NCAA Tournament March Madness

#81 Utah Valley

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Projected seed: 11 (automatic qualifier)

Utah Valley's résumé contains strong wins and damaging blemishes that committee members will weigh carefully. Its best moments — a road victory at Bowling Green, convincing neutral-site performances against South Dakota State and Samford, and a home win over UC Irvine — demonstrate the ability to win away from its arena and handle neutral environments. Those highs are tempered by a lopsided loss at Boise State and defeats at Fresno State and San Diego State that expose vulnerability against higher-level nonconference competition. The remaining slate gives the team a practical path to improve with a neutral test against UC Santa Barbara and a run of conference games at home and on the road against Cal Baptist, Tarleton State, Abilene Christian and other WAC opponents where strong showings would meaningfully bolster its case.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Boise St46L101-77
11/15@Fresno St171L75-74
11/19UC Irvine125W79-72
11/25(N)S Dakota St185W75-52
11/26(N)Samford248W89-45
12/3@San Diego St47L77-66
12/6@Bowling Green109W82-71
12/10Idaho St159W73-69
12/13(N)UC Santa Barbara147W68-53
12/17Weber St20889%
12/29Cal Baptist12776%
1/1@Tarleton St19671%
1/3@Abilene Chr22076%
1/8Southern Utah31696%
1/10Utah Tech25292%
1/17UT Arlington16684%
1/21@Southern Utah31689%
1/24@Cal Baptist12755%
1/29@Tarleton St19671%
2/5Abilene Chr22090%
2/7UT Arlington16684%
2/12@Utah Tech25279%
2/19Cal Baptist12776%
2/21@UT Arlington16666%
2/26Tarleton St19687%
2/28Abilene Chr22090%
3/5@Southern Utah31689%
3/7@Utah Tech25279%