NCAA Tournament March Madness

#157 WKU

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

WKU’s résumé is defined by a handful of eye-catching neutral-site moments and a string of damaging road setbacks, so the committee will see a team that can beat respectable opponents but hasn’t been consistently reliable away from home. A neutral win over Wichita State and a tight neutral meeting with Vanderbilt show they can hang with better competition, and solid home victories over Tennessee Tech, Sam Houston State and Louisiana Tech along with a road win at UTEP show the roster can close out expected assignments. Those positives are counterbalanced by ugly results at New Mexico State, at Marshall and at Jacksonville State plus a narrow home loss to Tulsa, all of which underscore problems with consistency and raise questions about how they’ll fare in tough environments. The remaining schedule offers straightforward chances to repair the résumé with home dates against Missouri State, Kennesaw, New Mexico State and UTEP and a set of meaningful road tests at Liberty, at Middle Tennessee and at Sam Houston State; using those opportunities to avoid more damaging losses and grab a couple of resume-building wins will determine whether the committee’s doubts are erased.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Tennessee Tech313W82-70
11/10@E Kentucky262W87-79
11/16Tennessee St232W95-82
11/26(N)Vanderbilt5L83-78
11/27(N)South Florida70L97-91
11/28(N)Wichita St102W75-70
12/6Evansville267W80-79
12/10@Marshall165L77-61
12/19Tulsa84L82-81
12/29@Jacksonville St217L78-67
1/2Sam Houston St126W102-91
1/4Louisiana Tech240W66-61
1/8@New Mexico St142L80-64
1/10@UTEP272W68-56
1/14Missouri St20670%
1/17Kennesaw16964%
1/21Liberty9541%
1/24@Sam Houston St12632%
1/28@Kennesaw16942%
1/31@MTSU12531%
2/5Jacksonville St21772%
2/7Florida Intl17665%
2/14MTSU12553%
2/18@Delaware26662%
2/21@Liberty9522%
2/26New Mexico St14258%
2/28UTEP27282%
3/5@Missouri St20649%
3/7@Florida Intl17643%