NCAA Tournament March Madness

#85 Utah Valley

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Projected seed: 13 (automatic qualifier)

The projection fits a résumé that mixes signature neutral-site wins and dependable home victories with damaging results on true road trips, because Utah Valley has shown it can win away from its building in places like Bowling Green and Tarleton State and has collected resume-building neutral wins over UC Santa Barbara and Samford plus a home victory over UC Irvine, yet those positives are counterbalanced by a heavy loss at Boise State, a tough trip to San Diego State and a poor outing at Abilene Christian that limit its upside; with the conference slate largely resolved and a remaining trip to Utah Tech offering a final chance to improve, the body of work reads as tournament-worthy but not strong enough to place the team among the bracket’s upper tiers.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Boise St58L101-77
11/15@Fresno St126L75-74
11/19UC Irvine110W79-72
11/25(N)S Dakota St216W75-52
11/26(N)Samford210W89-45
12/3@San Diego St46L77-66
12/6@Bowling Green149W82-71
12/10Idaho St253W73-69
12/13(N)UC Santa Barbara128W68-53
12/17Weber St193W90-74
12/29Cal Baptist112W73-66
1/1@Tarleton St212W91-85
1/3@Abilene Chr238L85-68
1/8Southern Utah249W89-72
1/10Utah Tech182W92-76
1/17UT Arlington160W86-74
1/21@Southern Utah249L84-70
1/24@Cal Baptist112L78-71
1/29@Tarleton St212W83-55
2/5Abilene Chr238W68-55
2/7UT Arlington160W81-60
2/12@Utah Tech182L81-77
2/19Cal Baptist112W65-46
2/21@UT Arlington160W66-54
2/26Tarleton St212W79-72
2/28Abilene Chr238W74-67
3/5@Southern Utah249W92-88
3/7@Utah Tech18266%