NCAA Tournament March Madness

#188 Utah Tech

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Utah Tech’s résumé is defined by gritty road and conference wins such as the trip to South Dakota and tough victories at Weber State and Abilene Christian and by home wins over Utah Valley and Cal Baptist that show they can win in hostile environments and close games, but those positives are overshadowed by lopsided losses at Arizona and Creighton and damaging setbacks on neutral and home floors like Manhattan and UT Arlington that leave the profile thin on marquee nonconference victories. With most of the resume assembled against midmajor opposition and a string of poor results away from true neutral sites, the clearest path onto the NCAA field is to capture the league’s automatic berth in the conference tournament where a run that includes signature scalps of familiar rivals such as Cal Baptist and Utah Valley would turn the season’s best moments into the kind of résumé the selection committee rewards.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@South Dakota282W81-79
11/7@Arizona2L93-67
11/9@Arizona St67L81-66
11/12(N)Manhattan330L79-75
11/14(N)MS Valley St365W81-75
11/15@Hawaii107L68-62
11/25Portland St146L68-63
11/29UC Riverside258W77-69
12/3@Santa Clara35L90-80
12/20@Weber St198W82-80
12/22@Creighton76L92-69
12/29Southern Utah251W80-66
1/1@Abilene Chr242W79-64
1/8@Cal Baptist106L84-72
1/10@Utah Valley90L92-76
1/15UT Arlington154L56-52
1/17Tarleton St221W75-71
1/21@Cal Baptist106L73-64
1/24Southern Utah251W102-91
1/29@Abilene Chr242W76-70
1/31@Tarleton St221W65-59
2/5UT Arlington154W87-84
2/12Utah Valley90W81-77
2/14Cal Baptist106W70-65
2/19@UT Arlington154L63-50
2/21@Tarleton St221W80-72
2/26Abilene Chr242W85-81
2/28@Southern Utah251L81-67
3/7Utah Valley90L104-101
3/12(N)Abilene Chr242W80-74
3/13(N)Cal Baptist106L86-72