NCAA Tournament March Madness

#180 Col Charleston

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Projected seed: 13 (automatic qualifier)

Charleston’s profile mixes a handful of resume-boosting results with a string of damaging losses, leaving its postseason hopes hinged on a strong conference finish. The Cougars can point to an eye‑opening road victory at Northern Kentucky and a gritty neutral‑court win over Massachusetts along with steady home wins against Charlotte and smaller-conference foes, but road defeats at Liberty and South Florida and a lopsided home loss to Belmont, plus neutral-site setbacks to Florida Atlantic and Yale, have exposed defensive inconsistency and undercut the résumé. With league play still to come the schedule presents both tests and chances—tough trips to Elon and Hofstra sit alongside winnable home dates with Drexel, William and Mary and Monmouth—so tangible road success and a clean sweep of the remaining quality opportunities are the clearest ways to change how a committee will judge them.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Liberty105L90-75
11/8(N)FL Atlantic111L94-77
11/14S Carolina St362W88-61
11/17Drake154L71-62
11/21(N)Massachusetts175W69-65
11/23(N)Yale83L74-63
11/24(N)Evansville270W78-59
11/30Belmont71L96-73
12/10@South Florida84L81-75
12/14Charlotte193W74-67
12/17Citadel358W82-78
12/21@N Kentucky206W85-74
12/29Drexel288W72-63
12/31@Elon14931%
1/5William & Mary11443%
1/10Hampton25573%
1/15@Towson14430%
1/17@Stony Brook24751%
1/22Campbell22870%
1/24Elon14953%
1/29@Hofstra10319%
1/31@Northeastern21345%
2/5NC A&T30682%
2/9UNC Wilmington11543%
2/12Hofstra10338%
2/14@Campbell22848%
2/19@NC A&T30665%
2/21Monmouth NJ23570%
2/26@Hampton25552%
2/28@UNC Wilmington11523%
3/1@UNC Wilmington11523%