NCAA Tournament March Madness

#82 Wichita St

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Projection: likely out

Wichita State looks like an outside team because its nonconference window went the wrong way with neutral-site setbacks to St Mary's, Colorado State and WKU that left it without a marquee win, and although the Shockers picked up resume-building victories away at Memphis and Northern Iowa and steadied themselves with road wins at UAB and Tulane, those highlights are outweighed by damaging home and road stumbles such as losses to DePaul, Rice and at Charlotte and a rough trip to Florida Atlantic that undercut consistency. The profile is heavy with wins over low-end opponents that pad the ledger but carry little weight with a committee that prizes true road and neutral signature victories, and the late swing inside the league, capped by a neutral loss to South Florida after a neutral win over Tulsa, further muddied the case. With limited chances left to add a resume-changing victory, the body of work reads like a team that flashes quality but has not delivered enough sustained, high-end results to feel safe.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4UNC Asheville246W75-58
11/8Prairie View288W105-62
11/13Loyola-Chicago280W95-74
11/18@Boise St62L62-59
11/22WI Milwaukee268W75-58
11/26(N)St Mary's CA24L70-65
11/27(N)Colorado St88L76-70
11/28(N)WKU170L75-70
12/6@Northern Iowa72W74-69
12/13DePaul102L61-58
12/17Wofford253W84-73
12/21E Kentucky297W88-57
12/31@UAB127W75-70
1/3@Charlotte183L104-100
1/7Rice226L66-64
1/11North Texas136W78-67
1/15@FL Atlantic129L85-67
1/18@South Florida47W86-85
1/21East Carolina254W77-60
1/24Memphis134W74-59
2/1@Tulsa63L93-83
2/4Charlotte183W74-64
2/8@Tulane211W75-61
2/11South Florida47L66-58
2/14Tulsa63W81-77
2/18@East Carolina254W92-89
2/21Temple165W69-57
2/26@Memphis134W88-82
3/1@UT San Antonio340W84-67
3/7FL Atlantic129W88-70
3/14(N)Tulsa63W81-68
3/15(N)South Florida47L70-55