NCAA Tournament March Madness

#288 UTEP

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UTEP’s profile makes sense as a team that needs to win the conference tournament because it lacks the high-quality wins and consistent road form that sell an at-large case. The season includes solid league victories such as Middle Tennessee and Florida International and a gritty road triumph at Delaware, but those positives are overwhelmed by ugly losses at Utah State, Missouri State, Liberty and Louisiana Tech and neutral-site setbacks to William & Mary and UAB that a committee will penalize. A shocking home loss to Norfolk State and a general inability to win away from home further erode any resume strength, while the remaining slate offers a mix of home chances against New Mexico State and Liberty and tough road tests at Sam Houston State, New Mexico State, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky that could improve things but also leave the clearest path to the NCAA field through the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/11Loy Marymount161L71-58
11/15@Utah St30L75-51
11/24(N)William & Mary130L74-63
11/25(N)UAB123L75-59
12/7@Seattle131L75-68
12/13@Hawaii91L66-61
12/21Norfolk St307L72-71
12/22N Dakota St120W76-66
12/29@Louisiana Tech232L75-63
1/2@Missouri St195L79-55
1/4@Florida Intl191L76-64
1/8MTSU147W83-80
1/10WKU176L68-56
1/15@Delaware281W70-69
1/17@Liberty92L80-69
1/22Florida Intl191W83-77
1/24Missouri St195L62-57
1/28Louisiana Tech232L69-59
1/31Delaware28160%
2/4@Sam Houston St1048%
2/7New Mexico St15833%
2/11@Jacksonville St19722%
2/14Liberty9218%
2/21@New Mexico St15816%
2/26@MTSU14715%
2/28@WKU17618%
3/5Kennesaw16535%
3/7Jacksonville St19742%