NCAA Tournament March Madness

#115 Bradley

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Bradley’s résumé has clear highs and concerning lows, with signature neutral-site victories over Princeton and Liberty and solid home wins against Drake, Northern Iowa and Washington State balanced by a tough road victory at Indiana State and a string of damaging road losses at San Francisco, Belmont and Murray State plus neutral losses to St Bonaventure and UC San Diego that blunt the good wins. Those road setbacks and the mixed nonconference slate leave the team with upside but also vulnerability, and the upcoming conference window — home chances against Indiana State and Illinois Chicago, road tests at Northern Iowa and Belmont and a cluster of games against conference rivals — offers obvious ways to improve or to confirm the current judgment. Until Bradley starts winning meaningful games away from home against respected opponents its profile will read as one with important signature moments but also enough bad results to keep it short of the safest category.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)St Bonaventure131L69-63
11/8C Michigan317W85-54
11/12TN Martin202L78-67
11/15@San Francisco103L75-64
11/19MA Lowell282W87-77
11/24(N)Princeton226W88-64
11/25(N)UC San Diego106L87-77
11/26(N)Liberty95W74-64
12/2Washington St146W64-60
12/6N Illinois321W84-55
12/18@Indiana St221W108-99
12/21S Illinois124W73-69
12/29Evansville267W76-68
1/1@Belmont65L88-78
1/4@Murray St81L86-66
1/7Drake173W93-66
1/10Northern Iowa98W75-69
1/13@Evansville26772%
1/17@Illinois St9330%
1/21Indiana St22180%
1/24IL Chicago17275%
1/31@Drake17354%
2/3Valparaiso18075%
2/6@Northern Iowa9832%
2/9Belmont6541%
2/15@S Illinois12441%
2/18@Valparaiso18055%
2/21Illinois St9352%
2/24@IL Chicago17254%
3/1Murray St8147%