BYU is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2015. Mark Pope’s squad goes into March Madness with a 20-6 record and ranked No. 23 in the AP Top 25. On Selection Sunday, the Cougars heard their name and they were slotted as a No. 6 seed. This marks the first time BYU has received a single-digit seed since Jimmer Fredette led the 2011 squad to a No. 3 seed.
In program history, BYU has been pegged as the No. 6 seed one other time, in 1981. For the more veteran Cougar fans, that was a magical season.