NCAA Tournament March Madness

#270 E Kentucky

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Kentucky’s resume features moments that suggest they can compete and moments that expose why they remain on the outside looking in. They showed fight in the home meeting with Western Kentucky and were competitive in a road outing at Illinois State, but they also were handled in hostile environments such as Vanderbilt and at Wichita State and they have picked up a string of losses away from home that committees weigh heavily. The remaining slate includes a number of home opportunities against teams like Bellarmine, Central Arkansas, Stetson and West Georgia plus winnable road dates at Eastern Illinois and North Florida, so this stretch is a clear chance to add the kind of quality wins that have not yet materialized. Until EKU converts those home opportunities or follows up a road breakthrough with consistent results in conference play, their body of work will be judged as short on signature road or neutral victories and vulnerable to the usual scrutiny.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/10WKU128L87-79
11/12@Vanderbilt7L92-62
11/18@Kent122L93-78
11/22Mercer172L95-83
11/24@N Kentucky183L82-71
11/29Wofford209L83-77
12/3@Illinois St115L89-78
12/10@E Illinois32954%
12/13Miami OH13633%
12/17@Jacksonville St23333%
12/21@Wichita St9810%
1/1@Queens NC19126%
1/3@West Georgia28441%
1/8North Alabama21853%
1/10Cent Arkansas25158%
1/15@Austin Peay18025%
1/17Bellarmine28664%
1/22@North Florida33356%
1/24@Jacksonville27340%
1/28Austin Peay18045%
1/31@Cent Arkansas25136%
2/5FGCU16643%
2/7Stetson34279%
2/11@Lipscomb16122%
2/14@North Alabama21831%
2/18West Georgia28463%
2/21@Bellarmine28642%
2/25Queens NC19147%
2/28Lipscomb16141%