NCAA Tournament March Madness

#297 E Kentucky

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Kentucky’s profile is defined by a couple of respectable road victories at Eastern Illinois, Jacksonville State and Bellarmine and comfortable home wins over Central Arkansas and North Alabama, but those positives are overwhelmed by ugly blowouts at Vanderbilt, Wichita State and Kentucky plus damaging setbacks at conference sites such as Lipscomb, North Florida and Central Arkansas and a neutral-site loss to Stetson. The team has struggled to win away from its own gym and still lacks the signature neutral or power-conference win that persuades the committee. With the high-end resume thin and many bad losses weighing it down, the clear path to the NCAA tournament runs through winning the Atlantic Sun tournament where upcoming league matchups are the program’s best chance to repair its profile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/10WKU170L87-79
11/12@Vanderbilt12L92-62
11/18@Kent148L93-78
11/22Mercer190L95-83
11/24@N Kentucky176L82-71
11/29Wofford253L83-77
12/3@Illinois St103L89-78
12/10@E Illinois323W68-59
12/13Miami OH93L79-69
12/17@Jacksonville St209W62-59
12/21@Wichita St82L88-57
1/1@Queens NC181L91-89
1/3@West Georgia304L88-76
1/8North Alabama343W88-80
1/10Cent Arkansas153W79-75
1/15@Austin Peay173L74-72
1/17Bellarmine278W89-69
1/22@North Florida335L87-85
1/24@Jacksonville295L81-76
1/28Austin Peay173L90-82
1/31@Cent Arkansas153L90-81
2/5FGCU244W76-74
2/7Stetson303W100-88
2/11@Lipscomb200L75-61
2/15@North Alabama343L84-78
2/18West Georgia304W81-80
2/21@Bellarmine278W95-92
2/25Queens NC181L96-79
2/28Lipscomb200L80-77
3/4(N)Stetson303L92-76