NCAA Tournament March Madness

#139 Bradley

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Bradley’s profile leans on a few eye-catching neutral-site wins and solid home victories but is marred by a cluster of damaging losses, which is why the safest route for them is to secure the conference crown. Their best moments are clear: neutral wins over Princeton and Liberty and convincing home results against Drake and Northern Iowa plus resume-building road wins at Indiana State and Evansville that show the roster can finish on the road. Those positives are tempered by bad results that committees dislike, including a neutral loss to St. Bonaventure, surprising defeats to Tennessee Martin and Illinois–Chicago, and ugly trips to Belmont, Murray State and Illinois State that undercut their profile. With remaining games against Valparaiso, a road test at Northern Iowa, another date with Belmont and a trip to Southern Illinois still on the table, they have concrete opportunities to repair the resume, but until they take advantage the practical path to the NCAA field runs through winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)St Bonaventure150L69-63
11/8C Michigan292W85-54
11/12TN Martin192L78-67
11/15@San Francisco99L75-64
11/19MA Lowell317W87-77
11/24(N)Princeton228W88-64
11/25(N)UC San Diego121L87-77
11/26(N)Liberty86W74-64
12/2Washington St127W64-60
12/6N Illinois301W84-55
12/18@Indiana St210W108-99
12/21S Illinois128W73-69
12/29Evansville287W76-68
1/1@Belmont60L88-78
1/4@Murray St100L86-66
1/7Drake176W93-66
1/10Northern Iowa108W75-69
1/13@Evansville287W94-90
1/17@Illinois St84L88-62
1/21Indiana St210W75-68
1/24IL Chicago131L85-70
1/31@Drake176W87-73
2/3Valparaiso15264%
2/6@Northern Iowa10831%
2/9Belmont6035%
2/15@S Illinois12837%
2/18@Valparaiso15242%
2/21Illinois St8444%
2/24@IL Chicago13138%
3/1Murray St10049%