NCAA Tournament March Madness

#279 UTEP

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UTEP’s resume is short on signature wins and long on damaging setbacks, with its clearest positives being the narrow road victory at Delaware and hard-fought wins over MTSU and North Dakota State while its profile is undermined by lopsided losses at Utah State, at Liberty and at Missouri State and neutral-site defeats to William & Mary and UAB; road trips to Seattle and Hawaii also exposed its struggles away from home. The best moments show the team can close tight games and steal a result on the road, but those are outweighed by too many bad losses and a lack of quality neutral-site or high-major road wins that selection committees prize. Remaining home opportunities against the likes of Louisiana Tech and Delaware plus road tests at New Mexico State, Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State give the team multiple chances to repair the résumé, yet without a breakthrough against a recognized opponent UTEP looks likely to need its conference tournament title to reach the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/11Loy Marymount155L71-58
11/15@Utah St34L75-51
11/24(N)William & Mary141L74-63
11/25(N)UAB119L75-59
12/7@Seattle123L75-68
12/13@Hawaii100L66-61
12/21Norfolk St302L72-71
12/22N Dakota St140W76-66
12/29@Louisiana Tech248L75-63
1/2@Missouri St206L79-55
1/4@Florida Intl185L76-64
1/8MTSU132W83-80
1/10WKU169L68-56
1/15@Delaware297W70-69
1/17@Liberty94L80-69
1/22Florida Intl18542%
1/24Missouri St20646%
1/28Louisiana Tech24853%
1/31Delaware29765%
2/4@Sam Houston St11011%
2/7New Mexico St12428%
2/11@Jacksonville St23529%
2/14Liberty9420%
2/21@New Mexico St12412%
2/26@MTSU13214%
2/28@WKU16919%
3/5Kennesaw15936%
3/7Jacksonville St23551%