NCAA Tournament March Madness

#163 E Washington

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Washington projects as a team that will have to secure the Big Sky’s automatic bid because its nonconference resume offers no marquee wins, instead featuring road defeats at UCLA and Colorado along with heavy setbacks at BYU and Utah and a neutral-site loss to Washington State that leave the committee little to reward. Its strongest evidence comes from league play, with gritty road wins at Montana and Montana State, a series of conference victories at CS Sacramento and Portland State and comfortable home wins over Weber State and Idaho State that demonstrate it can finish against familiar foes. The most damaging moments are the lopsided nonconference losses that expose inconsistent defense and a lack of quality wins away from home. Given that split profile, the remaining chance to change perception is straightforward: add road or neutral wins against the better Big Sky teams to create signature results, otherwise the only reliable path to the field is winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@UCLA34L80-74
11/5@Loy Marymount159L70-62
11/8@Colorado64L102-97
11/12@Seattle115L94-67
11/23@Cent Arkansas150L92-65
11/25@North Texas142L79-71
12/3@Denver233L93-89
12/6Missouri KC358W90-66
12/12Cal Baptist112L88-83
12/17(N)Washington St138L78-63
12/20@Utah120L101-77
12/22@BYU24L109-81
1/3@Idaho173L84-81
1/8Montana St130L68-64
1/10Montana188W66-65
1/15@Weber St193L91-80
1/17@Idaho St253W84-66
1/22Portland St145L65-61
1/24CS Sacramento255W75-67
1/29@Northern Arizona319L92-86
1/31@N Colorado139L74-71
2/5@Montana188W82-74
2/7@Montana St130W72-71
2/12Idaho St253W88-75
2/14Weber St193W84-66
2/19@CS Sacramento255W102-94
2/21@Portland St145W67-55
2/26N Colorado139W82-72
2/28Northern Arizona319W88-57
3/2Idaho173L85-81