NCAA Tournament March Madness

#188 E Michigan

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Michigan’s profile is built around a handful of bright moments and several bad losses that cancel them out, starting with a resume-making road victory at Cincinnati and a high-scoring home win over Oakland but marred by a demoralizing trip to Louisville and shaky losses to midmajor and midwestern opponents; those damaging results away from home and the lack of neutral-site signature wins leave the committee still wanting more. Conference play has been uneven with troubling defeats on the road but the schedule still contains clear opportunities to alter perceptions, including home dates against Kent and Akron and road tests at Central Michigan, Massachusetts and Buffalo plus a home finish against Western Michigan. If Eastern Michigan can collect a few of those resume-repairing wins, it can avoid the bubble squeeze, otherwise its cleanest path to the tournament will be by winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Georgia St277W71-49
11/10@Pittsburgh98L78-66
11/14IUPUI317L90-83
11/18@Detroit285W72-62
11/21Oakland129W97-91
11/24@Louisville16L87-46
11/26@Cincinnati54W64-56
11/28NJIT331W73-55
12/2@Butler58L84-68
12/10@PFW224L80-65
12/19@Akron60L93-72
12/22@Wright St146L70-64
12/30Massachusetts183W80-74
1/3Ohio221L68-67
1/6@Ball St313W74-52
1/10@W Michigan253L79-62
1/13N Illinois315W77-59
1/17@Bowling Green112L85-79
1/24Kent14751%
1/27@C Michigan32269%
1/31@Massachusetts18338%
2/3Akron6024%
2/7@Appalachian St21845%
2/11@Kent14730%
2/14W Michigan25372%
2/17C Michigan32286%
2/21@Toledo16133%
2/24Miami OH8934%
3/3@Buffalo18438%
3/6Bowling Green11242%