NCAA Tournament March Madness

#260 Chattanooga

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Chattanooga’s résumé makes needing the conference automatic understandable because some respectable road victories at Wofford and at Western Carolina and an away win at South Carolina State are offset by damaging road losses at St. Mary’s, at UNLV and at Bellarmine plus a neutral-site loss to Auburn that leave the nonconference slate thin. A home defeat to Furman and a narrow setback to ETSU further weaken the profile and the absence of a signature neutral or road victory over a recognized power keeps the committee unconvinced. Remaining chances against Samford, a road trip to Furman, home dates with Mercer and Citadel and road tests at UNC Greensboro and at VMI offer clear opportunities to add an eye-catching result or erase costly blemishes but until those outcomes arrive the balance of ugly high-profile defeats and intermittent league quality explains why the automatic route looks like the most realistic path.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@St Mary's CA32L87-66
11/8@UNLV117L101-69
11/15@FGCU214L91-73
11/19@S Carolina St360W78-66
11/22North Alabama334W71-57
11/30Tennessee St240L70-64
12/6SE Missouri St251L74-70
12/13(N)Auburn30L92-78
12/17@Bellarmine293L79-64
12/21@Alabama A&M301W73-66
1/1@UNC Greensboro295L77-72
1/3@VMI350L79-71
1/7Furman174L78-67
1/10Samford257W88-79
1/14@Wofford223W76-67
1/17@W Carolina283W90-82
1/21ETSU134L67-66
1/24@Samford25738%
1/29Wofford22353%
2/1@Furman17424%
2/5Mercer13935%
2/7Citadel35285%
2/11@ETSU13416%
2/14W Carolina28366%
2/19@Mercer13917%
2/21@Citadel35268%
2/26UNC Greensboro29568%
2/28VMI35084%