NCAA Tournament March Madness

#101 Kansas St

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Projection: likely out

Kansas State’s résumé has a few eye-catching highs but too many damaging lows to feel comfortable, with a neutral-site win over Mississippi State, a true road victory at Creighton and a home triumph over Baylor standing out as proof the team can beat quality opponents, yet those flashes are overwhelmed by lopsided losses at Arizona and Indiana and ugly setbacks to Cincinnati and Iowa State that highlight defensive vulnerabilities. The nonconference slate is cluttered with wins over low-tier foes like UNC Greensboro, Bellarmine, Mississippi Valley State and ULM that offer little committee credit, and the Wildcats have not converted enough opportunities away from home or on neutral floors against top competition, losing at Houston, at Kansas and on other difficult road trips during league play. A couple of narrow conference losses show competitiveness but do little to erase the cumulative damage, and with limited remaining opportunities to add a signature road or neutral win against a recognized opponent the profile sits on the wrong side of the bubble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4UNC Greensboro300W93-64
11/8Bellarmine278W98-71
11/13California73W99-96
11/17Tulsa63W84-83
11/20(N)Mississippi St100W98-77
11/21(N)Nebraska14L86-85
11/25@Indiana46L86-69
12/1Bowling Green147L82-66
12/6Seton Hall51L78-67
12/8MS Valley St365W108-49
12/13@Creighton76W83-76
12/20South Dakota282W106-76
12/28ULM351W94-85
1/3BYU23L83-73
1/7@Arizona2L101-76
1/10@Arizona St67L87-84
1/14UCF54L82-73
1/17@Oklahoma St66L84-83
1/20Utah126W81-78
1/24Kansas21L86-62
1/27@West Virginia59L59-54
2/1Iowa St6L95-61
2/7@TCU43L84-82
2/11Cincinnati44L91-62
2/14@Houston5L78-64
2/17Baylor49W90-74
2/21@Texas Tech20L100-72
2/25@Colorado70L79-70
2/28TCU43L77-68
3/3West Virginia59W65-63
3/7@Kansas21L104-85
3/10(N)BYU23L105-91