NCAA Tournament March Madness

#294 C Michigan

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Central Michigan’s résumé is driven by a couple of decent moments—a steady home win over Appalachian State and a clean neutral-site victory over Coppin State—but it is otherwise defined by damaging results away from home and a lack of signature neutral wins; road blowouts at Bradley and at Marquette and a neutral defeat to South Alabama, along with a heavy loss to Northern Kentucky, leave the committee with little evidence of the team’s ability to beat quality opponents outside its building. The rest of the schedule offers clear chances to change that narrative with true road tests at Loyola-Chicago, Saint Louis, Wisconsin and Akron and with meaningful conference dates against Northern Illinois, Ball State, Toledo, Buffalo, Kent and both Eastern and Western Michigan, yet until those are won the profile reads like a club that needs the conference automatic berth to reach the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Appalachian St297W82-66
11/8@Bradley119L85-54
11/13(N)South Alabama150L66-64
11/14(N)Coppin St364W82-59
11/20N Kentucky192L90-66
11/22@Marquette80L85-71
12/2@Loyola-Chicago28737%
12/7@St Louis553%
12/13@Stony Brook21827%
12/20@N Illinois27535%
12/22@Wisconsin271%
12/30Ohio22749%
1/3Toledo15435%
1/6@Akron573%
1/10Kent12226%
1/13@Miami OH13112%
1/20Ball St31766%
1/24@W Michigan27735%
1/27E Michigan18441%
1/31Bowling Green13829%
2/3@Massachusetts19723%
2/14N Illinois27557%
2/17@E Michigan18421%
2/21W Michigan27757%
2/24@Kent12211%
2/28@Buffalo20324%
3/3Akron5710%
3/6@Ball St31744%