NCAA Tournament March Madness

#114 Utah

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Projection: likely out

Utah’s resume reads like a team that can compete but has not yet produced the kind of signature wins away from home that committees prize. The best moments, highlighted by a gritty neutral win over Mississippi and a hard-fought home victory over TCU, show the roster can close tight games, but those bright spots are overwhelmed by a lopsided home loss to Arizona and a string of road defeats at Washington, California, BYU, Texas Tech and Kansas State that expose an inability to win away from familiar surroundings. An embarrassing nonconference loss to Cal Poly further damages the profile and the neutral setback against Mississippi State did not offset it. The remaining schedule hands Utah clear opportunities to reverse course with trips to Kansas and Cincinnati and home tests against Arizona State, Colorado and Baylor, yet until the Utes pick up road or neutral signature wins their resume will look more like a team on the outside of the field than one locked in.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3San Jose St255W84-75
11/8Weber St203W92-89
11/10Holy Cross328W87-69
11/15Sam Houston St104W85-79
11/18PFW230W85-77
11/20Cal Poly269L92-85
11/25(N)Grand Canyon75L68-58
11/26(N)Mississippi73W75-74
12/2@California66L79-72
12/6Cal Baptist133W91-85
12/13(N)Mississippi St83L82-74
12/20E Washington233W101-77
12/29@Washington48L74-65
1/3Arizona1L97-78
1/7@Colorado80L85-73
1/10BYU15L89-84
1/14@Texas Tech18L88-74
1/17TCU51W82-79
1/20@Kansas St86L81-78
1/24@BYU15L91-78
1/31Oklahoma St7244%
2/4Arizona St7848%
2/7@Kansas145%
2/10Houston69%
2/15@Cincinnati5621%
2/18@West Virginia5822%
2/21UCF4533%
2/24Iowa St59%
2/28@Arizona St7827%
3/3Colorado8049%
3/7@Baylor5220%