NCAA Tournament March Madness

#64 Belmont

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Projected seed: 12 (automatic qualifier)

Belmont's placement makes sense because the team has shown it can win away from home and on neutral floors with key victories at UC Irvine, neutral-site triumphs over St Francis PA and Toledo and road wins at Northern Iowa, Drake and College of Charleston that demonstrate travel toughness. Those best moments are balanced by damaging, close setbacks such as the losses at Indiana St and Southern Illinois and a home defeat to Richmond that highlight defensive lapses in tight spots and cap what otherwise looks like a strong profile. The remainder of the league slate provides clear opportunities to improve the case with a home date against Illinois St, a trip to Valparaiso and matchups with Murray St and Bradley that could convert worries into momentum. Overall Belmont looks like a solid conference frontrunner with meaningful road credentials but enough blemishes that the final stretch will determine how high it can climb.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Air Force346W79-63
11/8Tennessee St236W87-79
11/15@Oral Roberts327W83-60
11/19Lipscomb154W75-68
11/24(N)St Francis PA353W94-57
11/26(N)Toledo159W87-72
11/30@Col Charleston171W96-73
12/3Richmond118L84-76
12/7@MTSU148W83-62
12/13IL Chicago135W87-84
12/16@Evansville287W83-78
12/19@UC Irvine114W84-58
12/29@Indiana St209L81-80
1/1Bradley150W88-78
1/4S Illinois136L68-67
1/7@Northern Iowa107W78-65
1/10@Drake156W78-76
1/13Valparaiso157W78-74
1/17@S Illinois136W73-68
1/24Illinois St87W80-69
1/28@Valparaiso15769%
1/31Murray St9070%
2/3Drake15685%
2/6@IL Chicago13563%
2/9@Bradley15067%
2/12Northern Iowa10775%
2/15@Murray St9049%
2/21Indiana St20991%
2/25Evansville28796%
3/1@Illinois St8748%