NCAA Tournament March Madness

#132 UNLV

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UNLV’s résumé is a mix of signature road bites and damaging setbacks that explain its current standing. The road wins at Memphis and at Stanford and a high-scoring home victory over Chattanooga show this team can win away from home and put up points, but those bright moments are offset by ugly neutral-site losses to Maryland, Alabama and Rutgers and surprising defeats to Montana and Tennessee Martin that undercut the overall resume. Scoring has been easy in certain outings while defensive lapses have been punished in marquee settings, so the committee will weigh the quality of the road success against the severity of the bad losses. The conference slate presents clear chances to swing perception with meaningful road tests at Wyoming, Colorado State, Boise State, Utah State, San Diego State and Nevada and manageable home opportunities against Fresno State, Air Force and Grand Canyon, so how UNLV fares in those games will determine whether the résumé moves in a positive direction or remains defined by the earlier blemishes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4TN Martin236L86-81
11/8Chattanooga223W101-69
11/11Montana203L102-93
11/16@Memphis65W92-78
11/20St Joseph's PA180W99-85
11/24(N)Maryland96L74-67
11/25(N)Alabama13L115-76
11/27(N)Rutgers135L80-65
12/7@Stanford90W75-74
12/13Tennessee St25483%
12/20Fresno St17372%
1/3Air Force33092%
1/6@Wyoming9728%
1/9@Colorado St5918%
1/13Boise St4429%
1/17@San Jose St18453%
1/20@Utah St4111%
1/24San Diego St4630%
1/27New Mexico7841%
1/30@Nevada8725%
2/3@Fresno St17350%
2/7Grand Canyon10251%
2/10San Jose St18474%
2/13@Boise St4413%
2/18Colorado St5936%
2/21@Air Force33080%
2/25@Grand Canyon10230%
2/28Nevada8746%
3/3Utah St4126%
3/6@San Diego St4614%