BYU Basketball: Best & Worst-Case Scenarios for NCAA Tournament Seeding

Earlier this week, the BYU men's basketball team fell to Gonzaga 88-78 in the WCC Championship game. Since they lost on Tuesday, the Cougars won't receive the automatic WCC bid for the upcoming NCAA tournament - that will go to Gonzaga as the WCC tournament champion. However, BYU is still a lock for an at-large bid. Today we look at the best and worst-case scenarios for BYU basketball's seed line.

Best-Case Scenario

Bracket Matrix, a site that compiles over 130 bracket projections, has BYU as high as a #3 seed and as low as a #9 seed. While it would be fun to hear BYU's name called among the #3 seeds, that is highly unlikely. In a more realistic best-case scenario, we think BYU could be as high as a #6 seed on Selection Sunday. ESPN's Joe Lunardi agrees. He moved the Cougars to the #6 seed line on Saturday. In Lunardi's scenario, the Cougars would face #11 Michigan State in the first round for an opportunity to play the winner of #3 Kansas and #14 Colgate in the second round.

Worst-Case Scenario

As we mentioned, BYU is a lock for the NCAA tournament even in the worst-case scenario. Of all the NCAA tournament projections on the internet, the Cougars haven't been lower than a #9 seed for a few weeks. We don't foresee the Cougars dropping lower than the #9 seed line on Sunday.

Most Likely

We don't believe BYU will drop to a #9 seed on Sunday. We also don't believe they will be among the #6 seeds. We think a #7 seed is most likely for the Cougars.

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