NCAA Tournament March Madness

#224 Coastal Car

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Coastal Car’s résumé is built around a handful of impressive road wins, including trips to Winthrop, Old Dominion and St Joseph's PA and a neutral victory over North Dakota that demonstrate they can win outside their arena. Those scalp-worthy moments are undercut by a demoralizing loss at Illinois St and heavy defeats at Grand Canyon and Appalachian St that will stick with a committee and raise questions about consistency. A pattern of stumbling on the road against lesser opponents has made their offense look streaky at times and left them dependent on the conference slate to repair the damage. Upcoming home dates against conference rivals give clear opportunities to pile up resume-building wins while a road test at Marshall represents a true chance to validate the good results. The profile is therefore a study in highs and lows, where a few more quality results would quiet the bad losses and change the conversation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@W Michigan272L76-71
11/11Winthrop129W72-66
11/14@Jacksonville St219L74-67
11/21@W Illinois353W84-64
11/22(N)North Dakota322W75-58
11/23@Illinois St78L94-42
11/30Alabama A&M284W67-60
12/3@SC Upstate262L85-78
12/6@Winthrop129W88-84
12/13@Grand Canyon95L82-61
12/18@Appalachian St248L67-49
12/20@Old Dominion221W76-74
12/22@St Joseph's PA197W68-62
1/1Ga Southern21659%
1/3Georgia St32781%
1/8Old Dominion22161%
1/10Appalachian St24865%
1/14@Marshall15726%
1/17@Ga Southern21637%
1/22Texas St25966%
1/24Southern Miss19855%
1/29@South Alabama19233%
1/31@ULM35173%
2/4Arkansas St13240%
2/12@Louisiana31659%
2/18James Madison21559%
2/21Marshall15747%
2/24@Georgia St32763%
2/27@James Madison21537%