NCAA Tournament March Madness

#171 E Washington

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Washington’s projection to need an automatic berth fits the résumé because the team flashed the kind of road toughness that matters with wins at Montana and at Montana State and a neutral-site victory over Weber State, but those bright spots are offset by damaging results away from home in nonconference play, most notably losses at UCLA, BYU and Utah and a neutral loss to Washington State that leave no signature victory against a high-major. Inconsistency further hurts the profile because ugly defeats at Central Arkansas and Denver and trips up against Idaho punctuate a slate that contains more bad losses than marquee wins. The late conference road successes prove the program can grind out wins away from home and give it a realistic path to the field, yet without a big nonconference scalp the only reliable route is to win the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@UCLA27L80-74
11/5@Loy Marymount161L70-62
11/8@Colorado70L102-97
11/12@Seattle119L94-67
11/23@Cent Arkansas153L92-65
11/25@North Texas136L79-71
12/3@Denver234L93-89
12/6Missouri KC358W90-66
12/12Cal Baptist106L88-83
12/17(N)Washington St137L78-63
12/20@Utah126L101-77
12/22@BYU23L109-81
1/3@Idaho145L84-81
1/8Montana St133L68-64
1/10Montana186W66-65
1/15@Weber St198L91-80
1/17@Idaho St250W84-66
1/22Portland St146L65-61
1/24CS Sacramento265W75-67
1/29@Northern Arizona319L92-86
1/31@N Colorado141L74-71
2/5@Montana186W82-74
2/7@Montana St133W72-71
2/12Idaho St250W88-75
2/14Weber St198W84-66
2/19@CS Sacramento265W102-94
2/21@Portland St146W67-55
2/26N Colorado141W82-72
2/28Northern Arizona319W88-57
3/2Idaho145L85-81
3/9(N)Weber St198W84-79
3/10(N)Idaho145L81-68