NCAA Tournament March Madness
#236 Appalachian St
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Appalachian State’s profile reads as one of a team that can grind out meaningful wins away from home but has also suffered a handful of damaging defeats that keep its tournament résumé unsettled: the road victories at Old Dominion and Georgia State and a neutral-site triumph over High Point demonstrate the program can win in unfamiliar settings and its defense can carry it in those moments, while the heavy setbacks at Ohio State and the home loss to Elon exposed offensive limitations and produced scars that selection committees notice. In-conference results have been a mixed bag with respectable wins countered by narrow defeats and stalled road trips at places like Mercer and Marshall, so the window to swing perception is the upcoming stretch of league play that pairs a cluster of winnable home dates against James Madison and Old Dominion and Louisiana and ULM with a pair of dangerous road tests at Southern Miss and Troy. If the Mountaineers can protect home court and pick up at least one signature result away from Boone the blemishes from earlier in the season will be easier to overcome, but continued inconsistency on the road or another lopsided loss would make that path much steeper.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @C Michigan | 317 | L82-66 |
| 11/9 | NC Central | 348 | W76-54 |
| 11/11 | @Ohio St | 37 | L75-53 |
| 11/16 | @Dartmouth | 214 | W85-77 |
| 11/21 | Charlotte | 177 | W65-63 |
| 11/24 | Elon | 155 | L88-53 |
| 11/26 | @Mercer | 144 | L75-67 |
| 11/30 | @UNC Asheville | 233 | L67-55 |
| 12/11 | @East Carolina | 275 | W67-54 |
| 12/14 | (N)High Point | 90 | W86-78 |
| 12/18 | Coastal Car | 261 | W67-49 |
| 12/20 | Georgia St | 295 | L70-63 |
| 12/31 | @Old Dominion | 242 | W81-73 |
| 1/3 | @Marshall | 165 | L88-81 |
| 1/8 | @Georgia St | 295 | W52-50 |
| 1/10 | @Coastal Car | 261 | L67-62 |
| 1/15 | James Madison | 223 | 59% |
| 1/17 | Old Dominion | 242 | 64% |
| 1/22 | Louisiana | 325 | 81% |
| 1/24 | ULM | 352 | 88% |
| 1/29 | @Southern Miss | 200 | 32% |
| 1/31 | @Troy | 130 | 20% |
| 2/4 | South Alabama | 201 | 54% |
| 2/11 | @Ga Southern | 234 | 38% |
| 2/14 | @James Madison | 223 | 37% |
| 2/19 | Marshall | 165 | 49% |
| 2/21 | Ga Southern | 234 | 61% |
| 2/27 | @Texas St | 264 | 46% |