NCAA Tournament March Madness

#325 Cleveland St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Cleveland State’s body of work is built around a neutral victory over Radford and a gritty road performance at Loyola-Chicago, but those positives are overwhelmed by damaging road defeats at Northwestern, Missouri and Kent and a surprising loss at home to Detroit that undercut any claim to quality nonconference wins. The team has scarcely protected itself away from home and lacks signature wins against notable opponents, so the remaining slate matters a great deal: a tough trip to UAB and league road tests at Wright State stand as real hurdles while home dates with Green Bay, Youngstown State and IUPUI are clear opportunities to rebuild the résumé. A committee will focus on the contrast between those early, costly losses to major-conference foes and the limited neutral-site success, and unless Cleveland State turns the conference stretch into a run of wins the resume will stay on the wrong side of comparison with bubble peers.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Loyola-Chicago291L91-88
11/10@Northwestern61L110-63
11/15(N)Kent128L102-95
11/16(N)Radford252W87-82
11/19Valparaiso198L90-75
11/22@Kent128L91-71
11/28@Missouri55L86-59
12/3@N Kentucky190L95-80
12/6Detroit297L71-59
12/17@UAB1046%
12/21WI Milwaukee23141%
12/29IUPUI34671%
1/4@PFW23021%
1/9@Oakland14511%
1/11@Detroit29732%
1/15WI Green Bay27849%
1/17Youngstown St15928%
1/21@Wright St14210%
1/30@WI Green Bay27828%
2/1@WI Milwaukee23121%
2/4Oakland14525%
2/7@IUPUI34649%
2/12Robert Morris17932%
2/15Wright St14224%
2/18@Youngstown St15913%
2/22PFW23041%
2/25N Kentucky19034%
2/28@Robert Morris17915%