NCAA Tournament March Madness

#273 Bellarmine

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Bellarmine lands in the position of needing the automatic bid because its résumé mixes a few encouraging moments with too many damaging road losses and lacks a signature win away from home. The team showed it can compete in a tough environment with a tight outing at Notre Dame and collected a neutral-site victory over Houston Christian along with useful home wins over Central Arkansas, Stetson and FGCU, but those wins come against lesser opposition and do not erase lop-sided defeats at Georgia, Kansas State and Kentucky that a selection committee will notice. A road loss at Central Arkansas and another difficult trip back there loom as resume risks while the remaining conference slate at Lipscomb, Eastern Kentucky and North Alabama and a home date with Austin Peay represent manageable chances to build momentum, yet unless Bellarmine starts beating quality opponents away from home the clearest path to the bracket is winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Georgia43L104-59
11/8@Kansas St101L98-71
11/15Wofford225L94-86
11/19@Notre Dame82L86-79
11/24@Citadel351W70-58
11/25(N)Houston Chr296W74-69
12/6@Murray St108L81-68
12/13N Kentucky192L80-76
12/17Chattanooga302W79-64
12/23@Kentucky27L99-85
1/1@West Georgia321L87-85
1/3@Queens NC203L98-76
1/8Cent Arkansas163W84-78
1/10North Alabama343L82-73
1/15@Lipscomb173L81-71
1/17@E Kentucky271L89-69
1/22@Jacksonville310W77-70
1/24@North Florida337L117-114
1/28West Georgia321W77-74
1/31Queens NC203W78-75
2/5Stetson323W92-71
2/7FGCU246W81-65
2/11@Cent Arkansas163L84-76
2/12@Cent Arkansas16319%
2/14@Austin Peay140L90-70
2/18Lipscomb17340%
2/21E Kentucky27160%
2/25@North Alabama34363%
2/28Austin Peay14033%