NCAA Tournament March Madness

#315 Ball St

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Ball St’s résumé has a couple of modest nonconference highlights, most notably the win over Louisiana and a neutral-site victory over Le Moyne, but those are largely overshadowed by a string of damaging losses and poor showings away from home; the blowout at Wisconsin and road setbacks at Indiana State, Lafayette and Evansville exposed issues on both ends while a home loss to Miami of Ohio and a neutral loss to Monmouth kept them from collecting any signature wins. The conference slate still presents clear chances to change the narrative with trips to Buffalo and Akron and several winnable matchups at home against the likes of Northern Illinois and Central Michigan, yet until Ball St pairs its limited quality wins with road or neutral victories and stops piling up bad losses the résumé will look fragile rather than reassuring to a committee.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Louisiana316W75-64
11/11@Wisconsin42L86-55
11/15Ark Little Rock312L68-62
11/22@Indiana St188L70-52
11/28(N)Monmouth NJ235L80-73
11/29@Lafayette323L55-37
11/30(N)Le Moyne301W96-85
12/3@Evansville270L64-52
12/9S Dakota St184L68-64
12/14@Campbell228L69-64
12/20Miami OH106L86-77
1/3@Buffalo17916%
1/6E Michigan20137%
1/10@Massachusetts17516%
1/13@Akron562%
1/16Ohio18935%
1/20@C Michigan33345%
1/24N Illinois31862%
1/31@Toledo16413%
2/3@Bowling Green1137%
2/11Buffalo17933%
2/14Kent13523%
2/17@Ohio18917%
2/21Akron568%
2/24Massachusetts17533%
2/28@N Illinois31840%
3/3@W Michigan27228%
3/6C Michigan33367%