NCAA Tournament March Madness

#191 Austin Peay

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Austin Peay’s résumé is defined by a few encouraging showings but too little high‑end proof to feel comfortable without winning the Atlantic Sun, with road wins at Air Force and UNC Greensboro and a gritty home victory over ETSU serving as the best evidence that this team can handle travel and close games. Those positives are undermined by troubling losses on the road at Wyoming, Mississippi and Kent and by an inexplicable stumble at UTRGV that highlight inconsistency against better competition. The nonconference slate ended up mixed and the remaining stretch offers clear chances to change the narrative, most notably a neutral‑site trip to Missouri KC, road tests at FGCU and Lipscomb and home dates against Bellarmine and North Florida that would be the most meaningful résumé builders. Given the quality of the best wins and the damage from the worst losses, the cleanest path onto the field runs through capturing the league’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Air Force324W74-54
11/11@Wyoming97L79-65
11/15@UNC Greensboro290W69-63
11/18@Mississippi57L72-65
11/21@Tulsa82L84-75
11/25N Illinois318W77-59
12/3@Kent135L96-84
12/7@UTRGV203L63-50
12/12ETSU126W76-75
1/1North Florida33988%
1/3Jacksonville31783%
1/8@FGCU17436%
1/10@Stetson34674%
1/15E Kentucky26874%
1/17@Lipscomb14629%
1/22FGCU17458%
1/24Stetson34689%
1/28@E Kentucky26853%
1/31@West Georgia31064%
2/5Lipscomb14650%
2/7North Alabama26473%
2/11@Queens NC21443%
2/14Bellarmine24670%
2/19@North Florida33973%
2/21@Jacksonville31765%
2/25Cent Arkansas23669%
2/28@Bellarmine24649%