Last season, I remember seeing the release of the 2017-2018 BYU basketball season and being pretty disappointed. Outside of Utah and Alabama, there were not really any games that stuck out as good games that would help build a resume. Ultimately, BYU only played two teams in their non-conference schedule (Alabama and Texas Southern) that went on to the NCAA tournament.
Going into next season however, there appear to much better games and more opportunities to build a resume before starting conference play. The Cougars potentially could play five teams who were in the NCAA Tournament last season, and there are still games left to be scheduled.