NCAA Tournament March Madness

#358 Citadel

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Citadel’s profile shows flashes of competitiveness but not the kind of résumé-defining triumphs a committee looks for. The team had its best moments in tight road outings at College of Charleston and West Georgia and a hard-fought home game with Charleston Southern, yet those positives are overwhelmed by lopsided setbacks at Boston College, a neutral-site loss to Presbyterian and a heavy defeat at Richmond that will be viewed as damaging. With every meaningful game to date a loss away from home and no marquee neutral-court victories to offset the blemishes, the only realistic path to altering perception runs through the Southern Conference slate; road tests at Mercer, UNC Greensboro, VMI and Chattanooga combined with home opportunities against Wofford, ETSU and Furman present the chances to erase the worst results and force the committee to reconsider.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@Boston College155L76-47
11/10Charleston So224L96-86
11/14@West Georgia307L100-92
11/24Bellarmine248L70-58
11/26Houston Chr278L72-65
11/30(N)Presbyterian290L69-41
12/4@Davidson134L79-63
12/13@South Carolina85L71-55
12/17@Col Charleston173L82-78
12/20@Richmond120L80-56
12/30ETSU1279%
1/3Wofford22221%
1/7@Mercer1615%
1/10W Carolina28832%
1/15@UNC Greensboro29316%
1/17@VMI33225%
1/21Furman15312%
1/24@ETSU1273%
1/29VMI33245%
1/31UNC Greensboro29333%
2/5@Samford24110%
2/7@Chattanooga24010%
2/11@W Carolina28815%
2/14Mercer16113%
2/19Samford24124%
2/21Chattanooga24024%
2/25@Furman1534%
2/28@Wofford2229%