NCAA Tournament March Madness

#197 E Washington

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Washington’s at-large hopes are thin because their nonconference ledger is marred by heavy road defeats at UCLA, Colorado, BYU and Utah and a neutral-site setback to Washington State while their only eye-catching early victory came at home against Missouri Kansas City. In Big Sky play the Eagles have shown they can win away from home with road victories at Montana and Montana State and they have solid home wins over Weber State and Idaho State, but they still lack a true signature neutral or road victory that a committee rewards. The remaining schedule includes winnable home dates against Northern Arizona, North Colorado and Idaho and challenging road assignments at Cal State Sacramento and Portland State so there are pathways to improve, yet the clearest route for this roster to the NCAA Tournament runs through capturing the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@UCLA41L80-74
11/5@Loy Marymount152L70-62
11/8@Colorado73L102-97
11/12@Seattle131L94-67
11/23@Cent Arkansas163L92-65
11/25@North Texas142L79-71
12/3@Denver221L93-89
12/6Missouri KC352W90-66
12/12Cal Baptist117L88-83
12/17(N)Washington St133L78-63
12/20@Utah127L101-77
12/22@BYU22L109-81
1/3@Idaho179L84-81
1/8Montana St150L68-64
1/10Montana157W66-65
1/15@Weber St214L91-80
1/17@Idaho St254W84-66
1/22Portland St143L65-61
1/24CS Sacramento250W75-67
1/29@Northern Arizona313L92-86
1/31@N Colorado147L74-71
2/5@Montana157W82-74
2/7@Montana St150W72-71
2/12Idaho St254W88-75
2/14Weber St214W84-66
2/19@CS Sacramento25051%
2/21@Portland St14329%
2/26N Colorado14752%
2/28Northern Arizona31384%
3/2Idaho17958%