A BYU Win Over Oklahoma State Would Secure the 5-Seed in the Big 12 Tournament
On Saturday night, BYU hosts Oklahoma State for the last game of the regular season. With a win, BYU would secure the 5-seed in the Big 12 conference tournament. To be the 5-seed, BYU needed Kansas to lose to Houston - and they did. No. 1 Houston beat no. 14 Kansas convincingly on Senior night.
There is still a scenario where BYU could finish tied for fourth in the conference standings if Texas Tech loses to Baylor. Regardless, BYU's ceiling is the 5-seed in the conference tournament per the tiebreaker rules.
With a loss to Oklahoma State, BYU would either be the 6-seed or the 7-seed depending on the outcome of the TCU-UCF game. With a TCU win over UCF, BYU would be the 7-seed. If TCU beats UCF, BYU would be the 6-seed. As of this writing, UCF leads TCU 38-37.
Update: UCF beat TCU 79-77. BYU would be the 6-seed in the Big 12 tournament even with a loss to Oklahoma State.
If BYU is a 5-seed in the Big 12 tournament, they would play the winner of UCF-Oklahoma State in the second round of the tournament. If BYU is a 6-seed in the Big 12 tournament, they would play the winner of Cincinnati-West Virginia in the second round of the tournament.
Saturday's game against Oklahoma State is also critical for NCAA tournament seeding. On Saturday morning, Joe Lunardi had BYU as a the highest 5-seed. With a win over Oklahoma State and a win or two in the Big 12 tournament, BYU could be a 4-seed in the NCAA tournament.
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