NCAA Tournament March Madness
#315 Coastal Car
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
For Coastal Carolina, the path to dancing in March hinges entirely on winning their conference tournament—an automatic bid is the sole lifeline for their NCAA tournament hopes. The season's scattered bright spots, including a win against Texas State on the road, are overshadowed by losses to NC Central and NC A&T, teams expected to be handled with relative ease. The Chanticleers' Achilles’ heel is a porous defense, which got exposed in heavy defeats to Appalachian State and James Madison, highlighting an inability to contain stronger offensive units. While they've been competitive in close-shaves against Charleston and Georgia State, the overall inconsistency, especially within their conference play, undercuts any substantial at-large bid argument. They must harness late-season victories as confidence boosters, but these won’t move the needle much without a conference title clinch.
Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
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11/16 | Wichita St | 159 | L86-77 |
11/17 | Furman | 148 | L89-80 |
11/19 | Col Charleston | 96 | L80-72 |
11/26 | NC Central | 258 | L70-58 |
11/29 | SC Upstate | 303 | W72-70 |
12/2 | Winthrop | 175 | L90-87 |
12/9 | Wofford | 181 | L88-80 |
12/18 | @Col Charleston | 96 | L84-81 |
12/21 | NC A&T | 335 | L85-82 |
12/30 | Troy | 131 | L72-65 |
1/4 | @Texas St | 169 | W71-63 |
1/6 | @Louisiana | 145 | L85-77 |
1/11 | Appalachian St | 81 | L70-45 |
1/13 | Old Dominion | 296 | W79-75 |
1/18 | @Ga Southern | 280 | L73-70 |
1/20 | @Appalachian St | 81 | L88-59 |
1/24 | Southern Miss | 229 | L79-63 |
1/27 | Georgia St | 228 | W85-83 |
2/1 | @James Madison | 51 | L105-67 |
2/3 | @Marshall | 225 | L91-74 |
2/7 | @ULM | 292 | L79-75 |
2/15 | Ga Southern | 280 | W82-75 |
2/17 | Marshall | 225 | W74-67 |
2/21 | @Georgia St | 228 | L72-71 |
2/24 | @Old Dominion | 296 | L75-59 |
2/28 | Arkansas St | 129 | L71-60 |
3/1 | James Madison | 51 | L86-76 |
3/5 | (N)ULM | 292 | W75-71 |
3/7 | (N)Louisiana | 145 | L80-66 |