BYU Basketball 24-25-Bring out the Jelly!

[Jeff Lebowski]

This has been an amazing season. KY is proving himself to be a great CEO of his massive BYU hoops organization, they have great game plans, his players improve over the season, he makes adjustments, recruits well and overall is so much better than what I imagined BYU basketball could be. I am still not a small bit dumbfounded with what is becoming of BYU hoops. Now as I often say things are neither as bad nor as good as they look-but in this orgy of excitement caution is to the wind. This has been an insane season. To sum it up- I turn 53 on Brigham Young, Senioritis and Marylin Monroe's date of birth. In those 53 years BYU has made it to the Sweet 16 only when that BYU team also had the consensus NPOY leading the team. Nobody on this BYU team is a NPOY.

This is so precious and such a moment to enjoy. Even if this PROvo stuff makes these types of things routine to some extent, he already cut the first wait between Sweet 16's in half, but this year there is no black cloud. When the 2011 team made the Sweet 16 it was great in overcoming the drama and loss of Davies-but this year we at least get the satisfaction of knowing exactly what we are. There will be what if's and my guess is many fans will whine like the women of Srbrnca about refs, but this is glorious and beauftiful.

As my beloved Maternal Grandmother and Dixie Daughter from Mobile, AL NEVER would say- BEAT BAMA! But she had a case of the ass with me ever since I told her William Tecumseh Sherman was the greatest of all US generals in history.

What a day to be a BYU sports fan!

May Kevin Young ravage those obnoxious southerners as thoroughly as General Sherman did. Bless his heart.

[beefytee]

Our bishop called an audible and changed up the hymns being sung in sacrament today, even though the program had already been sent out. Apparently the organist wasn’t comfortable with Sweet is the Work, or it would have been a clean sweep.

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Hymn 16 - "What Glorious Scenes Mine Eyes Behold" would have been perfect if anyone had heard it before.

[Donuthole]

Hymn 16 - "What Glorious Scenes Mine Eyes Behold" would have been perfect if anyone had heard it before.

Yeah, it was definitely something that was considered. But nobody (including the organist) had ever heard it before.

[byufan4ever]

That's what I'm talkin about! Credit to jloose128 on reddit.

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[Pelado]

BYU men's basketball current ratings:

NET: 25
KenPom: 24
ESPN BPI: 24
BPI Resume: 19
Faktor KPI: 30
AP: 17
Coaches: 18

Record against Quad 1: 9-7
Quad 2: 6-2
Quad 3: 4-0
Quad 4: 6-0

BYU's record against teams in the field of 68: 5-5

Wins: 30 Baylor, 20 Kansas, 12 Arizona, 9 Iowa State x2, 31 VCU

Losses: 28 Ole Miss, 3 Houston x2, 7 Texas Tech, 12 Arizona,

ESPN's BPI predictor model gives BYU a 46.7% chance to win in their NCAA Tournament game against Wisconsin (NET: 15, KenPom: 12) today, predicting a margin of 0.8 points. It's currently ranked 3rd of the day's games in "Matchup Quality," trailing Houston-Gonzaga and UCLA-Tennessee.

For the tournament projections, BPI currently shows BYU with the following chances:
Round of 32: 100%
Sweet 16: 46.7%
Elite 8: 19.5%
Final 4: 4.9%
Title game: 1.5%
Champion: 0.5%

They are listed as the 20th highest odds of winning the tournament. Big 12 teams with better odds:
Houston - 19.3%
Iowa State - 4.4%
Texas Tech - 4.1%
Arizona - 2.4%

Baylor is listed just after BYU with odds of 0.5%

And here's some info on Wisconsin:

NET: 15
KenPom: 12
ESPN BPI: 19
BPI Resume: 11
Faktor KPI: 16
AP: 13
Coaches: 10

Record against Quad 1: 8-8
Quad 2: 10-1
Quad 3: 3-0
Quad 4: 6-0

Against teams that are in the field of 68, Wisconsin went 5-8:

Win: 12 Arizona, 19 Purdue, 17 Illinois, 27 UCLA, 11 Michigan State

Loss: 23 Michigan x 2, 26 Marquette, 17 Illinois, 27 UCLA, 10 Maryland, 29 Oregon, 11 Michigan State

BYU men's basketball current ratings:

NET: 25
KenPom: 24
ESPN BPI: 23
BPI Resume: 12
Faktor KPI: 30
AP: 17
Coaches: 18

Record against Quad 1: 10-7
Quad 2: 6-2
Quad 3: 4-0
Quad 4: 6-0

BYU's record against teams in the field of 68: 7-5

Wins: 30 Baylor, 20 Kansas, 12 Arizona, 9 Iowa State x2, 31 VCU, 15 Wisconsin

Losses: 28 Ole Miss, 3 Houston x2, 7 Texas Tech, 12 Arizona,

ESPN's BPI predictor model gives BYU a 35.3% chance to win in their Sweet 16 game against Alabama (NET: 6 KenPom: 6), predicting a margin of 3.8 points. It's currently ranked 3rd of the day's four games in "Matchup Quality," trailing Maryland-Florida and Arizona-Duke but ahead of Arkansas-Texas Tech.

For the tournament projections, BPI currently shows BYU with the following chances:
Round of 32: 100%
Sweet 16: 100%
Elite 8: 35.3%
Final 4: 7.5%
Title game: 2.1%
Champion: 0.7%

They are listed as the 13th highest odds of winning the tournament. Big 12 teams with better odds:
Houston - 22.0%
Texas Tech - 4.9%
Arizona - 2.1%

And here's some info on Alabama:

NET: 6
KenPom: 6
ESPN BPI: 6
BPI Resume: 5
Faktor KPI: 2
AP: 7
Coaches: 8

Record against Quad 1: 12-8
Quad 2: 8-0
Quad 3: 5-0
Quad 4: 2-0

Against teams that are in the field of 68, Alabama went 18-8:

Win: 58 McNeese State, 17 Illinois, 3 Houston, 36 North Carolina, 38 Creighton, 43 Oklahoma, 18 Texas A&M, 14 Kentucky x 3, 48 Vanderbilt, 34 Mississippi State x 2, 33 Georgia, 40 Arkansas, 39 Texas, 2 Auburn, 139 Robert Morris, 21 Saint Mary's

Loss: 19 Purdue, 29 Oregon, 28 Ole Miss, 2 Auburn, 16 Missouri, 5 Tennessee, 4 Florida x 2

Interesting that both BYU and Alabama lost to Ole Miss. The only other common opponent I see in the field of 68 was Houston, against whom Alabama won by 5 on a neutral court.

[Green Monstah]

Will be in Newark with my three oldest kids. Can’t wait.

[Pelado]

Will be in Newark with my three oldest kids. Can’t wait.

Sweet!

[Idon'tgnawonmywife]

Sweet!

Sixteen!!

[Pelado]

Sixteen!!

[Clark Addison]

We need Idon'tgnawonmywife to start a Bama game thread to keep the good juju going.

[Idon'tgnawonmywife]

I gotchu

[Copelius]

While we are waiting for the thread, I put this together for a slide show I am doing tomorrow.

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[Bo Diddley]

I'm so tired, in gonna roll tide into bed.

[PaloAltoCougar]

A long and interesting (even if nothing really new) article on ESPN about Egor. Gives me a little false hope he'll stick around. And thanks again to Travis Hansen.

[bluegoose]

A long and interesting (even if nothing really new) article on ESPN about Egor. Gives me a little false hope he'll stick around. And thanks again to Travis Hansen.

I'm hoping a certain lady hoopster might have something to say about him sticking around next year.