NCAA Tournament March Madness

#358 Chicago St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Chicago State’s résumé is defined more by a string of lopsided road defeats at places like DePaul, St. Louis, Butler, Minnesota and Iowa and a humbling trip to Illinois State than by any marquee wins, while the season’s most respectable showing came in a tight game against Illinois Chicago. The remaining slate mostly features low-profile conference opponents such as Wagner, LIU Brooklyn, Stonehill, F Dickinson, Le Moyne, New Haven, St. Francis PA, Mercyhurst and Central Connecticut, with a few notable road opportunities at Loyola-Chicago, Bowling Green and Indiana that could actually alter the narrative if flipped. Because there is a scarcity of quality victories and very little evidence of success away from home, the only realistic path to substantially improving the team’s standing is to string together conference road or neutral-site upsets and then make noise in the league tournament against more recognizable programs.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@DePaul130L92-62
11/6@St Louis42L108-86
11/11@Butler47L98-66
11/15IL Chicago203L67-63
11/18@Minnesota115L66-54
11/20@Iowa22L93-54
11/25@PFW230L90-77
11/28@Youngstown St159L87-64
12/6@Illinois St103L95-53
12/14@Loyola-Chicago29117%
12/16@Bowling Green1163%
12/20@Indiana210%
1/2Wagner31440%
1/4LIU Brooklyn23425%
1/8@F Dickinson36041%
1/10@Stonehill34330%
1/17Le Moyne30438%
1/19New Haven34251%
1/23@St Francis PA35941%
1/25@Mercyhurst32824%
1/29St Francis PA35963%
1/31Mercyhurst32844%
2/5@Central Conn25913%
2/7@New Haven34230%
2/12Stonehill34351%
2/14@Le Moyne30419%
2/19F Dickinson36063%
2/21Central Conn25929%
2/26@LIU Brooklyn23411%
2/28@Wagner31421%