NCAA Tournament March Madness

#262 Abilene Chr

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Abilene Christian’s profile reads like a resume that needs a conference championship because its best moments — a road victory at Pepperdine, a solid home win over New Mexico State and a neutral-site triumph over UT San Antonio — are outweighed by damaging road losses at Arizona and BYU and a few lopsided defeats such as the drubbing by William & Mary and setbacks to Cal Baptist and Southern Utah; the selection committee rewards road and neutral success and right now this team has shown it sporadically rather than consistently, so the upcoming trips to Tarleton State, Utah Valley and Cal Baptist and the remaining home chances against Tarleton State, Southern Utah and UT Arlington are the only clear ways to add the kind of resume-defining wins that could change perception, otherwise the body of work points toward needing the league’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6NE Omaha255W73-71
11/14@SF Austin87L76-66
11/18@Texas St274L63-49
11/24(N)UT San Antonio346W61-50
11/25(N)William & Mary141L92-58
12/2@Pepperdine276W71-63
12/6New Mexico St174W77-69
12/16@Arizona2L96-62
12/19@BYU15L85-67
12/22@TX Southern313W75-68
1/1Utah Tech199L79-64
1/3Utah Valley92W85-68
1/8@Tarleton St207W84-80
1/10@UT Arlington145L82-72
1/15Cal Baptist118L74-58
1/17@Southern Utah277L74-52
1/26@Tarleton St20728%
1/29Utah Tech199L76-70
1/31Southern Utah277L79-76
2/5@Utah Valley929%
2/7@Cal Baptist11814%
2/12UT Arlington14536%
2/14Tarleton St20749%
2/21Southern Utah27764%
2/26@Utah Tech19926%
2/28@Utah Valley929%
3/5@Cal Baptist11814%
3/7UT Arlington14536%