NCAA Tournament March Madness

#350 Chicago St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Chicago State's resume leaves a single realistic way into the NCAA field, and that is by claiming the conference's automatic berth. The program's best moments — a road victory at Loyola-Chicago and home wins over Mercyhurst, St Francis PA and Stonehill — are useful for conference standing but are against low-end opposition and do not erase a slate of heavy road defeats at DePaul, St Louis, Butler, Minnesota, Iowa and Indiana or damaging nonconference setbacks such as the home loss to Wagner. With almost no signature wins away from hostile environments and a nonconference ledger dominated by lopsided losses, the committee will see a team short on résumé-defining victories. The remaining games against F Dickinson and Central Conn and road trips to LIU Brooklyn and Wagner offer chances to build momentum and improve league position, yet none are likely to produce the kind of marquee win needed for at-large consideration so the pragmatic path to the Big Dance runs through winning the conference title.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@DePaul112L92-62
11/6@St Louis23L108-86
11/11@Butler81L98-66
11/15IL Chicago122L67-63
11/18@Minnesota79L66-54
11/20@Iowa24L93-54
11/25@PFW259L90-77
11/28@Youngstown St201L87-64
12/6@Illinois St89L95-53
12/14@Loyola-Chicago314W84-75
12/16@Bowling Green139L76-55
12/20@Indiana34L78-58
1/2Wagner323L79-72
1/4LIU Brooklyn208L74-55
1/8@F Dickinson330L70-63
1/10@Stonehill344L85-82
1/17Le Moyne289L72-57
1/19New Haven333L62-56
1/23@St Francis PA356L81-60
1/25@Mercyhurst290L61-59
1/31Mercyhurst290W78-74
2/5@Central Conn287L78-67
2/7@New Haven333W63-57
2/9St Francis PA356W80-75
2/12Stonehill344W68-55
2/14@Le Moyne289L81-63
2/19F Dickinson33050%
2/21Central Conn28736%
2/26@LIU Brooklyn2089%
2/28@Wagner32327%