NCAA Tournament March Madness

#181 Appalachian St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Appalachian State's resume combines solid road wins and a neutral-site victory with several damaging outings that leave the program needing the conference's automatic spot to be sure of the NCAA field. Road victories at Old Dominion and Southern Miss and the neutral win over High Point show the team can close games away from home, but those positives are offset by ugly losses at Ohio State and Central Michigan and a lopsided home defeat to Elon that undercut the profile. Conference play has produced useful wins and some disappointing slip-ups, and upcoming home dates with South Alabama and Eastern Michigan along with road trips to Georgia Southern and James Madison and a home rematch with Marshall give the team chances to repair its case. Absent a marquee nonconference triumph, however, the mix of good midlevel road results and conspicuous bad losses makes the automatic bid the clearest path to the Big Dance.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@C Michigan292L82-66
11/9NC Central344W76-54
11/11@Ohio St42L75-53
11/16@Dartmouth229W85-77
11/21Charlotte163W65-63
11/24Elon179L88-53
11/26@Mercer140L75-67
11/30@UNC Asheville227L67-55
12/11@East Carolina261W67-54
12/14(N)High Point97W86-78
12/18Coastal Car233W67-49
12/20Georgia St275L70-63
12/31@Old Dominion247W81-73
1/3@Marshall159L88-81
1/8@Georgia St275W52-50
1/10@Coastal Car233L67-62
1/15James Madison225W80-65
1/17Old Dominion247L75-73
1/22Louisiana318W72-58
1/23ULM356W59-43
1/29@Southern Miss246W70-63
1/31@Troy146W66-44
2/4South Alabama21167%
2/7E Michigan22469%
2/11@Ga Southern26357%
2/14@James Madison22547%
2/19Marshall15957%
2/21Ga Southern26377%
2/27@Texas St27459%