NCAA Tournament March Madness

#137 UNLV

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UNLV's résumé buys hope in places and raises alarms in others. Road victories at Memphis and Stanford and a solid win over Boise State show it can beat quality opponents away from home, but ugly neutral-site losses to Maryland, Alabama and Rutgers along with surprise setbacks to Montana and Tennessee State and road defeats at Wyoming and Colorado State create a patchwork the committee will view as inconsistent. The remainder of the schedule offers few chances to reset the narrative, with brutal tests at Utah State and San Diego State and key dates against New Mexico and Boise State balanced against only a handful of manageable outings such as a trip to Air Force and a home game with San Jose State. Given the high-visibility damage already on the résumé and the limited opportunities to add resume-changing road or neutral wins, the cleanest path onto the NCAA field is securing the conference automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4TN Martin189L86-81
11/8Chattanooga264W101-69
11/11Montana181L102-93
11/16@Memphis90W92-78
11/20St Joseph's PA183W99-85
11/24(N)Maryland114L74-67
11/25(N)Alabama17L115-76
11/27(N)Rutgers152L80-65
12/7@Stanford76W75-74
12/13Tennessee St242L63-60
12/20Fresno St140W84-72
1/3Air Force339W67-39
1/6@Wyoming99L98-66
1/9@Colorado St93L70-62
1/13Boise St78W89-85
1/17@San Jose St237W76-62
1/20@Utah St257%
1/24San Diego St4728%
1/27New Mexico4628%
1/30@Nevada7121%
2/3@Fresno St14040%
2/7Grand Canyon8443%
2/10San Jose St23780%
2/13@Boise St7822%
2/18Colorado St9346%
2/21@Air Force33984%
2/25@Grand Canyon8423%
2/28Nevada7140%
3/3Utah St2519%
3/6@San Diego St4712%