What are the chances BYU earns a sixth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament?
Some observers believe the Cougars must reach the West Coast Conference championship game to get an invite to the Big Dance.
The WCC Tournament tips off Wednesday, and BYU plays Friday night in the quarterfinals. CBSSports.com previews the WCC Tournament.
"Brigham Young, the newbie on the block in its first year as a WCC rent-paying member, is the team with the hazy postseason future (Saint Mary’s and Gonzaga are definitely seeing their names on CBS the night of Selection Sunday)," writes Matt Norlander. "BYU likely needs to get to the conference title game in order to make a good claim at entering the field. I think it will do that, because what the hey, this is a league tournament preview and we’re supposed to be optimistic about these things."
According to 89 projected NCAA Tournament projections, BYU is included in 84 of them. Check out the bracket matrix.
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Jeff Call has been a sportswriter for the Deseret News since 1997. He is the BYU beat writer and has been covering Cougar sports since 1993, when he served as sports editor at the Daily Universe. Call has written several more ..
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That just kinda feels right. One and done in the WCC just would not be very impressive. Beat Gonzaga and the whole season feels just like that - pretty good. And good enough to go to the dance.