NCAA Tournament March Madness

#262 E Kentucky

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Projection: likely out

Eastern Kentucky’s resume is built on a few clear positives and some damaging negatives that explain its current standing. The program can point to road victories at Eastern Illinois and Jacksonville State and home wins over North Alabama and Central Arkansas as proof it can close tight games away from familiar crowds, but those bright spots are outweighed by blowout setbacks at Vanderbilt, Wichita State and Kentucky and by losses to midmajor opponents that expose defensive inconsistency. Nonconference play did not produce a signature scalp and the handful of competitive showings at neutral sites are not enough to erase heavy defeats, so the easiest path back into contention runs through strong results in the remaining league swing — especially road wins at Austin Peay, North Florida and Lipscomb and statement wins against Bellarmine and Queens — because the committee prizes victories away from home and will penalize the kinds of bad losses that sit on this ledger.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/10WKU157L87-79
11/12@Vanderbilt5L92-62
11/18@Kent150L93-78
11/22Mercer144L95-83
11/24@N Kentucky170L82-71
11/29Wofford228L83-77
12/3@Illinois St93L89-78
12/10@E Illinois301W68-59
12/13Miami OH97L79-69
12/17@Jacksonville St217W62-59
12/21@Wichita St102L88-57
1/1@Queens NC183L91-89
1/3@West Georgia322L88-76
1/8North Alabama283W88-80
1/10Cent Arkansas229W79-75
1/15@Austin Peay18123%
1/17Bellarmine27663%
1/22@North Florida34963%
1/24@Jacksonville31149%
1/28Austin Peay18144%
1/31@Cent Arkansas22931%
2/5FGCU19546%
2/7Stetson33478%
2/11@Lipscomb15419%
2/14@North Alabama28343%
2/18West Georgia32273%
2/21@Bellarmine27641%
2/25Queens NC18344%
2/28Lipscomb15438%