NCAA Tournament March Madness

#59 Washington

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Projection: likely out

Washington’s profile reads like a team with flashes of competitiveness but without a signature scalp to quiet skeptics: a true road win at Washington State and a neutral-site victory over Nevada demonstrate they can win away from home, and they hung tough at Baylor and in a close game with UCLA, yet most of the resume is built on blowouts of low-major opponents that do little to offset a neutral loss to Colorado. The concern is not that they can't compete with elite conference teams but that they have not yet beaten one away from their arena, which makes their body of work look shallow when compared with the league’s top resumes. A run of difficult road trips to Indiana and Purdue and a slate of home dates against Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin are the moments that will define whether competitive losses become resume-building wins, while routine home games against teams like Southern Utah and San Diego offer necessary but limited protection. In short, the profile sits where it does because it shows competitiveness in the big spots without the signature victories that would flip perception, and the upcoming stretch gives them clear opportunities to prove they belong.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Ark Pine Bluff357W94-50
11/6Denver281W84-70
11/9@Baylor29L78-69
11/14@Washington St165W81-69
11/18Southern Univ203W99-93
11/27(N)Nevada100W83-66
11/28(N)Colorado68L81-68
12/3UCLA33L82-80
12/6@USC2825%
12/13Southern Utah32298%
12/19@Seattle11158%
12/22San Diego26995%
12/29Utah12081%
1/4@Indiana2424%
1/7@Purdue511%
1/11Ohio St3649%
1/14Michigan114%
1/17Michigan St1129%
1/21@Nebraska4834%
1/25Oregon8371%
1/29@Illinois1717%
1/31@Northwestern5638%
2/4Iowa3147%
2/7@UCLA3327%
2/11Penn St9675%
2/14Minnesota10877%
2/21@Maryland9052%
2/24@Rutgers12864%
2/28Wisconsin2745%
3/4USC2845%
3/7@Oregon8349%