NCAA Tournament March Madness

#108 UNLV

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Projection: likely out

UNLV’s résumé puts them on the outside because their season is defined by a handful of eye‑opening road wins, led by the signature victory at Stanford and meaningful results at Boise State and Utah State, that are offset by damaging neutral-site losses to Alabama and Rutgers and a lopsided home defeat to New Mexico that expose inconsistency. They failed to close the road swing at Wyoming and Colorado State and dropped tight matchups with San Diego State, so the profile lacks sustained quality wins and a dependable resume away from home that the committee rewards. Their clearest path back into consideration runs through a neutral-court scalp in the conference tournament or a late run beating the league’s top teams, otherwise the combination of bad losses and too few marquee wins explains why they look likely to be left out.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4TN Martin223L86-81
11/8Chattanooga301W101-69
11/11Montana186L102-93
11/16@Memphis134W92-78
11/20St Joseph's PA116W99-85
11/24(N)Maryland120L74-67
11/25(N)Alabama18L115-76
11/27(N)Rutgers124L80-65
12/7@Stanford58W75-74
12/13Tennessee St187L63-60
12/20Fresno St132W84-72
1/3Air Force345W67-39
1/6@Wyoming98L98-66
1/9@Colorado St88L70-62
1/13Boise St62W89-85
1/17@San Jose St225W76-62
1/20@Utah St30W86-76
1/24San Diego St48L82-71
1/27New Mexico50L89-61
1/30@Nevada75L89-76
2/3@Fresno St132L98-96
2/7Grand Canyon61W80-78
2/10San Jose St225W82-75
2/13@Boise St62W86-83
2/18Colorado St88L91-86
2/21@Air Force345W91-66
2/25@Grand Canyon61L80-67
2/28Nevada75W85-83
3/3Utah St30W92-65
3/6@San Diego St48L89-86
3/11(N)Wyoming98W73-70
3/12(N)Utah St30L80-60