NCAA Tournament March Madness

#133 Washington St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Washington State's standing flows from a clear contrast between an offense that can pile up points against middling opponents and a defense that has been repeatedly exposed on the road and at neutral sites, most painfully in losses at Gonzaga and St Mary's and in neutral-site setbacks to Arizona State and Seton Hall; their résumé is bolstered by solid home victories over Oregon State and comfortable wins against Portland and Pepperdine, but those moments are outweighed by damaging away results at USC, San Francisco and San Diego that leave the committee with concerns. Their remaining slate, highlighted by a home date with Pacific, a return of St Mary's to Pullman and trips to Loy Marymount and Pepperdine, offers clear opportunities to replace bad losses with resume-building results, yet without a conference tournament title their inconsistent defense and lack of signature neutral-court wins make an at-large nod unlikely.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Idaho179L83-81
11/7@Davidson106L85-69
11/10St Thomas MN121W81-71
11/14Washington47L81-69
11/19Southern Utah266W98-74
11/25(N)Arizona St71L100-94
11/26(N)Seton Hall48L75-61
12/2@Bradley134L64-60
12/7Nevada56L78-64
12/14@USC50L68-61
12/17(N)E Washington196W78-63
12/20Mercer164W84-78
12/28@Portland198W67-62
12/30@Seattle131L69-55
1/2Loy Marymount152W78-76
1/4Oregon St177W81-67
1/10@St Mary's CA32L88-82
1/15Gonzaga10L86-65
1/18@San Francisco130L85-80
1/21@San Diego214L96-92
1/24Pepperdine274W95-79
1/28Seattle131W70-58
1/31Portland198W104-74
2/4@Oregon St177L74-64
2/7Santa Clara39L96-92
2/10@Gonzaga10L83-53
2/18Pacific10552%
2/21St Mary's CA3220%
2/25@Loy Marymount15244%
2/28@Pepperdine27469%