NCAA Tournament March Madness

#86 South Florida

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Projection: likely out

South Florida’s résumé combines a few eye‑opening victories like the home win over Utah State and a neutral‑site triumph over WKU with several damaging results away from home and at neutral sites against opponents such as Alabama, Oklahoma State, Washington, VCU and Colorado State, and that balance is what defines how the committee will view the program. The blowouts over low‑major opposition do little to erase those road and neutral setbacks, so the Bulls still lack the kind of signature wins away from their own floor that change perceptions. A stretch of conference games against UAB, North Texas, Tulsa, Wichita State, Florida Atlantic, Tulane, Temple and Memphis gives clear opportunities to add meaningful victories, but until South Florida proves it can win on the road or at neutral venues against known quality opponents the disappointing losses will carry extra weight.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Florida A&M339W102-67
11/8(N)G Washington83L99-95
11/12Coppin St364W100-50
11/16@Kennesaw162W108-89
11/19@Oklahoma St61L103-95
11/26(N)VCU42L78-66
11/27(N)WKU147W97-91
11/28(N)Colorado St73L83-68
12/4Utah St30W74-61
12/10Col Charleston179W81-75
12/17@Alabama17L104-93
12/21UMBC290W94-69
1/4UAB10669%
1/6UAB10669%
1/7@North Texas14158%
1/10@Tulsa8238%
1/14East Carolina28093%
1/18Wichita St9465%
1/22@UAB10648%
1/25FL Atlantic11271%
1/28@Tulane19872%
1/31@Temple15262%
2/4UT San Antonio28494%
2/8Tulsa8260%
2/11@Wichita St9443%
2/15@FL Atlantic11249%
2/19Memphis7158%
2/25@Rice23578%
3/1Tulane19887%
3/5@Memphis7136%
3/8Charlotte18686%