If you’re like me, you’re still grasping to this miniscule hope that, somehow, the Utes will sneak their way into the NCAA tournament. I don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion or not, but I’ve always enjoyed the NCAA tournament far more than the NIT. Because of this hope, I’ve tried to figure out the best paths for Utah to get into the tournament.
There are two ways to make the NCAA tournament field, winning a conference tournament or getting selected as an at-large bid by the NCAA selection committee. Let’s start with the more improbable of the two, the at-large bid.