NCAA Tournament March Madness

#31 Utah St

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Projected seed: 9 (automatic qualifier)

Utah State’s resume sits where it does because the team has flashed impressive signature wins, notably neutral-site routs over Tulane and Davidson, a statement road victory at Boise State and a hard-fought home win over San Diego State, all of which show the ability to win away from home and in neutral environments. Those quality wins are offset by damaging results, most glaringly the road loss at South Florida and the setbacks at Grand Canyon and at home to UNLV, outcomes that a committee will view as resume blemishes. The remaining slate — which includes trips to New Mexico, San Diego State and Nevada along with key home dates against Fresno State, Boise State and Memphis — gives Utah State clear chances to erase the bad losses and lock up its standing, while a stumble in those venues would leave the team scrambling to justify a tournament berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7(N)VCU47W80-77
11/12Weber St215W83-73
11/15UTEP283W75-51
11/21(N)Tulane188W96-75
11/23(N)Davidson107W94-60
11/29Montana St156W84-81
12/4@South Florida67L74-61
12/7@Charlotte163W79-53
12/13(N)Illinois St84W83-78
12/20Colorado St98W100-58
12/30@Fresno St134W72-63
1/3San Jose St252W96-78
1/6@Air Force345W99-62
1/10@Boise St59W93-68
1/14Nevada56W71-62
1/17@Grand Canyon65L84-74
1/20UNLV137L86-76
1/23@Colorado St98W65-61
1/28Wyoming106W94-62
1/31San Diego St43W71-66
2/4@New Mexico4447%
2/7@Wyoming10674%
2/10Fresno St13492%
2/14Memphis10388%
2/18Boise St5978%
2/21@Nevada5658%
2/25@San Diego St4347%
2/28Grand Canyon6579%
3/3@UNLV13781%
3/7New Mexico4468%