NCAA Tournament March Madness

#85 Utah Valley

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Projected seed: 12 (automatic qualifier)

Utah Valley’s profile pairs a few resume-enhancing moments, like neutral-site wins over North Dakota State and Samford and a solid home victory over UC Irvine, with damaging road setbacks at Boise State and San Diego State and a close loss at Fresno State, so the résumé reads as one that can dominate lesser foes but has struggled to take scalps on the road. The road victory at Bowling Green and the comfortable nonconference results show the team is capable away from home and on neutral floors, yet the lopsided losses away leave a mark that the committee will note. A lengthy conference slate gives plenty of chances to firm things up, with a neutral meeting against UC Santa Barbara and road tests at Cal Baptist and Tarleton State serving as the most meaningful opportunities to add résumé-changing wins while routine home dates against Weber State, Southern Utah and Utah Tech provide a way to avoid further damage.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Boise St44L101-77
11/15@Fresno St173L75-74
11/19UC Irvine124W79-72
11/25(N)S Dakota St177W75-52
11/26(N)Samford243W89-45
12/3@San Diego St46L77-66
12/6@Bowling Green116W82-71
12/10Idaho St15881%
12/13(N)UC Santa Barbara14067%
12/17Weber St20988%
12/29Cal Baptist13175%
1/1@Tarleton St19570%
1/3@Abilene Chr22274%
1/8Southern Utah31696%
1/10Utah Tech24891%
1/17UT Arlington16883%
1/21@Southern Utah31687%
1/24@Cal Baptist13154%
1/29@Tarleton St19570%
2/5Abilene Chr22289%
2/7UT Arlington16883%
2/12@Utah Tech24877%
2/19Cal Baptist13175%
2/21@UT Arlington16865%
2/26Tarleton St19586%
2/28Abilene Chr22289%
3/5@Southern Utah31687%
3/7@Utah Tech24877%