NCAA Tournament March Madness

#332 Southern Utah

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Southern Utah’s resume is anchored by a lone neutral-site victory over Stetson and a handful of competitive outings on the road, but it is outweighed by lopsided losses away to Gonzaga and Washington and a string of defeats at Power Five and upper-midwest opponents that signal a struggle to win outside of its own arena. The tight game at Robert Morris and competitive showing at Nebraska Omaha are useful evidence that the team can hang in some hostile environments, yet there are virtually no signature wins away from home or on neutral floors to offset the damaging road blowouts at Gonzaga and Washington and the setbacks at Arizona State and Washington State. The remaining slate against Utah Valley, Cal Baptist, Tarleton State, Abilene Christian, Utah Tech and UT Arlington presents clear opportunities to pile up quality conference results and demonstrate sustained road and neutral-site competence, but until those chances are seized the overall picture will be one of a team with few high-end victories and several bad losses that leave its path to the national field narrow.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Arizona St85L81-64
11/8UTRGV193L95-72
11/15@NE Omaha272L90-85
11/17@Gonzaga5L122-50
11/19@Washington St151L98-74
11/28@Robert Morris195L61-54
11/29(N)Stetson346W70-68
12/6@Oregon St224L81-70
12/13@Washington51L105-69
12/18@Northern Arizona292L65-57
12/29@Utah Tech207L80-66
1/3UT Arlington148L86-77
1/8@Utah Valley974%
1/10@Cal Baptist1429%
1/15Tarleton St15924%
1/17Abilene Chr21634%
1/21Utah Valley9711%
1/24@Utah Tech20716%
1/29@UT Arlington1489%
1/31@Abilene Chr21616%
2/7Tarleton St15924%
2/12Cal Baptist14221%
2/14@UT Arlington1489%
2/19@Tarleton St15910%
2/21@Abilene Chr21616%
2/28Utah Tech20733%
3/5Utah Valley9711%
3/7Cal Baptist14221%