NCAA Tournament March Madness

#270 E Kentucky

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Eastern Kentucky's resume is built around a couple of genuine road wins at Eastern Illinois and at Jacksonville State that demonstrate it can close out hostile environments, but it is undermined by damaging setbacks on the road at Vanderbilt and Kentucky and by home losses to Mercer and Wofford that expose defensive inconsistency. The nonconference slate included several tough trips and offered few marquee scalps, so the Colonels still lack an eye-catching victory to quiet doubts, yet their offense has shown it can hang with good teams when shots fall. The upcoming calendar gives clear pathways to improve with a road test at Wichita State and multiple league road games at Lipscomb, Bellarmine and North Florida where road or neutral success would do the most to reshape how the profile reads, while continued defensive tightening in conference play is the other essential ingredient.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/10WKU147L87-79
11/12@Vanderbilt8L92-62
11/18@Kent131L93-78
11/22Mercer163L95-83
11/24@N Kentucky210L82-71
11/29Wofford225L83-77
12/3@Illinois St89L89-78
12/10@E Illinois322W68-59
12/13Miami OH113L79-69
12/17@Jacksonville St241W62-59
12/21@Wichita St94L88-57
1/1@Queens NC20328%
1/3@West Georgia30948%
1/8North Alabama26760%
1/10Cent Arkansas23555%
1/15@Austin Peay19126%
1/17Bellarmine24556%
1/22@North Florida34561%
1/24@Jacksonville31350%
1/28Austin Peay19146%
1/31@Cent Arkansas23533%
2/5FGCU17844%
2/7Stetson34480%
2/11@Lipscomb13716%
2/14@North Alabama26738%
2/18West Georgia30970%
2/21@Bellarmine24534%
2/25Queens NC20349%
2/28Lipscomb13733%