NCAA Tournament March Madness

#264 C Michigan

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Central Michigan’s profile reads like a résumé built mostly on league wins and a standout home blowout over Northern Illinois but undermined by a string of damaging road defeats at St. Louis, Wisconsin, Marquette and Bradley that erase much of its nonconference credibility and leave it without a signature neutral-site victory. The team has shown it can beat Mid-American foes and close out tight league games, yet those positives are offset by repeated poor results away from campus and a lack of quality wins over power-conference opponents, so the clearest path to the NCAA field is to win the conference tournament. The remaining home date with Akron and the trip to Ball State offer the last opportunities to steady the résumé and build momentum, but anything short of sweeping those chances will still leave the bad road losses as anchors on the profile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Appalachian St185W82-66
11/8@Bradley128L85-54
11/13(N)South Alabama194L66-64
11/14(N)Coppin St363W82-59
11/20N Kentucky178L90-66
11/22@Marquette94L85-71
12/2@Loyola-Chicago308L83-72
12/7@St Louis27L107-65
12/13@Stony Brook221L78-55
12/20@N Illinois331L74-73
12/22@Wisconsin30L88-61
12/30Ohio228L80-64
1/3Toledo146L78-75
1/6@Akron61L82-69
1/10Kent160W87-85
1/13@Miami OH87L100-61
1/20Ball St303L68-67
1/24@W Michigan271L77-65
1/27E Michigan236W100-65
1/31Bowling Green148W62-59
2/3@Massachusetts205L95-89
2/7@Louisiana311L85-80
2/14N Illinois331W88-46
2/17@E Michigan236L66-54
2/21W Michigan271W83-70
2/24@Kent160L83-81
2/28@Buffalo195W75-70
3/3Akron6115%
3/6@Ball St30350%