NCAA Tournament March Madness

#86 Utah Valley

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Projected seed: 13 (automatic qualifier)

That seed fits Utah Valley because the resume pairs a handful of resume-building neutral wins with several damaging road setbacks that keep the program from climbing higher. The team’s best moments came at neutral sites against Samford, South Dakota State, and UC Santa Barbara and in a clean road victory at Bowling Green, which show it can win away from home and handle respectable nonconference tests. Its worst moments — a heavy defeat at Boise State, a road loss at San Diego State, and a string of conference losses away to Cal Baptist, Utah Tech, and Southern Utah — are exactly the blemishes selection people weigh. Remaining games at home versus Cal Baptist and road trips to UT Arlington, Tarleton State, Abilene Christian, Southern Utah, and Utah Tech give clear opportunities to erase those stains and bolster a résumé that otherwise looks like one built to need the conference title to avoid falling short.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Boise St57L101-77
11/15@Fresno St122L75-74
11/19UC Irvine119W79-72
11/25(N)S Dakota St219W75-52
11/26(N)Samford205W89-45
12/3@San Diego St42L77-66
12/6@Bowling Green139W82-71
12/10Idaho St255W73-69
12/13(N)UC Santa Barbara117W68-53
12/17Weber St216W90-74
12/29Cal Baptist118W73-66
1/1@Tarleton St210W91-85
1/3@Abilene Chr234L85-68
1/8Southern Utah266W89-72
1/10Utah Tech184W92-76
1/17UT Arlington166W86-74
1/21@Southern Utah266L84-70
1/24@Cal Baptist118L78-71
1/29@Tarleton St210W83-55
2/5Abilene Chr234W68-55
2/7UT Arlington166W81-60
2/12@Utah Tech184L81-77
2/19Cal Baptist11871%
2/21@UT Arlington16661%
2/26Tarleton St21085%
2/28Abilene Chr23489%
3/5@Southern Utah26679%
3/7@Utah Tech18464%