NCAA Tournament March Madness

#86 Kansas St

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Projection: likely out

Kansas St looks likely to be left off the field because its résumé is built on comfortable wins over lower‑tier nonconference opponents and a couple of flashes rather than sustained success against top teams, with its best moments a neutral win over Mississippi State and a gritty road victory at Creighton that show it can win away from home. Its worst moments are glaring: a brutal road loss at Arizona and a heavy home defeat to Kansas exposed defensive lapses, and several narrow defeats at neutral and road sites against Nebraska, Oklahoma State and West Virginia have kept the profile from gaining traction. The remaining slate offers obvious opportunities to change the narrative with home tests against Cincinnati, Baylor and TCU and a chance at signature wins at Kansas or at Houston but until those games become top‑tier victories the committee will focus on the prevalence of damaging losses and the lack of marquee résumé results.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4UNC Greensboro308W93-64
11/8Bellarmine290W98-71
11/13California66W99-96
11/17Tulsa57W84-83
11/20(N)Mississippi St83W98-77
11/21(N)Nebraska11L86-85
11/25@Indiana31L86-69
12/1Bowling Green128L82-66
12/6Seton Hall49L78-67
12/8MS Valley St365W108-49
12/13@Creighton65W83-76
12/20South Dakota287W106-76
12/28ULM360W94-85
1/3BYU15L83-73
1/7@Arizona1L101-76
1/10@Arizona St78L87-84
1/14UCF45L82-73
1/17@Oklahoma St72L84-83
1/20Utah114W81-78
1/24Kansas14L86-62
1/27@West Virginia58L59-54
2/1Iowa St514%
2/7@TCU5125%
2/11Cincinnati5651%
2/14@Houston65%
2/17Baylor5248%
2/21@Texas Tech1810%
2/25@Colorado8037%
2/28TCU5145%
3/3West Virginia5851%
3/7@Kansas148%