NCAA Tournament March Madness

#128 Utah

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Utah has a few bright moments, most notably a hard-fought neutral-site win over Mississippi and a solid scalp of TCU, but those victories are swamped by damaging setbacks at Grand Canyon and Cal Poly and a string of losses to the conference’s upper tier, including Arizona, Houston, Kansas and BYU, which paint a picture of a team that struggles away from home and fails to close against top opponents. Road defeats at California, Washington and Kansas State further erode the resume because they reduce the value of nonconference wins and leave the schedule light on signature victories. The remaining slate offers real chances to flip the script with road tests at Cincinnati and West Virginia and home opportunities against UCF and Iowa State, but there are also difficult trips and matchups that could cement the current standing. Taken together the limited quality wins, the severity of the bad losses and the mixed outlook of the remaining games explain why Utah sits outside the comfortable tournament conversation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3San Jose St256W84-75
11/8Weber St216W92-89
11/10Holy Cross328W87-69
11/15Sam Houston St110W85-79
11/18PFW259W85-77
11/20Cal Poly233L92-85
11/25(N)Grand Canyon68L68-58
11/26(N)Mississippi73W75-74
12/2@California67L79-72
12/6Cal Baptist118W91-85
12/13(N)Mississippi St90L82-74
12/20E Washington196W101-77
12/29@Washington47L74-65
1/3Arizona2L97-78
1/7@Colorado74L85-73
1/10BYU22L89-84
1/14@Texas Tech17L88-74
1/17TCU51W82-79
1/20@Kansas St101L81-78
1/24@BYU22L91-78
1/31Oklahoma St62L81-69
2/4Arizona St71L71-63
2/7@Kansas14L71-59
2/10Houston4L66-52
2/15@Cincinnati5216%
2/18@West Virginia5820%
2/21UCF4933%
2/24Iowa St77%
2/28@Arizona St7122%
3/3Colorado7443%
3/7@Baylor4414%