NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: Washington St

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#151 Washington St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Washington State's résumé reads like a team with flashes of quality and a lot of resume damage on the road and at neutral sites, which explains its current placement. The best moments come from wins such as the home victory over Oregon St, the road trip to Portland and the nonconference win over Mercer, but those highlights are undercut by heavy defeats at Gonzaga and at St Mary's CA and by losses away at San Francisco, San Diego, USC and Bradley plus neutral-site setbacks against Arizona St and Seton Hall. That balance leaves the team needing to convert the remaining home games against Pepperdine, Seattle, Portland, Santa Clara and Pacific into comfortable wins while also grabbing meaningful results on the road at Oregon St, Loy Marymount and Pepperdine and surviving a return trip to Gonzaga or a home clash with St Mary's CA if it hopes to change the committee’s view.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/3	Idaho	191	L83-81
11/7	@Davidson	131	L85-69
11/10	St Thomas MN	130	W81-71
11/14	Washington	50	L81-69
11/19	Southern Utah	281	W98-74
11/25	(N)Arizona St	92	L100-94
11/26	(N)Seton Hall	47	L75-61
12/2	@Bradley	137	L64-60
12/7	Nevada	65	L78-64
12/14	@USC	51	L68-61
12/17	(N)E Washington	233	W78-63
12/20	Mercer	139	W84-78
12/28	@Portland	196	W67-62
12/30	@Seattle	123	L69-55
1/2	Loy Marymount	155	W78-76
1/4	Oregon St	226	W81-67
1/10	@St Mary's CA	32	L88-82
1/15	Gonzaga	7	L86-65
1/18	@San Francisco	106	L85-80
1/21	@San Diego	201	L96-92
1/24	Pepperdine	267	82%
1/28	Seattle	123	54%
1/31	Portland	196	71%
2/4	@Oregon St	226	54%
2/7	Santa Clara	43	24%
2/10	@Gonzaga	7	2%
2/18	Pacific	120	53%
2/21	St Mary's CA	32	19%
2/25	@Loy Marymount	155	40%
2/28	@Pepperdine	267	64%