they should have been. This year will be no different.