NCAA Tournament March Madness

#266 E Kentucky

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Kentucky’s standing makes sense because its résumé mixes respectable midmajor wins with a handful of damaging losses at higher-level opponents that leave little margin for error. The highlights include a road victory at Eastern Illinois, a tough road win at Jacksonville State and home wins over Central Arkansas and Bellarmine, but those are offset by heavy defeats at Vanderbilt and Wichita State and hurtful road setbacks at Illinois State and West Georgia that undercut its profile. With conference dates still to come against teams such as FGCU, Stetson and Lipscomb, the simplest path to the NCAA field for Eastern Kentucky is to turn those remaining opportunities into signature wins or to win the Atlantic Sun tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/10WKU164L87-79
11/12@Vanderbilt14L92-62
11/18@Kent143L93-78
11/22Mercer140L95-83
11/24@N Kentucky185L82-71
11/29Wofford206L83-77
12/3@Illinois St84L89-78
12/10@E Illinois321W68-59
12/13Miami OH90L79-69
12/17@Jacksonville St204W62-59
12/21@Wichita St95L88-57
1/1@Queens NC200L91-89
1/3@West Georgia328L88-76
1/8North Alabama332W88-80
1/10Cent Arkansas190W79-75
1/15@Austin Peay166L74-72
1/17Bellarmine288W89-69
1/22@North Florida342L87-85
1/24@Jacksonville297L81-76
1/28Austin Peay166L90-82
1/31@Cent Arkansas190L90-81
2/5FGCU21750%
2/7Stetson32074%
2/11@Lipscomb16020%
2/14@North Alabama33256%
2/18West Georgia32875%
2/21@Bellarmine28843%
2/25Queens NC20046%
2/28Lipscomb16039%