NCAA Tournament March Madness

#128 Utah

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Utah’s résumé is a study in contrasts: its best moment is a hard-fought neutral-court win over Mississippi that shows the group can beat good teams away from home, but that upside is offset by damaging setbacks such as neutral and midmajor losses to Mississippi State, Grand Canyon and Cal Poly and ugly results at Arizona, California and Washington that undercut its profile. The attack has flashed the ability to score in nonconference play but the defense has been exposed on the road and in certain home games, so committee voters will point to the combination of a signature win and several harmful defeats when sizing this team up. The Big Twelve slate still offers clear paths to firm up the resume with meaningful road tests at Kansas, BYU, Kansas State and Baylor and winnable home chances against quality opponents like Iowa State and Colorado, so how Utah performs in those spots will decide whether the good win holds up or the bad losses keep it on the fringe.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3San Jose St194W84-75
11/8Weber St215W92-89
11/10Holy Cross326W87-69
11/15Sam Houston St124W85-79
11/18PFW257W85-77
11/20Cal Poly237L92-85
11/25(N)Grand Canyon101L68-58
11/26(N)Mississippi69W75-74
12/2@California74L79-72
12/6Cal Baptist141W91-85
12/13(N)Mississippi St76L82-74
12/20E Washington245W101-77
12/29@Washington51L74-65
1/3Arizona2L97-78
1/7@Colorado8123%
1/10BYU1011%
1/14@Texas Tech207%
1/17TCU5334%
1/20@Kansas St7322%
1/24@BYU104%
1/31Oklahoma St6740%
2/4Arizona St8445%
2/7@Kansas186%
2/10Houston1111%
2/15@Cincinnati6520%
2/18@West Virginia7121%
2/21UCF4329%
2/24Iowa St35%
2/28@Arizona St8424%
3/3Colorado8143%
3/7@Baylor3310%