NCAA Tournament March Madness

#101 Grand Canyon

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Projected seed: 12 (automatic qualifier)

Grand Canyon’s résumé is defined by an eye-catching neutral-site victory over Utah and a road win at Wyoming that show it can win outside its building, balanced against damaging nonconference setbacks such as a tough trip to St Louis and losses on neutral courts to Iowa and Oklahoma St plus a blemish against Colorado St. The home slate features a string of dominant wins over midmajor opponents that bolster the overall profile but those results carry less weight than neutral or road success against top competition. What matters now is the conference grind, which mixes winnable home dates against San Jose St, Air Force and UNLV with a slate of difficult road tests at Boise St, New Mexico, Utah St, San Diego St, Fresno St and Nevada. Those upcoming opportunities on the road and at home will determine whether the résumé is viewed as résumé-building or marred by too many bad losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3PFW256W90-71
11/7Youngstown St188L90-81
11/10N Illinois321W88-59
11/15@St Louis39L78-64
11/21Northwestern LA299W85-72
11/25(N)Utah128W68-58
11/26(N)Iowa18L59-46
12/2Stetson345W67-45
12/6(N)Oklahoma St58L84-78
12/13Coastal Car260W82-61
12/20@Wyoming97W82-70
12/22IUPUI340W91-78
1/3Colorado St87L70-60
1/7@Boise St5121%
1/10San Jose St21984%
1/13@New Mexico5422%
1/17Utah St2627%
1/21San Diego St4939%
1/24@Fresno St14653%
1/27@Nevada7929%
1/30Boise St5140%
2/3Air Force33796%
2/7@UNLV14953%
2/11New Mexico5442%
2/14@San Jose St21967%
2/17@San Diego St4920%
2/21Wyoming9757%
2/25UNLV14974%
2/28@Utah St2612%
3/3@Air Force33788%
3/7Fresno St14674%