NCAA Tournament March Madness

#272 C Michigan

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Central Michigan’s profile reads like a team that has shown flashes at home but has been repeatedly exposed away from the kind of opponents the committee values, with comfortable victories against Appalachian State, Coppin State, Northern Illinois and a statement home win over Eastern Michigan balanced by harsh road losses at St Louis, Wisconsin and Marquette and nonconference setbacks at Bradley and South Alabama. The resume is built on home results and a few narrow league wins, so there is a shortage of signature wins away from home or on neutral courts that would offset those bad losses. The remaining slate gives the program chances to salvage its profile against E Michigan, W Michigan, Kent, Buffalo, Akron and Ball State but most of those chances come on the road or against middling league foes, which makes it unlikely the committee will feel comfortable adding the team without an automatic tournament berth earned by winning the conference crown.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Appalachian St175W82-66
11/8@Bradley135L85-54
11/13(N)South Alabama194L66-64
11/14(N)Coppin St364W82-59
11/20N Kentucky192L90-66
11/22@Marquette103L85-71
12/2@Loyola-Chicago314L83-72
12/7@St Louis23L107-65
12/13@Stony Brook217L78-55
12/20@N Illinois317L74-73
12/22@Wisconsin29L88-61
12/30Ohio220L80-64
1/3Toledo160L78-75
1/6@Akron66L82-69
1/10Kent146W87-85
1/13@Miami OH84L100-61
1/20Ball St322L68-67
1/24@W Michigan279L77-65
1/27E Michigan229W100-65
1/31Bowling Green139W62-59
2/3@Massachusetts183L95-89
2/7@Louisiana306L85-80
2/14N Illinois317W88-46
2/17@E Michigan22931%
2/21W Michigan27962%
2/24@Kent14617%
2/28@Buffalo18823%
3/3Akron6615%
3/6@Ball St32253%