NCAA Tournament March Madness
#120 Utah
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Projection: likely out
Utah’s resume is built on a meaningful neutral-site win over Mississippi that shows it can beat quality opponents away from home, but that bright spot is offset by a damaging home loss to Cal Poly, a neutral setback to Grand Canyon, and a road defeat at California that create ugly blemishes the committee will remember. Many of the nonconference victories come against mid-major opponents and do little to move the needle, while the conference gauntlet — trips to Kansas, BYU, Texas Tech and Baylor and home tests against Arizona and Houston — explains why the team’s standing is precarious because those league games are the place to earn resume-defining wins. Remaining opportunities such as the home date with Cal Baptist, the neutral meeting with Mississippi State and road trips to Washington and Arizona State give Utah clear paths to improve its case but they also carry the risk of more damaging losses that would harden doubts.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | San Jose St | 186 | W84-75 |
| 11/8 | Weber St | 190 | W92-89 |
| 11/10 | Holy Cross | 306 | W87-69 |
| 11/15 | Sam Houston St | 127 | W85-79 |
| 11/18 | PFW | 257 | W85-77 |
| 11/20 | Cal Poly | 223 | L92-85 |
| 11/25 | (N)Grand Canyon | 103 | L68-58 |
| 11/26 | (N)Mississippi | 52 | W75-74 |
| 12/2 | @California | 70 | L79-72 |
| 12/6 | Cal Baptist | 136 | 64% |
| 12/13 | (N)Mississippi St | 78 | 33% |
| 12/20 | E Washington | 247 | 84% |
| 12/29 | @Washington | 59 | 19% |
| 1/3 | Arizona | 9 | 11% |
| 1/7 | @Colorado | 68 | 20% |
| 1/10 | BYU | 10 | 12% |
| 1/14 | @Texas Tech | 32 | 11% |
| 1/17 | TCU | 53 | 35% |
| 1/20 | @Kansas St | 76 | 23% |
| 1/24 | @BYU | 10 | 4% |
| 1/31 | Oklahoma St | 50 | 34% |
| 2/4 | Arizona St | 82 | 47% |
| 2/7 | @Kansas | 18 | 8% |
| 2/10 | Houston | 8 | 11% |
| 2/15 | @Cincinnati | 73 | 23% |
| 2/18 | @West Virginia | 69 | 21% |
| 2/21 | UCF | 58 | 37% |
| 2/24 | Iowa St | 2 | 5% |
| 2/28 | @Arizona St | 82 | 26% |
| 3/3 | Colorado | 68 | 40% |
| 3/7 | @Baylor | 29 | 10% |