NCAA Tournament March Madness

#89 Wichita St

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Projection: likely out

Wichita State presents a classic borderline résumé because its best moments show it can win in hostile settings with road victories at Northern Iowa, at UAB and a gritty trip to Memphis, yet those bright spots sit alongside a nonconference ledger built on wins over UNC Asheville, Prairie View and Loyola Chicago that do little to impress. The profile is hurt by a trio of neutral-site setbacks to St Mary’s, Colorado State and WKU and by a heavy loss at Florida Atlantic that outweighs several narrow defeats at places like Boise State and DePaul, so the quality wins are too thin and the damaging losses too visible. An upcoming meeting with Florida Atlantic is a clear chance to erase that road blemish, but until Wichita State turns a regular-season opportunity into a signature neutral or top-tier conference victory the committee will view the résumé as short on the kind of wins that make a tournament spot secure.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4UNC Asheville252W75-58
11/8Prairie View312W105-62
11/13Loyola-Chicago301W95-74
11/18@Boise St58L62-59
11/22WI Milwaukee269W75-58
11/26(N)St Mary's CA22L70-65
11/27(N)Colorado St83L76-70
11/28(N)WKU148L75-70
12/6@Northern Iowa76W74-69
12/13DePaul95L61-58
12/17Wofford251W84-73
12/21E Kentucky294W88-57
12/31@UAB119W75-70
1/3@Charlotte186L104-100
1/7Rice223L66-64
1/11North Texas142W78-67
1/15@FL Atlantic124L85-67
1/18@South Florida54W86-85
1/21East Carolina261W77-60
1/24Memphis130W74-59
2/1@Tulsa55L93-83
2/4Charlotte186W74-64
2/8@Tulane211W75-61
2/11South Florida54L66-58
2/14Tulsa55W81-77
2/18@East Carolina261W92-89
2/21Temple166W69-57
2/26@Memphis130W88-82
3/1@UT San Antonio340W84-67
3/7FL Atlantic12473%