BYU heads to Denver with challenge to overcome early-exit tradition

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55% : The next year, Reid's No. 10-seeded team beat No. 7 Virginia before losing to No. 2 seed Arizona in the second round.
45% : Other theories include late-season injuries, not peaking at the right time, matchups, lack of comparable on-court depth, poor performance, lack of urgency, and the day in 2004 when Syracuse guard Gerry McNamara scored a historic 43 points in an 80-75 win against a Steve Cleveland-coached team in Denver when the Cougars were a No. 12 seed and Syracuse was No. 5. Last year, BYU was "gifted" a matchup with Duquesne as the No. 5 finisher in the Big 12 and was physically dominated by a smothering Dukes defense.

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