NCAA Tournament March Madness
#131 Utah
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Utah’s résumé is defined by clear highs and damaging lows: a neutral-court win over Mississippi proves it can beat quality opposition away from home, but that is offset by a road loss at California and nonconference setbacks like the defeat to Cal Poly and the neutral loss at Grand Canyon that undermine its profile. The conference slate offers a gauntlet of hostile environments at places such as Kansas, Baylor, BYU and Arizona and includes trips to Texas Tech and Washington, so road or neutral wins and home victories over marquee conference opponents like Arizona and Houston would significantly improve the resume while additional bad results away from Salt Lake City would make recovery much harder.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | San Jose St | 184 | W84-75 |
| 11/8 | Weber St | 208 | W92-89 |
| 11/10 | Holy Cross | 293 | W87-69 |
| 11/15 | Sam Houston St | 123 | W85-79 |
| 11/18 | PFW | 229 | W85-77 |
| 11/20 | Cal Poly | 238 | L92-85 |
| 11/25 | (N)Grand Canyon | 92 | L68-58 |
| 11/26 | (N)Mississippi | 57 | W75-74 |
| 12/2 | @California | 76 | L79-72 |
| 12/6 | Cal Baptist | 129 | W91-85 |
| 12/13 | (N)Mississippi St | 80 | 33% |
| 12/20 | E Washington | 237 | 81% |
| 12/29 | @Washington | 47 | 14% |
| 1/3 | Arizona | 5 | 6% |
| 1/7 | @Colorado | 60 | 19% |
| 1/10 | BYU | 9 | 11% |
| 1/14 | @Texas Tech | 24 | 8% |
| 1/17 | TCU | 56 | 35% |
| 1/20 | @Kansas St | 71 | 21% |
| 1/24 | @BYU | 9 | 4% |
| 1/31 | Oklahoma St | 55 | 34% |
| 2/4 | Arizona St | 63 | 38% |
| 2/7 | @Kansas | 17 | 6% |
| 2/10 | Houston | 8 | 10% |
| 2/15 | @Cincinnati | 84 | 24% |
| 2/18 | @West Virginia | 69 | 21% |
| 2/21 | UCF | 52 | 33% |
| 2/24 | Iowa St | 2 | 6% |
| 2/28 | @Arizona St | 63 | 19% |
| 3/3 | Colorado | 60 | 37% |
| 3/7 | @Baylor | 35 | 11% |