I have little doubt that BYU will be the number 1 seed in the NCAA tournament if they win their two remaining regular season games and win the Mountain West Conference tournament. But there are those who have those doubts. There are two legitimate arguments.
1. No Sunday play. But this will not be an issue this year. The Anaheim regional is on a Thursday/Saturday schedule and so is the Denver Sub-Regional. The NCAA will have little trouble in accommodating the Cougars in 2011. However, if BYU falls, expect the Cougars to fall to #3 and have Sunday become the reason.
2. History. Neither BYU nor the MWC has a good tournament history. The NCAA committee likes to give higher seats to teams and conferences that have a positive history. Even though the MWC has been a good basketball conference, sweet 16 appearances have been rare.
Looking at the MWC standings, this should be the seeding in the MWC tournament.
1. BYU vs 8. Wyoming/9. TCU winner
4. Colorado State vs. 5. Utah
2. San Diego State vs 7. Air Force
3. UNLV vs 6. New Mexico
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