NCAA Tournament March Madness

#218 Coastal Car

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Coastal Car's résumé reads like a team with flashes of quality undermined by ugly road setbacks: the resume includes a gutsy road victory at Winthrop, a comfortable trip to Western Illinois, and a neutral win over North Dakota, but those bright spots are offset by a lopsided loss at Illinois State and road defeats at Western Michigan, Jacksonville State and SC Upstate. The defense has often kept them in games while the offense has been inconsistent, which is why neutral or rare road upsets stand out but repeated away losses are damaging. The remaining slate is heavy with resume-making road tests at Grand Canyon, Old Dominion and Marshall and with home opportunities against Appalachian State and Georgia Southern, so a couple of signature road wins would erase the sting of the Illinois State blowout and the other bad losses, whereas more slips at home or on the road would leave little room for a committee to overlook the current blemishes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@W Michigan242L76-71
11/11Winthrop114W72-66
11/14@Jacksonville St239L74-67
11/21@W Illinois353W84-64
11/22(N)North Dakota332W75-58
11/23@Illinois St103L94-42
11/30Alabama A&M287W67-60
12/3@SC Upstate258L85-78
12/6@Winthrop114W88-84
12/13@Grand Canyon10215%
12/18@Appalachian St27749%
12/20@Old Dominion22039%
12/22@St Joseph's PA18032%
1/1Ga Southern23764%
1/3Georgia St33884%
1/8Old Dominion22061%
1/10Appalachian St27770%
1/14@Marshall15227%
1/17@Ga Southern23742%
1/22Texas St23864%
1/24Southern Miss20058%
1/29@South Alabama17231%
1/31@ULM35475%
2/4Arkansas St14947%
2/12@Louisiana32962%
2/18James Madison18655%
2/21Marshall15247%
2/24@Georgia St33867%
2/27@James Madison18633%