NCAA Tournament March Madness

#235 Abilene Chr

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Abilene Christian’s résumé reads as a mix of promise and damage: a road victory at Pepperdine and a neutral-site win over UT San Antonio demonstrate the team can win away from home, yet a lopsided neutral loss to William & Mary and road setbacks at Stephen F. Austin and Texas State leave a visible scar that the committee will not forget. The nonconference slate still offers a pair of high-profile road tests at Arizona and BYU along with a home date against New Mexico State that could change the conversation if they upset a higher-profile opponent, while the bulk of the league schedule against the likes of Utah Tech, Utah Valley, Tarleton State, UT Arlington, Cal Baptist and Southern Utah gives them ample chances to pile up quality results. Taken together, the resume benefits from some genuine road and neutral success but is held back by a couple of damaging losses and a lack of signature wins against upper-tier programs, so any movement upward hinges on seizing the remaining marquee opportunities.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6NE Omaha268W73-71
11/14@SF Austin147L76-66
11/18@Texas St229L63-49
11/24(N)UT San Antonio258W61-50
11/25(N)William & Mary120L92-58
12/2@Pepperdine288W71-63
12/6New Mexico St11934%
12/16@Arizona81%
12/19@BYU111%
12/22@TX Southern31555%
1/1Utah Tech23962%
1/3Utah Valley8825%
1/8@Tarleton St19632%
1/10@UT Arlington18430%
1/15Cal Baptist13437%
1/17@Southern Utah32256%
1/24@Tarleton St19632%
1/29Utah Tech23962%
1/31Southern Utah32277%
2/5@Utah Valley8811%
2/7@Cal Baptist13419%
2/12UT Arlington18451%
2/14Tarleton St19653%
2/21Southern Utah32277%
2/26@Utah Tech23940%
2/28@Utah Valley8811%
3/5@Cal Baptist13419%
3/7UT Arlington18451%