Give me a 30+ pt loss to likely eventual champ Duke & an Elite 8 on the resume

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Mar 30, 2025
4:22:32am

BamaCoug All-American

… any day compared to going out by nearly that margin in the Sweet 16 by a team that subsequently got handled by Duke.

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You can complain about BYU’s 3 point defense vs Bama or that Bama of course shot much worse

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Mar 29, 11:47pm

One of the things that was so crazy about 2011... we get by FL with Davies

Ja'Crispy

Mar 29, 11:49pm

BYU wouldn’t have played Florida with Davies. BYU’s seeding would have been …

Bossk82

Mar 30, 12:22am

We were a 3. Are you thinking we get to the 2 line? From the MWC?

BYU '80

Mar 30, 12:31am

BYU was literally projected to be a 1 seed before the suspension.

Bossk82

Mar 30, 12:35am

Davies really screwed up that season. I used to be frustrated with the honor

Finneas

Mar 30, 4:15am

Yes he was dumb and he was also very young. He’s not perfect

BYU Grounds

Mar 30, 8:35am

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Finneas

Mar 30, 1:46pm

You’re missing the point… that year the tourney was wide open and BYU could

Ja'Crispy

Mar 30, 12:36am

Sure, but you specifically mentioned Florida.

Bossk82

Mar 30, 9:47am

Maybe, maybe not

Hawk Talons

Mar 29, 11:51pm

This explains it all.

airbug

Mar 29, 11:58pm

Oh thank goodness we lost then!

LaVellIfIKnow

Mar 29, 11:59pm

Could you imagine how awful it would have been if we had beaten Bama to then

Cru Jones

Mar 30, 12:14am

Yep. Whew! That was close! (Well, not really.)

Brisco

Mar 30, 12:38am

Then we would have looked at the bright side: it kept us from losing to Houston!

ryebrye

Mar 30, 3:37am

This is such a crapfest take.

Idacoug

Mar 30, 12:34am

Bama got plastered by Duke because the law of averages caught up to Bama

slatecoug

Mar 30, 3:24am

Give me a 30+ pt loss to likely eventual champ Duke & an Elite 8 on the resume

BamaCoug

Mar 30, 4:22am

My thought exactly. I would take that scenario every time!

BYUHgrad

Mar 30, 7:02am

Can’t comprehend having this much of a loser mentality. It’s called March

East_is_up

Mar 30, 4:57am

Glass 15% full.

shimmy

Mar 30, 5:43am

You should probably take a break from the analytics for a while.

kcca

Mar 30, 8:04am

Tis better to have Elite 8ed and lost than never to have Elite 8ed at all

fan_byu

Mar 30, 9:56am

losing by 30 in Elite 8 would have been so much worse than 25 in S16

qwerew

Mar 30, 12:19pm

Seriously! What a lame OP.

East_is_up

Mar 31, 3:51am

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