NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: Seattle

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#112 Seattle

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Projection: likely out

Seattle’s résumé is defined by a couple of big wins and a few ugly blemishes: a road victory at Stanford and a home upset of Washington prove it can beat respectable opposition away from home and on a neutral floor, but an inexplicable nonconference loss to Cal Poly and a neutral-site defeat to UC Santa Barbara cut deeply into its résumé. Most of the rest of the ledger is built against mid-major opposition and, while road wins at UC Davis and at UT San Antonio are useful, the team still lacks a string of signature victories over the league’s best that would make its case compelling. The upcoming stretch, which includes trips to Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s and home chances against San Francisco and Washington State, is the clearest path to repair—without at least a signature road result or a sweep of the better home opportunities the combination of bad losses and a middling schedule will keep its selection case on the outside looking in.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/3	Denver	267	W84-73
11/8	Cal Poly	244	L73-71
11/12	E Washington	260	W94-67
11/15	Idaho St	167	W83-74
11/21	@Stanford	92	W77-69
11/28	(N)Texas St	259	W66-52
11/29	(N)UC Santa Barbara	143	L74-71
12/7	UTEP	225	W75-68
12/17	@UC Davis	165	W79-78
12/19	Washington	49	W70-66
12/22	@UT San Antonio	285	W71-68
12/28	San Francisco	98	L67-59
12/30	Washington St	158	73%
1/2	@Gonzaga	5	3%
1/4	@St Mary's CA	32	12%
1/8	@Oregon St	178	58%
1/13	San Diego	194	80%
1/15	San Diego	194	80%
1/17	Gonzaga	5	9%
1/21	Loy Marymount	119	64%
1/24	@Pacific	142	48%
1/28	@Washington St	158	52%
2/4	Pepperdine	266	88%
2/7	@Portland	230	67%
2/10	@Santa Clara	60	23%
2/11	@Santa Clara	60	23%
2/14	Oregon St	178	78%
2/15	Oregon St	178	78%
2/18	St Mary's CA	32	27%
2/21	Portland	230	84%
2/25	@Pepperdine	266	72%
2/28	@Loy Marymount	119	41%