NCAA Tournament March Madness

#67 Belmont

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Projection: likely out

Belmont’s résumé fits a middle-of-the-bracket placement because the team paired an eye-catching collection of road and neutral wins at places like Northern Iowa, Murray State and UC Irvine with a marquee neutral victory over Toledo that highlights how its offense performs away from home. That upside is offset by a few damaging results, most notably a home loss to Richmond and a heavy neutral defeat to Drake that erased late-season momentum and left ugly blemishes on the résumé. Narrow setbacks on the road at Indiana State and a loss at Bradley can be explained, but a home loss to Southern Illinois and a defeat at Illinois State expose inconsistency and limit upside. When you weigh the strong travel résumé and top wins against those conspicuous failures and lingering defensive concerns, Belmont comfortably belongs in the field while lacking the résumé polish to climb into the upper seeds.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Air Force344W79-63
11/8Tennessee St186W87-79
11/15@Oral Roberts311W83-60
11/19Lipscomb197W75-68
11/24(N)St Francis PA354W94-57
11/26(N)Toledo135W87-72
11/30@Col Charleston173W96-73
12/3Richmond143L84-76
12/7@MTSU171W83-62
12/13IL Chicago105W87-84
12/16@Evansville307W83-78
12/19@UC Irvine106W84-58
12/29@Indiana St200L81-80
1/1Bradley122W88-78
1/4S Illinois117L68-67
1/7@Northern Iowa70W78-65
1/10@Drake194W78-76
1/13Valparaiso158W78-74
1/17@S Illinois117W73-68
1/24Illinois St103W80-69
1/28@Valparaiso158W78-77
1/31Murray St120W103-86
2/3Drake194W103-90
2/6@IL Chicago105W68-62
2/9@Bradley122L95-84
2/12Northern Iowa70W91-86
2/15@Murray St120W87-70
2/21Indiana St200W87-70
2/25Evansville307W98-64
3/1@Illinois St103L81-74
3/6(N)Drake194L100-79