NCAA Tournament March Madness

#120 Utah

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Projection: likely out

Utah’s resume is defined by a couple of signature moments that are already outweighed by a long list of damaging defeats. A neutral victory over Mississippi, a gritty road win at West Virginia and a home triumph over TCU stand out, but those positives are undermined by ugly losses such as the blowout at Arizona, road setbacks at Kansas, Texas Tech and BYU, home setbacks to Houston and BYU and neutral defeats to Grand Canyon and Mississippi State, and nonconference road slips at California and Cincinnati that expose struggles away from home. With a remaining road date at Baylor the team needs a statement win to reverse perception, because the scarcity of true road and neutral victories combined with recurring defensive problems makes an at-large case difficult to justify.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3San Jose St233W84-75
11/8Weber St193W92-89
11/10Holy Cross330W87-69
11/15Sam Houston St105W85-79
11/18PFW262W85-77
11/20Cal Poly218L92-85
11/25(N)Grand Canyon63L68-58
11/26(N)Mississippi77W75-74
12/2@California70L79-72
12/6Cal Baptist112W91-85
12/13(N)Mississippi St99L82-74
12/20E Washington162W101-77
12/29@Washington51L74-65
1/3Arizona3L97-78
1/7@Colorado64L85-73
1/10BYU24L89-84
1/14@Texas Tech14L88-74
1/17TCU45W82-79
1/20@Kansas St101L81-78
1/24@BYU24L91-78
1/31Oklahoma St68L81-69
2/4Arizona St59L71-63
2/7@Kansas20L71-59
2/10Houston6L66-52
2/15@Cincinnati42L69-65
2/18@West Virginia56W61-56
2/21UCF53L73-71
2/24Iowa St8L75-59
2/28@Arizona St59L73-60
3/3Colorado64L92-78
3/7@Baylor4916%