NCAA Tournament March Madness

#44 Cincinnati

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Projection: next four out

Cincinnati’s resume reads like a team that has shown it can beat quality opponents but has enough damaging setbacks to keep it on the outside looking in; the résumé includes signature victories over Iowa State, Kansas, BYU and Oklahoma State, with a true road win at Kansas and a neutral-court triumph over Utah proving it can win when it matters, yet those highs are undercut by a lopsided loss at Arizona, multiple defeats to Houston including an away setback, puzzling losses such as the result against E Michigan and neutral-site losses to Georgia and Clemson, and narrow defeats away at West Virginia and UCF that look ugly to a selection group that prizes road and neutral success; with a defense that can dominate and an offense that has been streaky, the team’s fate now hinges on late neutral-site chances and any run it can make against the same kinds of opponents already on its ledger.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3W Carolina229W94-63
11/7Georgia St310W74-64
11/11Dayton78W74-62
11/16Mt St Mary's277W72-55
11/21(N)Louisville19L74-64
11/24NJIT332W94-67
11/26E Michigan239L64-56
12/1Tarleton St221W76-58
12/5@Xavier97L79-74
12/13(N)Georgia32L84-65
12/17Alabama St318W88-51
12/21(N)Clemson36L68-65
12/29Lipscomb200W89-62
1/3Houston5L67-60
1/6@West Virginia59L62-60
1/11@UCF54L73-72
1/14Colorado70W77-68
1/17Iowa St6W79-70
1/21@Arizona2L77-51
1/24@Arizona St67L82-68
1/28Baylor49W67-57
1/31@Houston5L76-54
2/5West Virginia59L59-54
2/8UCF54W92-72
2/11@Kansas St101W91-62
2/15Utah126W69-65
2/21@Kansas21W84-68
2/24@Texas Tech20L80-68
2/28Oklahoma St66W91-68
3/3BYU23W90-68
3/7@TCU43L73-63
3/10(N)Utah126W73-66
3/11(N)UCF54L66-65