NCAA Tournament March Madness

#23 Utah St

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Projected seed: 7 (automatic qualifier)

Utah State’s standing comes from a spine of meaningful wins that include road victories at New Mexico, Boise State and Wyoming plus statement home wins over San Diego State and Memphis, and those neutral nonconference triumphs over VCU and Davidson give the resume important breadth. Those high points are offset by damaging setbacks on the road at South Florida, Grand Canyon and Nevada and by a home loss to UNLV, results that create vulnerability because they came against teams the committee views as lower-tier. The team’s ability to sweep Colorado State and to win twice over Boise State shows it can consistently handle strong league opponents but the bad losses keep the ceiling from being higher. Upcoming chances at San Diego State and a sequence of games against Grand Canyon, UNLV and New Mexico give Utah State clear opportunities to erase blemishes or to cement its profile depending on how it finishes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7(N)VCU44W80-77
11/12Weber St195W83-73
11/15UTEP264W75-51
11/21(N)Tulane175W96-75
11/23(N)Davidson112W94-60
11/29Montana St146W84-81
12/4@South Florida55L74-61
12/7@Charlotte187W79-53
12/13(N)Illinois St98W83-78
12/20Colorado St88W100-58
12/30@Fresno St124W72-63
1/3San Jose St227W96-78
1/6@Air Force350W99-62
1/10@Boise St60W93-68
1/14Nevada67W71-62
1/17@Grand Canyon62L84-74
1/20UNLV125L86-76
1/23@Colorado St88W65-61
1/28Wyoming95W94-62
1/31San Diego St45W71-66
2/4@New Mexico43W86-66
2/7@Wyoming95W85-83
2/10Fresno St124W91-78
2/14Memphis114W99-75
2/18Boise St60W75-56
2/21@Nevada67L80-77
2/25@San Diego St4554%
2/28Grand Canyon6283%
3/3@UNLV12582%
3/7New Mexico4375%