NCAA Tournament March Madness

#280 Bellarmine

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Bellarmine’s résumé reads like a team that can beat familiar conference opponents but has not done enough against top programs to earn an at-large invitation, so the practical route is winning the Atlantic Sun tournament. The roster has shown bright spots, most notably a neutral-site victory over Houston Christian, a true road triumph at Jacksonville, and a competitive outing at Notre Dame, but those are offset by blowouts suffered at Georgia, Kansas State and Kentucky and by damaging road losses inside and outside the league that expose defensive inconsistency. With its best wins clustered at home and in conference and its marquee tries against power conference opponents coming up short, the committee would likely view the profile as missing the high-end neutral and road scalps that justify an at-large ticket, which leaves a string of conference tournament wins over familiar foes such as Lipscomb, Austin Peay, Jacksonville and North Florida as the only dependable path to the national field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Georgia30L104-59
11/8@Kansas St101L98-71
11/15Wofford250L94-86
11/19@Notre Dame87L86-79
11/24@Citadel348W70-58
11/25(N)Houston Chr288W74-69
12/6@Murray St121L81-68
12/13N Kentucky177L80-76
12/17Chattanooga299W79-64
12/23@Kentucky26L99-85
1/1@West Georgia304L87-85
1/3@Queens NC192L98-76
1/8Cent Arkansas150W84-78
1/10North Alabama341L82-73
1/15@Lipscomb197L81-71
1/17@E Kentucky294L89-69
1/22@Jacksonville293W77-70
1/24@North Florida335L117-114
1/28West Georgia304W77-74
1/31Queens NC192W78-75
2/5Stetson303W92-71
2/7FGCU240W81-65
2/11@Cent Arkansas150L84-76
2/14@Austin Peay164L90-70
2/18Lipscomb197L75-72
2/21E Kentucky294L95-92
2/25@North Alabama341L73-68
2/28Austin Peay164W111-97
3/4(N)Jacksonville293W82-79
3/6(N)Cent Arkansas150L86-73