NCAA Tournament March Madness

#315 Ark Little Rock

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Ark Little Rock’s profile is defined more by damaging defeats than by signature wins, with humbling road losses at Marquette and West Virginia and a heavy defeat at Murray State offsetting the resume value of an on-the-road victory at Ball State and a trip win at Southern Indiana. A home setback to Arkansas State and a lopsided loss at Central Arkansas deepen concerns about consistency and takeaway value from nonconference play, and the team’s scant success against higher-tier opponents limits how the committee reads the body of work. The remaining Ohio Valley slate presents clear ways to repair the picture through home wins over Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois, SIUE and Southern Indiana and through meaningful road victories at SIUE, Lindenwood and SE Missouri State, but those same road tests also carry the risk of further damage. Taken together, the mix of few quality wins, a string of brutal losses and a schedule that still offers both repair and peril explains the way the profile is being judged.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/10@WI Milwaukee221L92-72
11/12@Marquette115L89-49
11/15@Ball St316W68-62
11/18@Murray St96L89-68
11/21@Texas St256L65-56
11/29@S Illinois119L74-65
12/3@Cent Arkansas234L85-47
12/6Arkansas St139L90-78
12/9@West Virginia67L90-58
12/16@Morehead St310L78-64
12/18@Southern Indiana337W77-62
1/1Tennessee Tech28251%
1/3Tennessee St24545%
1/8@SIUE24825%
1/10@Lindenwood23624%
1/15E Illinois32164%
1/17W Illinois35275%
1/22@SE Missouri St22422%
1/24@TN Martin20119%
1/29@Tennessee St24525%
1/31@Tennessee Tech28230%
2/5Lindenwood23644%
2/7SIUE24845%
2/12@W Illinois35255%
2/14@E Illinois32142%
2/19TN Martin20137%
2/21SE Missouri St22442%
2/26Morehead St31059%
2/28Southern Indiana33768%