Vanquish the Foe · Mar 17, 2021
A Look Back at BYU’s NCAA Tournament Run in 1981
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. It often gets compared to the 2011 team as the best teams in BYU basketball history.