NCAA Tournament March Madness

#138 Washington St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Washington State’s resume argues that an automatic berth is the clearest path because its best moments—home wins over Oregon State and Pepperdine and a road victory at Portland—are outweighed by damaging results away from home and at neutral sites. Heavy losses at Gonzaga and at St Mary’s and road setbacks at San Diego and Pepperdine, together with neutral-site defeats to Arizona State and Seton Hall, show an offense capable of producing but a defense that struggles in hostile, high-visibility environments. That mix of respectable wins against middling opposition and too many bad defeats leaves little margin for error, so unless the Cougars can string together marquee wins in big settings their résumé points squarely to needing the conference’s automatic spot.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Idaho173L83-81
11/7@Davidson111L85-69
11/10St Thomas MN103W81-71
11/14Washington51L81-69
11/19Southern Utah249W98-74
11/25(N)Arizona St59L100-94
11/26(N)Seton Hall52L75-61
12/2@Bradley122L64-60
12/7Nevada74L78-64
12/14@USC70L68-61
12/17(N)E Washington163W78-63
12/20Mercer180W84-78
12/28@Portland191W67-62
12/30@Seattle115L69-55
1/2Loy Marymount158W78-76
1/4Oregon St178W81-67
1/10@St Mary's CA22L88-82
1/15Gonzaga11L86-65
1/18@San Francisco123L85-80
1/21@San Diego223L96-92
1/24Pepperdine265W95-79
1/28Seattle115W70-58
1/31Portland191W104-74
2/4@Oregon St178L74-64
2/7Santa Clara39L96-92
2/10@Gonzaga11L83-53
2/18Pacific113W87-70
2/21St Mary's CA22L83-67
2/25@Loy Marymount158L67-66
2/28@Pepperdine265L88-79
3/6(N)Portland191L74-68