NCAA Tournament March Madness

#52 Akron

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Projected seed: 11 (automatic qualifier)

Akron's profile explains its current placement because its best moments include dominant nonconference victories over James Madison and Princeton and neutral-site wins over Iona and Evansville that showcased its offense, and it has picked up resume-building road victories at Tulane and wins away at Buffalo and Ohio. Those highs are offset by damaging setbacks such as the heavy loss at Purdue, the neutral-site defeat to Murray State, the neutral loss to Yale and a disappointing road defeat at Miami Ohio that a selection committee will notice. The remaining slate gives Akron multiple clear chances to add meaningful wins with home opportunities against Buffalo and Northern Illinois and road tests at Kent and Central Michigan among others so taking care of those games would reinforce the résumé. Until Akron converts those remaining chances the uneven defensive results and the handful of bad losses leave room for doubt despite the program's offensive firepower.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3James Madison225W85-71
11/8Princeton228W104-69
11/16@Purdue8L97-79
11/21(N)Iona234W96-75
11/23(N)Evansville287W97-59
11/24(N)Yale75L97-94
11/29WI Milwaukee257W105-81
12/3Bucknell324W97-77
12/6@Tulane188W88-71
12/13(N)Murray St100L115-100
12/19E Michigan224W93-72
1/3@Miami OH90L76-73
1/6C Michigan291W82-69
1/9@Bowling Green132W77-67
1/13Ball St308W87-77
1/17W Michigan265W104-89
1/20@Buffalo182W82-63
1/23@Ohio219W86-65
1/27Toledo153W91-81
1/30Kent143W69-52
2/3@E Michigan22482%
2/7@Troy14670%
2/14Massachusetts18490%
2/17@W Michigan26588%
2/21@Ball St30893%
2/24Buffalo18290%
2/28@Kent14369%
3/3@C Michigan29191%
3/6N Illinois30197%