NCAA Tournament March Madness

#53 Washington

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Projection: likely out

Washington's résumé shows tantalizing upside but also enough damaging results to justify a projection on the wrong side of the bubble. Their best moments — beating USC on the road and again on a neutral floor and knocking off Ohio St at home while winning at Northwestern — prove they can win in different settings. Their worst moments — road defeats at Purdue, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and UCLA, a neutral-site loss to Colorado and a troubling home setback to Penn St — undercut those signature wins and expose a lack of consistency, while the narrow escape against Southern Univ and the loss at Seattle raise concern about closing out games. With the regular season winding down their only realistic path to the field is a strong run in the conference tournament where knocking off top league opponents away from Seattle would be required to change a committee's view.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Ark Pine Bluff314W94-50
11/6Denver235W84-70
11/9@Baylor48L78-69
11/14@Washington St137W81-69
11/18Southern Univ275W99-93
11/27(N)Nevada75W83-66
11/28(N)Colorado70L81-68
12/3UCLA27L82-80
12/6@USC79W84-76
12/13Southern Utah252W105-69
12/19@Seattle119L70-66
12/22San Diego225W86-56
12/29Utah126W74-65
1/4@Indiana45L90-80
1/7@Purdue8L81-73
1/11Ohio St26W81-74
1/14Michigan2L82-72
1/17Michigan St10L80-63
1/21@Nebraska14L76-66
1/25Oregon99W72-57
1/29@Illinois7L75-66
1/31@Northwestern59W76-62
2/4Iowa25L84-74
2/7@UCLA27L77-73
2/11Penn St138L63-60
2/14Minnesota78W69-57
2/21@Maryland121L64-60
2/24@Rutgers124W79-72
2/28Wisconsin24L90-73
3/4USC79W91-72
3/7@Oregon99L85-79
3/11(N)USC79W83-79
3/12@Wisconsin24L85-82