NCAA Tournament March Madness

#174 WKU

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

WKU's standing flows from a résumé with a handful of signature moments tempered by several damaging setbacks. The neutral-site win over Wichita State and tight neutral showings against Vanderbilt and South Florida prove the Hilltoppers can mix it with better opponents, and road victories at UTEP and at MTSU show they can win away from home. Those positives are offset by heavy road defeats at Marshall and New Mexico State and ill-timed losses to Kennesaw, Liberty, Sam Houston State and Jacksonville State that undercut consistency and leave the overall profile thin. With home dates against Florida International and UTEP and trips to Liberty and New Mexico State still on the schedule, WKU has clear opportunities to repair its résumé, but the combination of a few good neutral results and too many damaging losses explains why the safest path to the NCAA field runs through the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Tennessee Tech316W82-70
11/10@E Kentucky265W87-79
11/16Tennessee St251W95-82
11/26(N)Vanderbilt13L83-78
11/27(N)South Florida67L97-91
11/28(N)Wichita St95W75-70
12/6Evansville300W80-79
12/10@Marshall165L77-61
12/19Tulsa55L82-81
12/29@Jacksonville St205L78-67
1/2Sam Houston St104W102-91
1/4Louisiana Tech247W66-61
1/8@New Mexico St170L80-64
1/10@UTEP278W68-56
1/14Missouri St201W87-72
1/17Kennesaw153L81-65
1/21Liberty86L76-69
1/24@Sam Houston St104L73-58
1/28@Kennesaw153L72-69
1/31@MTSU185W65-60
2/5Jacksonville St205L71-66
2/7Florida Intl18963%
2/14MTSU18563%
2/18@Delaware29063%
2/21@Liberty8618%
2/26New Mexico St17060%
2/28UTEP27880%
3/5@Missouri St20143%
3/7@Florida Intl18941%