NCAA Tournament March Madness

#341 Chicago St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Chicago State’s profile reads like a team that has struggled badly against power‑conference opposition yet shown a glimpse of competitiveness against peers. The résumé’s standout is the road victory at Loyola‑Chicago, and a close home game with Illinois‑Chicago showed they can hang in with similar programs, but those positives are overwhelmed by lopsided losses at DePaul, St. Louis, Butler, Minnesota, Iowa, and Indiana that highlight an inability to win or even stay close away from familiar settings. The remaining schedule is packed with conference and regional opponents such as Wagner, LIU Brooklyn, Fairleigh Dickinson, Stonehill, Le Moyne, New Haven, St. Francis PA, Mercyhurst, and Central Connecticut, which gives them ample chances to collect wins but few paths to grab a resume‑changing triumph on a neutral or road stage. A committee will weigh the value of the lone meaningful road win against the stacked ledger of blowouts at major venues and conclude that Chicago State’s safest route to postseason consideration runs through dominant results in the conference stretch rather than another marquee upset.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@DePaul121L92-62
11/6@St Louis41L108-86
11/11@Butler48L98-66
11/15IL Chicago208L67-63
11/18@Minnesota102L66-54
11/20@Iowa18L93-54
11/25@PFW222L90-77
11/28@Youngstown St172L87-64
12/6@Illinois St78L95-53
12/14@Loyola-Chicago297W84-75
12/16@Bowling Green113L76-55
12/20@Indiana29L78-58
1/2Wagner30046%
1/4LIU Brooklyn20427%
1/8@F Dickinson35748%
1/10@Stonehill34239%
1/17Le Moyne30147%
1/19New Haven34863%
1/23@St Francis PA35952%
1/25@Mercyhurst32031%
1/29St Francis PA35973%
1/31Mercyhurst32052%
2/5@Central Conn27421%
2/7@New Haven34841%
2/12Stonehill34261%
2/14@Le Moyne30126%
2/19F Dickinson35769%
2/21Central Conn27440%
2/26@LIU Brooklyn20412%
2/28@Wagner30025%