NCAA Tournament March Madness

#241 Utah Tech

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Utah Tech’s résumé is anchored by a true road win at South Dakota and a solid result at home against UC Riverside, but those highlights are overwhelmed by lopsided road defeats at Arizona and Arizona State and additional losses at Santa Clara and Hawaii that underline struggles to win away from home. A close neutral loss to Manhattan and a neutral-site victory over Mississippi Valley State show the team can hang in nonconference settings but lack a marquee scalp that would shift perception. The remaining slate offers meaningful chances to alter the narrative with road tests at Weber State and at Creighton as well as a sequence of conference games against Utah Valley, Cal Baptist, Tarleton State, UT Arlington, Southern Utah and Abilene Christian where road or neutral success would carry extra weight. Until Utah Tech can turn those upcoming opportunities into road wins or capture a signature result against a prominent opponent, the tough losses will continue to temper how a committee views the résumé.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@South Dakota278W81-79
11/7@Arizona9L93-67
11/9@Arizona St83L81-66
11/12(N)Manhattan305L79-75
11/14(N)MS Valley St365W81-75
11/15@Hawaii99L68-62
11/25Portland St162L68-63
11/29UC Riverside267W77-69
12/3@Santa Clara49L90-80
12/20@Weber St19030%
12/22@Creighton525%
12/29Southern Utah32276%
1/1@Abilene Chr23738%
1/8@Cal Baptist13618%
1/10@Utah Valley809%
1/15UT Arlington18350%
1/17Tarleton St19753%
1/21@Cal Baptist13618%
1/24Southern Utah32276%
1/29@Abilene Chr23738%
1/31@Tarleton St19731%
2/5UT Arlington18350%
2/12Utah Valley8022%
2/14Cal Baptist13637%
2/19@UT Arlington18329%
2/21@Tarleton St19731%
2/26Abilene Chr23760%
2/28@Southern Utah32255%
3/7Utah Valley8022%