NCAA Tournament March Madness

#195 Appalachian St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Appalachian State’s résumé shows why the easiest path to the NCAA field is the automatic bid: the team has flashes that impress, namely a solid neutral-site win over High Point and quality road victories at Old Dominion and Southern Miss, but those highlights are outweighed by damaging moments such as a heavy loss at Ohio State and a blowout at home against Elon, plus road setbacks at Mercer and Central Michigan that undercut their road résumé. Close losses to Marshall, including a tight game in Boone, show they can compete but they lack the marquee head-to-head wins the committee rewards, so the Sun Belt tournament is the remaining avenue to secure a spot and a run through familiar conference opponents is the clearest and most necessary path.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@C Michigan269L82-66
11/9NC Central352W76-54
11/11@Ohio St26L75-53
11/16@Dartmouth274W85-77
11/21Charlotte183W65-63
11/24Elon230L88-53
11/26@Mercer190L75-67
11/30@UNC Asheville246L67-55
12/11@East Carolina254W67-54
12/14(N)High Point92W86-78
12/18Coastal Car247W67-49
12/20Georgia St310L70-63
12/31@Old Dominion248W81-73
1/3@Marshall208L88-81
1/8@Georgia St310W52-50
1/10@Coastal Car247L67-62
1/15James Madison213W80-65
1/17Old Dominion248L75-73
1/22Louisiana313W72-58
1/23ULM351W59-43
1/29@Southern Miss218W70-63
1/31@Troy143W66-44
2/4South Alabama205W65-57
2/7E Michigan239W65-60
2/11@Ga Southern235W81-65
2/14@James Madison213L69-58
2/19Marshall208L94-93
2/21Ga Southern235W89-74
2/27@Texas St245L60-57
3/7(N)Southern Miss218L86-73