NCAA Tournament March Madness

#84 Kansas St

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Projection: likely out

Kansas State’s résumé reads like a team with a couple of signature flashes but too many damaging setbacks to feel secure on Selection Sunday. The road win at Creighton and a neutral-site victory over Mississippi State are the kinds of results that committees value while a tight neutral loss to Nebraska suggested they can compete with good opponents, yet an ugly loss at Arizona and the road defeat at Indiana along with home stumbles against Bowling Green and Seton Hall expose troubling inconsistency. A looming home date with Kansas and a trip to Houston are the most consequential opportunities left to change the narrative, and unless the Wildcats can follow their best road and neutral performances with more wins against recognized opponents the earlier damaging losses will likely keep them on the wrong side of the cut.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4UNC Greensboro295W93-64
11/8Bellarmine293W98-71
11/13California75W99-96
11/17Tulsa59W84-83
11/20(N)Mississippi St85W98-77
11/21(N)Nebraska13L86-85
11/25@Indiana38L86-69
12/1Bowling Green112L82-66
12/6Seton Hall47L78-67
12/8MS Valley St365W108-49
12/13@Creighton53W83-76
12/20South Dakota284W106-76
12/28ULM358W94-85
1/3BYU14L83-73
1/7@Arizona2L101-76
1/10@Arizona St92L87-84
1/14UCF46L82-73
1/17@Oklahoma St67L84-83
1/20Utah114W81-78
1/24Kansas1725%
1/27@West Virginia5729%
2/1Iowa St515%
2/7@TCU5228%
2/11Cincinnati5450%
2/14@Houston45%
2/17Baylor4846%
2/21@Texas Tech1911%
2/25@Colorado7837%
2/28TCU5249%
3/3West Virginia5750%
3/7@Kansas1711%