NCAA Tournament March Madness

#147 WKU

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Projected seed: 11 (automatic qualifier)

WKU’s résumé lives and dies with its neutral-site showing where a win over Wichita State and a narrow game with Vanderbilt demonstrated the program can hang with power-conference competition away from home, while a separate neutral loss to South Florida tempered that promise. The rest of the ledger is populated by victories over lesser mid-major opponents such as Tennessee Tech, Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee State, Evansville and Missouri State that keep the team above the bubble but do not supply the signature wins a committee craves. Road and true neutral results are the deciding theme because the non-conference tournament suggested higher upside yet exposed inconsistencies, and upcoming road tests at Marshall, New Mexico State, Liberty and UTEP are the clearest avenues to upgrade the resume. A timely quality road win or a deep run in the league tournament would erase lingering doubts, whereas more losses away from home would make the profile look thin despite solid home-building.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Tennessee Tech262W82-70
11/10@E Kentucky263W87-79
11/16Tennessee St254W95-82
11/26(N)Vanderbilt8L83-78
11/27(N)South Florida84L97-91
11/28(N)Wichita St89W75-70
12/6Evansville282W80-79
12/10@Marshall15241%
12/19Tulsa8038%
12/29@Jacksonville St23957%
1/2Sam Houston St12153%
1/4Louisiana Tech18970%
1/8@New Mexico St13334%
1/10@UTEP23557%
1/14Missouri St26081%
1/17Kennesaw16666%
1/21Liberty11350%
1/24@Sam Houston St12131%
1/28@Kennesaw16644%
1/31@MTSU15541%
2/5Jacksonville St23977%
2/7Florida Intl18169%
2/14MTSU15564%
2/18@Delaware23357%
2/21@Liberty11329%
2/26New Mexico St13356%
2/28UTEP23577%
3/5@Missouri St26062%
3/7@Florida Intl18147%