NCAA Tournament March Madness

#140 Washington St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Washington State's résumé reads like a team that can score in bursts but has accumulated too many damaging results away from quality opponents to earn an at-large ticket; its best moments against Oregon St, Mercer and Pepperdine show the offense can dominate but heavy defeats at Davidson, a loss to Idaho and road setbacks at St Mary's, Gonzaga and USC create the sort of bad losses that selection committees treat harshly. The defense has been inconsistent, surrendering points in losses at San Francisco and San Diego, and while a road victory at Portland and home chances against Portland give clear avenues to improve, trips to Gonzaga and St Mary's are steep climbs that make the safest path forward winning the West Coast Conference's automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Idaho190L83-81
11/7@Davidson132L85-69
11/10St Thomas MN127W81-71
11/14Washington48L81-69
11/19Southern Utah278W98-74
11/25(N)Arizona St78L100-94
11/26(N)Seton Hall49L75-61
12/2@Bradley144L64-60
12/7Nevada63L78-64
12/14@USC47L68-61
12/17(N)E Washington233W78-63
12/20Mercer141W84-78
12/28@Portland199W67-62
12/30@Seattle131L69-55
1/2Loy Marymount161W78-76
1/4Oregon St214W81-67
1/10@St Mary's CA36L88-82
1/15Gonzaga10L86-65
1/18@San Francisco102L85-80
1/21@San Diego196L96-92
1/24Pepperdine273W95-79
1/28Seattle131W70-58
1/31Portland19973%
2/4@Oregon St21454%
2/7Santa Clara4425%
2/10@Gonzaga102%
2/18Pacific10952%
2/21St Mary's CA3621%
2/25@Loy Marymount16144%
2/28@Pepperdine27367%