NCAA Tournament March Madness

#186 Charlotte

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Charlotte’s resume mixes a few eye-catching wins with a string of damaging losses, which is why its path to the NCAA tournament is precarious; the victory over Wichita St and road triumphs at Temple, UT San Antonio and Rice show the team can score and win away from home, but heavy setbacks at Utah St and at Memphis and neutral-site losses to Illinois St and Richmond undercut that promise. The schedule includes hard conference work and enough tough road tests to suggest upside yet it lacks a truly signature win that would make an at-large case secure. Road and neutral results are inconsistent, leaving the committee to weigh the flashes of offense against the severity of several poor outcomes. That dynamic makes the trip to South Florida a must-win chance to improve the profile and leaves the conference tournament as the clearest route to a guaranteed berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Indiana St201W92-76
11/7Tennessee Tech313W70-65
11/11Davidson111L62-55
11/16@Virginia Tech57L84-76
11/21@Appalachian St181L65-63
11/27(N)Illinois St104L79-69
11/28(N)Richmond146L71-66
12/2NC A&T289W74-57
12/7Utah St37L79-53
12/14@Col Charleston151L74-67
12/18Lafayette327W81-67
12/21IL Chicago108W88-76
12/30Temple166L76-73
1/3Wichita St89W104-100
1/7@UT San Antonio340W74-58
1/11@Rice223W74-73
1/14Tulsa55L86-74
1/18@East Carolina261W73-70
1/23Tulane211W73-70
1/28@Temple166W80-76
1/30Rice223W80-70
2/4@Wichita St89L74-64
2/8@Memphis130L77-54
2/15UT San Antonio340L88-79
2/18@Tulsa55L79-74
2/21East Carolina261W68-56
2/25North Texas142W80-79
3/1@FL Atlantic124L77-76
3/4UAB119L80-74
3/8@South Florida549%