NCAA Tournament March Madness

#141 UNLV

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UNLV's résumé reads like a team with eye‑opening road victories but enough bad losses to leave the committee cautious. Wins at Memphis and at Stanford demonstrate the ability to win in hostile environments and a triumph over Fresno State is a useful quality check, yet the profile is marred by damaging nonconference setbacks to Tennessee Martin and Montana and a tight defeat at Tennessee State, and a neutral site stretch that mixed a competitive outing with Maryland with a lopsided loss to Alabama and a setback to Rutgers undercut consistency. The Mountain West schedule still presents clear chances to rebuild credibility with home dates against San Jose State, Air Force and Grand Canyon and high‑value home opportunities against Boise State, San Diego State and New Mexico, while trips to Utah State, Boise State, San Diego State and Nevada will be the true tests of whether this team can sustain road and neutral success. Ultimately the picture hinges on avoiding further resume damage and turning those conference opportunities into the signature wins its early road victories suggested were possible.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4TN Martin207L86-81
11/8Chattanooga240W101-69
11/11Montana212L102-93
11/16@Memphis67W92-78
11/20St Joseph's PA197W99-85
11/24(N)Maryland100L74-67
11/25(N)Alabama16L115-76
11/27(N)Rutgers159L80-65
12/7@Stanford92W75-74
12/13Tennessee St229L63-60
12/20Fresno St169W84-72
1/3Air Force32491%
1/6@Wyoming9726%
1/9@Colorado St8923%
1/13Boise St5229%
1/17@San Jose St20053%
1/20@Utah St318%
1/24San Diego St5129%
1/27New Mexico7037%
1/30@Nevada6618%
2/3@Fresno St16946%
2/7Grand Canyon9545%
2/10San Jose St20074%
2/13@Boise St5213%
2/18Colorado St8943%
2/21@Air Force32478%
2/25@Grand Canyon9525%
2/28Nevada6637%
3/3Utah St3120%
3/6@San Diego St5113%