NCAA Tournament March Madness

#179 Charlotte

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Charlotte’s profile reads like a team that can score in bunches but has left too many damaging footprints to be comfortable on Selection Sunday, so winning the conference tournament is the clearest path to the field. The resume has real positives, most notably the high-scoring victory over Wichita State and gritty road wins at UT San Antonio and at Rice that show they can win away from home. Those highs are undercut by a lopsided home defeat to Utah State, a tough loss at Virginia Tech, a road setback at College of Charleston and neutral-site losses to Illinois State and Richmond that make it hard to claim a résumé with upside. The back half of the schedule offers a handful of manageable home dates but also several difficult road trips, including visits to Wichita State and Memphis and a trip to Florida Atlantic, so opportunities to erase the bad results are limited. Given the balance of signature moments and bruising losses, the sensible conclusion is that Charlotte needs the conference title to secure a berth rather than relying on the committee to overlook the blemishes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Indiana St194W92-76
11/7Tennessee Tech333W70-65
11/11Davidson131L62-55
11/16@Virginia Tech56L84-76
11/21@Appalachian St218L65-63
11/27(N)Illinois St86L79-69
11/28(N)Richmond116L71-66
12/2NC A&T311W74-57
12/7Utah St34L79-53
12/14@Col Charleston177L74-67
12/18Lafayette316W81-67
12/21IL Chicago150W88-76
12/30Temple144L76-73
1/3Wichita St99W104-100
1/7@UT San Antonio348W74-58
1/11@Rice241W74-73
1/14Tulsa59L86-74
1/18@East Carolina280W73-70
1/23Tulane19063%
1/25Tulane19063%
1/28@Temple14431%
1/31Rice24172%
2/4@Wichita St9920%
2/8@Memphis9719%
2/15UT San Antonio34891%
2/18@Tulsa5911%
2/21East Carolina28079%
2/25North Texas13349%
3/1@FL Atlantic9318%
3/4UAB11946%
3/8@South Florida8015%