Sorting out the tournament seeds
The Utes can breathe a sigh of relief this morning, knowing that they cannot possibly fall into the play-in game for the Mountain West Conference tournament now.
So thank you, New Mexico.
The Lobos lost 85-83 to UNLV at home on Wednesday night - they blew a 13-point lead and fell behind by 16, before a furious rally fell one last-second shot short - to assure a match-up with TCU in the play-in game on Tuesday. Now, the Utes can worry only about themselves, Wyoming and Colorado State in the battle for the fifth, sixth and seventh seeds.
The Utes can still grab the fifth seed, but they must beat Brigham Young on Saturday and have Colorado State lose at UNLV. In that case, they would play the fourth seed in the first round of the tournament - either San Diego State or Air Force. The Aztecs will be the fourth seed if they lose at home to TCU on Saturday. If the Aztecs win, the Falcons will be the fourth seed.
The Utes have beaten both teams.
The Utes will earn the sixth seed if they beat BYU but Colorado State beats UNLV (or, if Wyoming also beats New Mexico at home to create a three-way tie). In either case, the Utes again would play either San Diego State or Air Force in the tournament - whichever is seeded third.
If the Utes lose at BYU, though, they're doomed to the seventh seed, since they would lose any combination of tie-breakers with the Cowboys and Rams. And the seventh seed would wind up playing the second seed, UNLV. The Rebels swept the regular-season series with the Utes, winning 97-94 in double-overtime in Las Vegas and 70-57 in Salt Lake City.
So thank you, New Mexico.
The Lobos lost 85-83 to UNLV at home on Wednesday night - they blew a 13-point lead and fell behind by 16, before a furious rally fell one last-second shot short - to assure a match-up with TCU in the play-in game on Tuesday. Now, the Utes can worry only about themselves, Wyoming and Colorado State in the battle for the fifth, sixth and seventh seeds.
The Utes can still grab the fifth seed, but they must beat Brigham Young on Saturday and have Colorado State lose at UNLV. In that case, they would play the fourth seed in the first round of the tournament - either San Diego State or Air Force. The Aztecs will be the fourth seed if they lose at home to TCU on Saturday. If the Aztecs win, the Falcons will be the fourth seed.
The Utes have beaten both teams.
The Utes will earn the sixth seed if they beat BYU but Colorado State beats UNLV (or, if Wyoming also beats New Mexico at home to create a three-way tie). In either case, the Utes again would play either San Diego State or Air Force in the tournament - whichever is seeded third.
If the Utes lose at BYU, though, they're doomed to the seventh seed, since they would lose any combination of tie-breakers with the Cowboys and Rams. And the seventh seed would wind up playing the second seed, UNLV. The Rebels swept the regular-season series with the Utes, winning 97-94 in double-overtime in Las Vegas and 70-57 in Salt Lake City.
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