Win at BYU Equals Top Tourney Seed
So here's the deal, amid what appears to be a tight and jumbled race for the top seeds to the Mountain West Conference tournament:
If the Utes beat Brigham Young on Saturday, they're the top seed.
Period.
End of story.
That's because if the Utes can win at the Marriott Center, the New Mexico Lobos would be the only team still able to tie the Utes atop the league standings -- and only if the Utes were to lose their last two games (including one at New Mexico next week) while the Lobos won all of their final three.
In that case, the Utes would own every tie-breaker edge over the Lobos, regardless of the order of the next three teams in the standings. The Utes would have split with the Lobos -- that's the first tie-breaker -- which would force the tie to be broken according to which team fared better against each of the other teams in the league, in descending order of the standings.
Sooner or later, that process would come down to the Cougars, because the Utes and Lobos have both split against the only teams -- UNLV and San Diego State -- that could finish ahead of the Cougars in that scenario. And that would give the edge to the Utes, since they would have swept the Cougars while the Lobos only split with them.
In other words, nothing matters more to the Utes right now than the rivalry game. But then again, we already knew that, right?
If the Utes beat Brigham Young on Saturday, they're the top seed.
Period.
End of story.
That's because if the Utes can win at the Marriott Center, the New Mexico Lobos would be the only team still able to tie the Utes atop the league standings -- and only if the Utes were to lose their last two games (including one at New Mexico next week) while the Lobos won all of their final three.
In that case, the Utes would own every tie-breaker edge over the Lobos, regardless of the order of the next three teams in the standings. The Utes would have split with the Lobos -- that's the first tie-breaker -- which would force the tie to be broken according to which team fared better against each of the other teams in the league, in descending order of the standings.
Sooner or later, that process would come down to the Cougars, because the Utes and Lobos have both split against the only teams -- UNLV and San Diego State -- that could finish ahead of the Cougars in that scenario. And that would give the edge to the Utes, since they would have swept the Cougars while the Lobos only split with them.
In other words, nothing matters more to the Utes right now than the rivalry game. But then again, we already knew that, right?
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