NCAA Tournament March Madness

#302 Chattanooga

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Chattanooga’s profile simply lacks the kind of signature, road or neutral victories the committee rewards, with the nonconference slate punctuated by troubled trips to St. Mary’s in California and UNLV and a neutral-site setback against Auburn that underline a shortcoming against high-level opponents away from home. The team’s brightest moments are solid midmajor wins such as road victories at Wofford and Western Carolina and home wins over Samford and Mercer, but those do not erase a string of damaging league losses, including costly setbacks to Furman and Wofford and a road loss at UNC Greensboro that expose inconsistency. Upcoming road dates at Mercer and the Citadel and home meetings with UNC Greensboro and VMI are useful opportunities to build momentum, yet even finishing strong in the regular season would leave lingering doubts tied to the nonconference failures and lack of neutral-site success. Given that balance of quality wins, damaging losses, and limited resume-building chances away from home, the clearest path to the NCAA field runs through winning the Southern Conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@St Mary's CA32L87-66
11/8@UNLV129L101-69
11/15@FGCU246L91-73
11/19@S Carolina St358W78-66
11/22North Alabama343W71-57
11/30Tennessee St260L70-64
12/6SE Missouri St231L74-70
12/13(N)Auburn31L92-78
12/17@Bellarmine273L79-64
12/21@Alabama A&M308W73-66
1/1@UNC Greensboro298L77-72
1/3@VMI360L79-71
1/7Furman189L78-67
1/10Samford205W88-79
1/14@Wofford225W76-67
1/17@W Carolina262W90-82
1/21ETSU141L67-66
1/24@Samford205L75-64
1/29Wofford225L81-55
2/1@Furman189L75-70
2/5Mercer164W79-75
2/7Citadel351L78-71
2/11@ETSU141L73-61
2/14W Carolina262L81-76
2/19@Mercer16414%
2/21@Citadel35159%
2/26UNC Greensboro29859%
2/28VMI36086%