NCAA Tournament March Madness

#247 Detroit

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Detroit’s profile makes clear that its only reliable path to the NCAA field runs through the Horizon tournament because the résumé is littered with damaging nonconference blowouts at the likes of Notre Dame, Michigan State and Illinois–Chicago and unsettling home setbacks to Robert Morris and Oakland that undercut any at-large credibility. The team’s strongest evidence is a string of road wins against league-level opponents such as Cleveland State, Youngstown State and IUPUI plus a solid home victory over Northern Kentucky that show it can win away from home within the conference. Those bright spots are outweighed by the severity of the bad losses, so the remaining slate — home dates with Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Wisconsin–Green Bay and difficult road trips to Robert Morris and Oakland — are where Detroit can either repair its narrative or confirm that only a conference championship will punch its ticket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@IL Chicago113L91-71
11/7@Notre Dame80L102-70
11/15@Toledo159L90-83
11/18E Michigan230L72-62
11/21@Michigan St13L84-56
11/23@DePaul112L95-75
11/29@Niagara339W70-66
12/3IUPUI312W92-78
12/6@Cleveland St306W71-59
12/14@PFW259L81-77
12/29@Youngstown St203W73-68
1/2Robert Morris170L85-77
1/9Wright St144L84-82
1/11Cleveland St306W94-84
1/15@N Kentucky189L96-71
1/17@IUPUI312W80-77
1/21PFW259L83-76
1/24Oakland152L95-87
1/30N Kentucky189W90-77
2/4@WI Milwaukee268W76-63
2/7@WI Green Bay218L76-63
2/12@Wright St144W77-74
2/15Youngstown St203W76-70
2/20WI Milwaukee26866%
2/22WI Green Bay21855%
2/25@Robert Morris17024%
2/28@Oakland15222%