NCAA Tournament March Madness

#279 Detroit

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Detroit’s body of work makes clear the easiest path to the NCAA tournament runs through the Horizon tournament because the team has produced almost no signature victories and has been dinged by ugly road defeats. Nonconference travel included blowouts at Michigan State and Notre Dame and tough setbacks at DePaul and Illinois Chicago, while the brighter moments — road wins at Cleveland State, Niagara and IUPUI and home victories over league foes — are outweighed by home losses to Wright State and conference setbacks at Northern Kentucky, Purdue Fort Wayne and Oakland. The remaining stretch, with a home test against Northern Kentucky and trips to Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Green Bay and Wright State, offers real chances to show growth, but Detroit must turn several of those into statement results if it wants to avoid relying on an automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@IL Chicago135L91-71
11/7@Notre Dame82L102-70
11/15@Toledo159L90-83
11/18E Michigan192L72-62
11/21@Michigan St4L84-56
11/23@DePaul102L95-75
11/29@Niagara351W70-66
12/3IUPUI318W92-78
12/6@Cleveland St320W71-59
12/14@PFW224L81-77
12/29@Youngstown St219W73-68
1/2Robert Morris197L85-77
1/9Wright St140L84-82
1/11Cleveland St320W94-84
1/15@N Kentucky170L96-71
1/17@IUPUI318W80-77
1/21PFW224L83-76
1/24Oakland128L95-87
1/30N Kentucky17038%
2/4@WI Milwaukee24832%
2/7@WI Green Bay22728%
2/12@Wright St14015%
2/15Youngstown St21948%
2/20WI Milwaukee24853%
2/22WI Green Bay22750%
2/25@Robert Morris19724%
2/28@Oakland12813%