NCAA Tournament March Madness

#52 Cincinnati

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Projection: likely out

Cincinnati’s profile reads like a team with a rock-solid defense but an offense and resume that leave the committee unconvinced, because while they have impressive conference scalps such as home wins over Iowa State and Baylor and a resume-building road victory at Kansas State, those highs are offset by damaging blemishes including a neutral-site slide against Louisville, losses at Xavier and Arizona, an embarrassing nonconference setback to Eastern Michigan, and inconsistent results on true road dates and against peers such as West Virginia and UCF. Defeats to national power Houston at both venues are understandable yet do little to pad the résumé, and until Cincinnati turns its remaining slate—especially the road tests at Kansas and Texas Tech and the home opportunities against Utah, Oklahoma State and BYU—into resume-defining wins while cleaning up its away performance, the overall body of work will look short of what a committee typically rewards.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3W Carolina262W94-63
11/7Georgia St293W74-64
11/11Dayton97W74-62
11/16Mt St Mary's295W72-55
11/21(N)Louisville15L74-64
11/24NJIT303W94-67
11/26E Michigan229L64-56
12/1Tarleton St211W76-58
12/5@Xavier95L79-74
12/13(N)Georgia43L84-65
12/17Alabama St305W88-51
12/21(N)Clemson33L68-65
12/29Lipscomb173W89-62
1/3Houston4L67-60
1/6@West Virginia58L62-60
1/11@UCF49L73-72
1/14Colorado74W77-68
1/17Iowa St7W79-70
1/21@Arizona2L77-51
1/24@Arizona St71L82-68
1/28Baylor44W67-57
1/31@Houston4L76-54
2/5West Virginia58L59-54
2/8UCF49W92-72
2/11@Kansas St101W91-62
2/15Utah12884%
2/21@Kansas1415%
2/24@Texas Tech1717%
2/28Oklahoma St6268%
3/3BYU2239%
3/7@TCU5139%