NCAA Tournament March Madness

#41 Utah St

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Projected seed: 7

Utah State’s resume is anchored by neutral-site wins over VCU, Tulane and Davidson that give the profile a clear top-line signature, but a damaging road loss at South Florida and a scarcity of true road victories against strong conference opponents leave room for skepticism. The team has shown defensive steadiness while its offense can be streaky, which makes neutral and away results especially important; upcoming trips to Boise State and San Diego State and a home showdown with Memphis are genuine opportunities to erase doubt. Meanwhile the Mountain West stretch at home against Fresno State, San Jose State, Nevada, Grand Canyon, UNLV and New Mexico offers multiple chances to pad the résumé and build momentum, so the remaining slate will largely determine whether the strong nonconference burst holds up under conference scrutiny.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7(N)VCU43W80-77
11/12Weber St209W83-73
11/15UTEP235W75-51
11/21(N)Tulane188W96-75
11/23(N)Davidson134W94-60
11/29Montana St164W84-81
12/4@South Florida84L74-61
12/7@Charlotte201W79-53
12/13(N)Illinois St10376%
12/20Colorado St5971%
12/30@Fresno St17382%
1/3San Jose St18494%
1/6@Air Force33096%
1/10@Boise St4443%
1/14Nevada8780%
1/17@Grand Canyon10265%
1/20UNLV13289%
1/23@Colorado St5950%
1/28Wyoming9782%
1/31San Diego St4666%
2/4@New Mexico7856%
2/7@Wyoming9764%
2/10Fresno St17393%
2/14Memphis6572%
2/18Boise St4465%
2/21@Nevada8760%
2/25@San Diego St4644%
2/28Grand Canyon10283%
3/3@UNLV13274%
3/7New Mexico7876%