NCAA Tournament March Madness

#215 Utah Tech

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Utah Tech’s résumé reads like a team that can win on the road and at home against midlevel opposition but has not delivered the kind of neutral or signature victories a committee prizes, with road wins at South Dakota and Weber State and solid home wins over UC Riverside and Southern Utah standing out as the best moments while brutal losses at Arizona and Creighton and a neutral setback to Manhattan plus a home loss to UT Arlington represent the kind of bad results that do real damage. The nonconference slate brought high‑profile tests but no statement neutral-site triumph, and the conference schedule still features road dates at Abilene Christian and Southern Utah along with home opportunities against Tarleton State, Utah Valley, UT Arlington and Cal Baptist that are realistically where the program must pick up transformational wins. Given the quality of the losses, the lack of a marquee neutral victory, and the remaining opportunities to prove themselves head-to-head against familiar conference foes, the most reliable route to the NCAA field for Utah Tech is winning the Western Athletic tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@South Dakota287W81-79
11/7@Arizona1L93-67
11/9@Arizona St78L81-66
11/12(N)Manhattan333L79-75
11/14(N)MS Valley St365W81-75
11/15@Hawaii91L68-62
11/25Portland St153L68-63
11/29UC Riverside276W77-69
12/3@Santa Clara44L90-80
12/20@Weber St203W82-80
12/22@Creighton65L92-69
12/29Southern Utah278W80-66
1/1@Abilene Chr253W79-64
1/8@Cal Baptist133L84-72
1/10@Utah Valley106L92-76
1/15UT Arlington143L56-52
1/17Tarleton St182W75-71
1/21@Cal Baptist133L73-64
1/24Southern Utah278W102-91
1/29@Abilene Chr25347%
1/31@Tarleton St18233%
2/5UT Arlington14346%
2/12Utah Valley10635%
2/14Cal Baptist13343%
2/19@UT Arlington14326%
2/21@Tarleton St18233%
2/26Abilene Chr25369%
2/28@Southern Utah27853%
3/7Utah Valley10635%