NCAA Tournament March Madness

#84 Utah Valley

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Projected seed: 11 (automatic qualifier)

Utah Valley’s resume is built on a handful of eye-catching wins and a few harsh road defeats that create a clear narrative for the selection conversation. The neutral-site emphatic victories over Samford and North Dakota State, a true road triumph at Bowling Green, and solid home results against UC Irvine and Weber State show the team can dominate lesser opponents and win away when it executes. Those positives are tempered by lopsided losses at Boise State and San Diego State and a tight setback at Fresno State that raise questions about consistency in hostile environments. The league slate ahead features multiple winnable chances and several road tests at places like Abilene Christian, Tarleton State, Cal Baptist, Southern Utah, Utah Tech, and UT Arlington where timely wins would erase the uglier losses and firm up the resume. Put together, the profile has enough signature moments to be intriguing but also enough blemishes that the final stretch will determine how high the committee values this group.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Boise St53L101-77
11/15@Fresno St175L75-74
11/19UC Irvine130W79-72
11/25(N)S Dakota St187W75-52
11/26(N)Samford241W89-45
12/3@San Diego St52L77-66
12/6@Bowling Green107W82-71
12/10Idaho St172W73-69
12/13(N)UC Santa Barbara146W68-53
12/17Weber St216W90-74
12/29Cal Baptist12777%
1/1@Tarleton St18570%
1/3@Abilene Chr21174%
1/8Southern Utah32097%
1/10Utah Tech23991%
1/17UT Arlington16383%
1/21@Southern Utah32090%
1/24@Cal Baptist12756%
1/29@Tarleton St18570%
2/5Abilene Chr21189%
2/7UT Arlington16383%
2/12@Utah Tech23979%
2/19Cal Baptist12777%
2/21@UT Arlington16365%
2/26Tarleton St18586%
2/28Abilene Chr21189%
3/5@Southern Utah32090%
3/7@Utah Tech23979%