NCAA Tournament March Madness

#197 Cent Arkansas

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Cent Arkansas’ résumé reads like a collection of solid midmajor wins and scary high‑major losses, which makes it appear to need the conference title to reach the NCAA field. The profile is bolstered by comfortable victories over East Washington, Eastern Illinois and Arkansas Little Rock, a road win at West Georgia, and gritty home results against FGCU and North Florida alongside tight road games at Bellarmine and Eastern Kentucky that show fight. Those positives are outweighed by heavy defeats on hostile floors at North Carolina and Arkansas and by rough showings at North Texas, Vanderbilt, SMU and ETSU, outcomes that erode an at‑large case because committee members prize meaningful road and neutral victories over quality opponents. The remaining schedule hands the team several manageable home dates and a handful of true road tests at Lipscomb and FGCU where wins would change the conversation, but until those come to pass the cleanest path to the field runs through winning the conference.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@North Carolina33L94-54
11/11@Arkansas21L93-56
11/16Samford257L84-77
11/20@North Texas133L74-56
11/23E Washington233W92-65
11/25E Illinois314W81-60
11/29@ETSU134L80-57
12/3Ark Little Rock292W85-47
12/7@East Texas A&M288L75-68
12/13@Vanderbilt15L83-72
12/21@SMU31L99-82
1/1FGCU214W85-83
1/3Stetson323W93-73
1/8@Bellarmine293L84-78
1/10@E Kentucky254L79-75
1/15Jacksonville286W62-60
1/17North Florida343W98-69
1/22@West Georgia337W86-65
1/24@North Alabama33470%
1/28@Queens NC16232%
1/31E Kentucky25471%
2/4North Alabama33486%
2/7@Lipscomb16031%
2/12Bellarmine29378%
2/14West Georgia33787%
2/19@Stetson32368%
2/21@FGCU21442%
2/25@Austin Peay16632%
2/28Queens NC16253%