NCAA Tournament March Madness

#246 Bellarmine

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Bellarmine’s profile is a tale of two themes: heavy defeats on the road at major programs that damaged any claim to a resume booster and a small collection of wins against lesser opponents that don’t offset those losses, so the path forward is clear. The losses at Georgia, Kansas State and Kentucky stand out as the season’s low points, while tighter outings at Notre Dame and Murray State and a neutral-site victory over Houston Christian show the roster can compete away from home when things click. The best available wins — a road victory at Citadel and a home win over Chattanooga — are useful but not eye-catching, and that means upcoming conference road tests at Lipscomb and North Florida and the slate of home dates against conference rivals like Eastern Kentucky and North Alabama represent the primary opportunities to change perception. Unless Bellarmine begins to convert road and neutral games in league play, the combination of damaging nonconference losses and a lack of quality wins keeps them dependent on a deep run in the conference season to alter how their résumé will be judged.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Georgia28L104-59
11/8@Kansas St74L98-71
11/15Wofford226L94-86
11/19@Notre Dame58L86-79
11/24@Citadel358W70-58
11/25(N)Houston Chr278W74-69
12/6@Murray St96L81-68
12/13N Kentucky206L80-76
12/17Chattanooga240W79-64
12/23@Kentucky20L99-85
1/1@West Georgia31054%
1/3@Queens NC21434%
1/8Cent Arkansas23660%
1/10North Alabama26464%
1/15@Lipscomb14621%
1/17@E Kentucky26843%
1/22@Jacksonville31756%
1/24@North Florida33964%
1/28West Georgia31075%
1/31Queens NC21456%
2/5Stetson34683%
2/7FGCU17448%
2/12@Cent Arkansas23637%
2/14@Austin Peay19130%
2/18Lipscomb14640%
2/21E Kentucky26865%
2/25@North Alabama26442%
2/28Austin Peay19151%