NCAA Tournament March Madness

#99 Wichita St

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Projection: likely out

Wichita State’s résumé reads like a team that hasn’t produced the kind of signature moments a selection committee rewards, because its best wins come against low-end nonconference opponents while several neutral-site losses to St Mary’s, Colorado State and Western Kentucky left no marquee scalp. The profile does include meaningful road victories at Northern Iowa, UAB and a gritty outing at South Florida, but those flashes are outweighed by damaging results such as a lopsided trip to Florida Atlantic and troublesome home losses to Rice and DePaul that expose inconsistency. The balance of the schedule still hands the Shockers clear chances to change the narrative with a home date against Memphis and critical road tests at Tulsa and UT San Antonio plus a late slate of conference matchups, yet until Wichita State turns those into a statement win away from home or at a neutral site its resume will struggle to overcome the lack of quality signature wins.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4UNC Asheville217W75-58
11/8Prairie View305W105-62
11/13Loyola-Chicago309W95-74
11/18@Boise St69L62-59
11/22WI Milwaukee249W75-58
11/26(N)St Mary's CA32L70-65
11/27(N)Colorado St88L76-70
11/28(N)WKU169L75-70
12/6@Northern Iowa108W74-69
12/13DePaul107L61-58
12/17Wofford223W84-73
12/21E Kentucky254W88-57
12/31@UAB119W75-70
1/3@Charlotte179L104-100
1/7Rice241L66-64
1/11North Texas133W78-67
1/15@FL Atlantic93L85-67
1/18@South Florida80W86-85
1/21East Carolina280W77-60
1/24Memphis9760%
2/1@Tulsa5925%
2/4Charlotte17980%
2/8@Tulane19063%
2/11South Florida8053%
2/14Tulsa5946%
2/18@East Carolina28079%
2/21Temple14473%
2/26@Memphis9738%
3/1@UT San Antonio34891%
3/7FL Atlantic9358%