NCAA Tournament March Madness

#64 Akron

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Projected seed: 12 (automatic qualifier)

That placement makes sense because Akron pairs a string of meaningful road and neutral wins with a few damaging setbacks, producing the kind of resume a committee rewards but also penalizes. The Zips’ best moments came away from their own arena, with victories at Central Michigan, Kent, Buffalo and Western Michigan and a neutral-site run that included wins over Buffalo, Kent and Toledo, and they flashed in nonconference play with a road win at Tulane and a competitive trip to Purdue and a tight neutral loss at Yale. Those positives are dulled by ugly results such as the road defeat at Troy, the loss at Miami Ohio and the lopsided neutral loss to Murray State, so with no remaining marquee nonconference chances the resume hinges on how much the committee values that collection of road and neutral victories versus those clear blemishes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3James Madison213W85-71
11/8Princeton252W104-69
11/16@Purdue8L97-79
11/21(N)Iona259W96-75
11/23(N)Evansville308W97-59
11/24(N)Yale81L97-94
11/29WI Milwaukee268W105-81
12/3Bucknell331W97-77
12/6@Tulane211W88-71
12/13(N)Murray St122L115-100
12/19E Michigan239W93-72
1/3@Miami OH93L76-73
1/6C Michigan269W82-69
1/9@Bowling Green147W77-67
1/13Ball St294W87-77
1/17W Michigan273W104-89
1/20@Buffalo199W82-63
1/23@Ohio228W86-65
1/27Toledo131W91-81
1/30Kent148W69-52
2/3@E Michigan239W66-64
2/7@Troy143L79-69
2/13Massachusetts196W99-92
2/17@W Michigan273W90-73
2/20@Ball St294W78-65
2/24Buffalo199W99-85
2/27@Kent148W92-70
3/3@C Michigan269W77-64
3/6N Illinois333W94-55
3/12(N)Buffalo199W73-70
3/13(N)Kent148W75-68
3/14(N)Toledo131W79-76