NCAA Tournament March Madness

#258 E Washington

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Washington’s résumé is defined by eye-catching road showings against major programs and a string of damaging defeats that expose inconsistency. Competitive outings at UCLA and Colorado show this team can hang with high-major opponents away from home, yet blowout losses at BYU and at Utah along with rough results at Seattle and Central Arkansas reveal a leaky defense and nights when the offense disappears. The nonconference victory over Missouri Kansas City is useful yet it does not erase the lack of a neutral-site scalp against a top opponent, and the conference slate still offers a mix of winnable home dates and difficult road tests such as trips to Weber State and Sacramento and matchups with Idaho, Montana and Montana State where a clear road or neutral victory or a sustained run of road resilience would materially improve how the committee evaluates the résumé. The balance of promising road performances, distinctly poor losses and remaining chances to swing resume-defining results explains why evaluators view this profile the way they do.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@UCLA32L80-74
11/5@Loy Marymount125L70-62
11/8@Colorado70L102-97
11/12@Seattle111L94-67
11/23@Cent Arkansas234L92-65
11/25@North Texas141L79-71
12/3@Denver265L93-89
12/6Missouri KC338W90-66
12/12Cal Baptist127L88-83
12/17(N)Washington St153L78-63
12/20@Utah123L101-77
12/22@BYU11L109-81
1/3@Idaho18928%
1/8Montana St17044%
1/10Montana21253%
1/15@Weber St21632%
1/17@Idaho St17224%
1/22Portland St18247%
1/24CS Sacramento27664%
1/29@Northern Arizona29146%
1/31@N Colorado16824%
2/5@Montana21231%
2/7@Montana St17024%
2/12Idaho St17245%
2/14Weber St21654%
2/19@CS Sacramento27642%
2/21@Portland St18226%
2/26N Colorado16844%
2/28Northern Arizona29167%
3/2Idaho18949%