NCAA Tournament March Madness

#77 Arizona St

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Projection: likely out

Arizona State’s résumé is defined by a few headline victories and several results that keep the committee uneasy: the program has a marquee neutral-site win over Texas and valuable wins away from home at Washington State and Hawaii that show it can close tough games, but those moments are undercut by a hard loss at Gonzaga, a lopsided trip to UCLA and a neutral-site setback to USC that leave the top-end résumé thin. Nonconference competition offered limited quality outside those wins, so conference play is the key window to change perception. Upcoming home dates against Kansas State, West Virginia and Cincinnati present clear opportunities to add resume-building victories, while road trips to Arizona, BYU and Houston and tough tests at Baylor, Texas Tech and Kansas are the kind of chances that would either prove the team can beat top league opposition or cement the current doubts, so how Arizona State fares in those games will determine whether the profile strengthens or stays on the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Southern Utah326W81-64
11/9Utah Tech231W81-66
11/14Gonzaga5L77-65
11/17Georgia St327W75-62
11/20@Hawaii104W83-76
11/24(N)Texas46W87-86
11/25(N)Washington St158W100-94
11/26(N)USC39L88-75
12/6(N)Oklahoma53W86-70
12/9Northern Arizona289W73-48
12/13(N)Santa Clara60W82-79
12/17@UCLA33L90-77
12/21Oregon St178L78-75
1/3Colorado8563%
1/7@BYU109%
1/10Kansas St7459%
1/14@Arizona24%
1/18@Houston129%
1/21West Virginia6558%
1/24Cincinnati6257%
1/27@UCF4527%
1/31Arizona212%
2/4@Utah12456%
2/7@Colorado8541%
2/10Oklahoma St6156%
2/17Texas Tech2132%
2/21@Baylor3019%
2/24@TCU5431%
2/28Utah12476%
3/3Kansas1727%
3/7@Iowa St35%