NCAA Tournament March Madness

#48 Washington

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Projection: likely out

Washington's profile is built around a handful of resume-building moments and a string of blemishes that leave the committee unsure. A road win at USC, a neutral-site victory over Nevada, and an away win at Washington State demonstrate the Huskies can pick off quality opponents away from home. Those positives are offset by losses at Baylor, the neutral-site setback to Colorado, and a close neutral loss to UCLA, which suggest Washington still struggles to finish against the league's better teams. The rest of the schedule hands them clear chances to change the narrative with true road or neutral wins at Indiana, Purdue, Illinois, UCLA, and Oregon and big home tests against Michigan, Ohio State, and Wisconsin; stringing together a couple of those results would turn inconsistency into a compelling tournament résumé, while splitting those chances will leave them squarely on the wrong side of the bubble conversation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Ark Pine Bluff347W94-50
11/6Denver280W84-70
11/9@Baylor33L78-69
11/14@Washington St175W81-69
11/18Southern Univ211W99-93
11/27(N)Nevada87W83-66
11/28(N)Colorado63L81-68
12/3UCLA31L82-80
12/6@USC35W84-76
12/13Southern Utah31898%
12/19@Seattle10963%
12/22San Diego25796%
12/29Utah12284%
1/4@Indiana2125%
1/7@Purdue511%
1/11Ohio St3654%
1/14Michigan114%
1/17Michigan St1233%
1/21@Nebraska2728%
1/25Oregon9176%
1/29@Illinois915%
1/31@Northwestern6144%
2/4Iowa2246%
2/7@UCLA3130%
2/11Penn St11081%
2/14Minnesota11582%
2/21@Maryland9558%
2/24@Rutgers13570%
2/28Wisconsin3855%
3/4USC3554%
3/7@Oregon9156%