NCAA Tournament March Madness

#177 Col Charleston

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Charleston’s standing comes down to a resume with a few respectable wins but several damaging setbacks that keep it on the bubble; the neutral-site victory over Massachusetts and road wins at Northern Kentucky and Elon show the team can win away from home but those moments are offset by losses at Liberty and at South Florida and a particularly harmful road defeat at Stony Brook plus a clear setback to Belmont that undercut any claim to a signature victory. The offense has delivered in stretches while the defense has allowed too many big outings, which makes the committee view the good results as unimpressive and the bad results as costly, especially because true top-tier wins are missing. Upcoming opportunities at Hofstra and Northeastern and a run of conference games that includes home chances against Monmouth and NC A&T give Charleston concrete ways to improve its profile, but without a strong finish they look like a team that would need a conference title to secure a ticket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Liberty94L90-75
11/8(N)FL Atlantic93L94-77
11/14S Carolina St360W88-61
11/17Drake164L71-62
11/21(N)Massachusetts183W69-65
11/23(N)Yale79L74-63
11/24(N)Evansville289W78-59
11/30Belmont63L96-73
12/10@South Florida80L81-75
12/14Charlotte179W74-67
12/17Citadel352W82-78
12/21@N Kentucky170W85-74
12/29Drexel207W72-63
12/31@Elon153W85-81
1/5William & Mary141W88-79
1/10Hampton243W74-70
1/15@Towson172L61-52
1/17@Stony Brook258L112-106
1/22Campbell18262%
1/24Elon15355%
1/29@Hofstra10923%
1/31@Northeastern23650%
2/5NC A&T31184%
2/9UNC Wilmington12146%
2/12Hofstra10943%
2/14@Campbell18240%
2/19@NC A&T31167%
2/21Monmouth NJ21368%
2/26@Hampton24351%
2/28@UNC Wilmington12126%
3/1@UNC Wilmington12126%