NCAA Tournament March Madness

#254 Southern Utah

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Southern Utah’s résumé is built around a handful of solid league wins, including a road victory at Abilene Christian and a home win over Utah Valley, but those positives are offset by heavy defeats in true road games at Gonzaga, Washington and Arizona State and by a lopsided loss at Oregon State that leave the profile thin on marquee nonconference success. The team has been competitive inside the league, with tight results against Tarleton State and a resume-building road decision at UT Arlington, yet inconsistency and damaging losses away from home at Utah Tech and other neutral or road venues blunt that momentum. With remaining opportunities at Utah Valley and at home versus Cal Baptist there is still a path to improve the résumé, but the scarcity of signature wins combined with the severity of several losses explains why the practical route to the NCAA field is through the conference automatic berth rather than an at-large case.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Arizona St59L81-64
11/8UTRGV126L95-72
11/15@NE Omaha261L90-85
11/17@Gonzaga11L122-50
11/19@Washington St133L98-74
11/28@Robert Morris142L61-54
11/29(N)Stetson303W70-68
12/6@Oregon St180L81-70
12/13@Washington53L105-69
12/18@Northern Arizona320L65-57
12/29@Utah Tech184L80-66
1/3UT Arlington163L86-77
1/8@Utah Valley85L89-72
1/10@Cal Baptist119L58-55
1/15Tarleton St211W106-105
1/17Abilene Chr228W74-52
1/21Utah Valley85W84-70
1/24@Utah Tech184L102-91
1/29@UT Arlington163L80-61
1/31@Abilene Chr228W79-76
2/7Tarleton St211L62-59
2/12Cal Baptist119L83-66
2/14@UT Arlington163W78-73
2/19@Tarleton St211L78-74
2/21@Abilene Chr228L87-83
2/28Utah Tech184W81-67
3/5Utah Valley8522%
3/7Cal Baptist11933%