NCAA Tournament March Madness

#96 Wichita St

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Projection: likely out

Wichita State is on the outside looking in because its resume combines a handful of solid moments with too many damaging results. The home win over Memphis and road victories at Northern Iowa and UAB show the team can beat respectable opponents away from home, yet neutral-site nonconference losses to St. Mary's, Colorado State and Western Kentucky and rough road defeats at Boise State, Florida Atlantic and Charlotte expose inconsistency that committees punish. Many of the nonconference wins came against low-end opponents and home setbacks to DePaul and Rice further dilute the profile. A string of winnable conference dates at home and trips to Tulane, East Carolina and UT San Antonio give clear chances to repair the resume, but looming tests at Memphis and matches with Tulsa and Florida Atlantic leave little margin for error if Wichita State wants to move back inside.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4UNC Asheville218W75-58
11/8Prairie View332W105-62
11/13Loyola-Chicago318W95-74
11/18@Boise St54L62-59
11/22WI Milwaukee246W75-58
11/26(N)St Mary's CA36L70-65
11/27(N)Colorado St95L76-70
11/28(N)WKU176L75-70
12/6@Northern Iowa112W74-69
12/13DePaul107L61-58
12/17Wofford217W84-73
12/21E Kentucky262W88-57
12/31@UAB123W75-70
1/3@Charlotte172L104-100
1/7Rice237L66-64
1/11North Texas149W78-67
1/15@FL Atlantic97L85-67
1/18@South Florida69W86-85
1/21East Carolina275W77-60
1/24Memphis105W74-59
2/1@Tulsa5727%
2/4Charlotte17280%
2/8@Tulane19465%
2/11South Florida6950%
2/14Tulsa5748%
2/18@East Carolina27579%
2/21Temple15276%
2/26@Memphis10542%
3/1@UT San Antonio34892%
3/7FL Atlantic9761%