NCAA Tournament March Madness

#364 Coppin St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Coppin State's profile makes sense as a team that must win its conference to reach the NCAA field because the nonconference slate produced almost no signature victories and the few bright spots are limited to road wins at Rider and at Delaware State while a long list of heavy losses at neutral sites and on the road to Maryland, VCU, West Virginia, Liberty and South Florida expose clear weaknesses. Those lopsided defeats and home setbacks to midmajor opponents mean the résumé lacks the kind of quality road or neutral wins selection committees prize and it shows a team that struggles away from its building. The remaining schedule against conference foes such as Howard, Morgan State, NC Central, South Carolina State, Maryland Eastern Shore and Norfolk State gives a path to rebuild momentum but cannot substitute for the missing top-tier wins. With an absence of notable nonconference scalps and damage from multiple blowouts, an at-large bid is unrealistic and the only reliable path to the tournament is to secure the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Maryland126L83-61
11/5@La Salle223L87-59
11/9@James Madison229L84-70
11/12@South Florida69L100-50
11/14(N)C Michigan325L82-59
11/15(N)South Alabama205L72-62
11/22@VCU47L101-58
11/25@Rider355W68-65
11/30@Loyola MD329L95-84
12/3@West Virginia58L91-49
12/6@Liberty94L92-50
12/9@St Joseph's PA166L87-65
12/14@Radford256L107-77
12/19@Navy181L88-55
12/22@Georgetown99L97-67
12/29UMBC257L93-59
1/3@Delaware St359W53-51
1/10NC Central347L88-77
1/12S Carolina St361L74-72
1/17@MD E Shore324L70-67
1/24@Norfolk St304L103-76
1/26Howard27415%
1/31Morgan St35640%
2/7Delaware St35943%
2/14@NC Central34716%
2/16@S Carolina St36125%
2/21MD E Shore32425%
2/28Norfolk St30420%
3/2@Howard2745%
3/5@Morgan St35621%