NCAA Tournament March Madness

#89 Utah Valley

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Projected seed: 12 (automatic qualifier)

Utah Valley’s résumé is built around a few solid nonconference wins — notably neutral-site victories over South Dakota State and Samford and a quality home win over UC Irvine — but those positives are tempered by heavy road losses at Boise State and San Diego State and a tight defeat at Fresno State, so the narrative coming out of the nonconference slate is mixed. The defense has been the steadier element while the offense has been up and down, which makes road and neutral success especially important. The WAC run ahead gives them a string of winnable home dates and several true road tests at Cal Baptist, Tarleton State and Abilene Christian plus trips to UT Arlington and Southern Utah that are clear opportunities to add resume-enhancing wins. Until those chances are resolved the profile reads like a team with some meaningful victories but also a couple of damaging losses, and the upcoming road and neutral results will be what ultimately shifts the committee’s view.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Boise St62L101-77
11/15@Fresno St159L75-74
11/19UC Irvine124W79-72
11/25(N)S Dakota St163W75-52
11/26(N)Samford240W89-45
12/3@San Diego St47L77-66
12/6@Bowling Green11245%
12/10Idaho St17183%
12/13(N)UC Santa Barbara14768%
12/17Weber St19184%
12/29Cal Baptist13674%
1/1@Tarleton St19769%
1/3@Abilene Chr23775%
1/8Southern Utah32295%
1/10Utah Tech24190%
1/17UT Arlington18384%
1/21@Southern Utah32287%
1/24@Cal Baptist13653%
1/29@Tarleton St19769%
2/5Abilene Chr23789%
2/7UT Arlington18384%
2/12@Utah Tech24176%
2/19Cal Baptist13674%
2/21@UT Arlington18366%
2/26Tarleton St19785%
2/28Abilene Chr23789%
3/5@Southern Utah32287%
3/7@Utah Tech24176%