A first-round NCAA Tournament matchup will see the 6-seed BYU Cougars (24-9) hit the court against the No. 11 seed VCU Rams (28-6) on Thursday at Ball Arena. The contest tips off at 4:05 p.m. ET,

What the coach and sixth-year player didn’t say was that sixth-seeded BYU was perhaps underseeded this year amid some hopes that it would land a 5 seed. That’s good, because the selection committee got it mostly right for one of the rare times when the Cougars are involved.