NCAA Tournament March Madness

#278 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@Georgia32L104-59
11/8@Kansas St101L98-71
11/15Wofford253L94-86
11/19@Notre Dame89L86-79
11/24@Citadel347W70-58
11/25(N)Houston Chr292W74-69
12/6@Murray St122L81-68
12/13N Kentucky176L80-76
12/17Chattanooga301W79-64
12/23@Kentucky28L99-85
1/1@West Georgia304L87-85
1/3@Queens NC181L98-76
1/8Cent Arkansas153W84-78
1/10North Alabama343L82-73
1/15@Lipscomb200L81-71
1/17@E Kentucky297L89-69
1/22@Jacksonville295W77-70
1/24@North Florida335L117-114
1/28West Georgia304W77-74
1/31Queens NC181W78-75
2/5Stetson303W92-71
2/7FGCU244W81-65
2/11@Cent Arkansas153L84-76
2/14@Austin Peay173L90-70
2/18Lipscomb200L75-72
2/21E Kentucky297L95-92
2/25@North Alabama343L73-68
2/28Austin Peay173W111-97
3/4(N)Jacksonville295W82-79
3/6(N)Cent Arkansas153L86-73