NCAA Tournament March Madness

#236 Cent Arkansas

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Cent Arkansas’ resume carries a handful of solid home wins, most notably against Eastern Washington and Ark Little Rock, but those bright spots are overwhelmed by heavy road defeats at North Carolina and Arkansas and additional poor showings away at Vanderbilt and SMU that make the profile look shaky. A home loss to Samford and a blemish at North Texas further weaken the nonconference slate, so the team’s fate now rests on a stretch of conference games that includes home chances against FGCU, Stetson, Jacksonville and North Florida and road tests at Bellarmine, Eastern Kentucky, West Georgia, North Alabama, Queens NC and Lipscomb. If Cent Arkansas can stop taking blowout losses on true road swings and collect key wins in those upcoming league environments, the resume can be repaired; if not, the heavy early losses will be the defining feature.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@North Carolina23L94-54
11/11@Arkansas27L93-56
11/16Samford242L84-77
11/20@North Texas137L74-56
11/23E Washington260W92-65
11/25E Illinois321W81-60
11/29@ETSU126L80-57
12/3Ark Little Rock312W85-47
12/7@East Texas A&M309L75-68
12/13@Vanderbilt8L83-72
12/21@SMU40L99-82
1/1FGCU17450%
1/3Stetson34684%
1/8@Bellarmine24640%
1/10@E Kentucky26845%
1/15Jacksonville31777%
1/17North Florida33983%
1/22@West Georgia31055%
1/24@North Alabama26444%
1/28@Queens NC21435%
1/31E Kentucky26867%
2/4North Alabama26466%
2/7@Lipscomb14622%
2/12Bellarmine24663%
2/14West Georgia31076%
2/19@Stetson34667%
2/21@FGCU17429%
2/25@Austin Peay19131%
2/28Queens NC21457%