NCAA Tournament March Madness

#116 ETSU

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

ETSU’s resume reads like a team that can pile up impressive-looking home wins but has been exposed when it leaves its building, and that split explains the committee’s view. The staff can point to comfortable victories over Mercer and UNC Greensboro and an offensive showcase against South Alabama as evidence the team can dominate lesser opponents, but those results were built at home and do little to erase damaging road losses at Presbyterian and Austin Peay and a heavy defeat at Dayton, and the trip to North Carolina added another tough outing away from home. With a string of conference road games at Western Carolina, Samford, Chattanooga and a pivotal trip to Furman alongside winnable home dates against Citadel and Wofford, ETSU has clear chances to shore up its profile, yet most of those opportunities are against middling league opponents so only a true road win against a quality Foothills opponent would markedly alter how the resume is judged.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Presbyterian298L68-64
11/12N Kentucky170W75-63
11/15@North Alabama283W78-74
11/21Morehead St308W77-62
11/23ULM352W97-55
11/29Cent Arkansas229W80-57
12/2@Dayton74L88-71
12/5South Alabama201W91-65
12/12@Austin Peay181L76-75
12/16@North Carolina33L77-58
12/20Jacksonville St217L81-75
12/30@Citadel360W74-49
1/3Mercer144W77-71
1/7VMI340W81-67
1/10UNC Greensboro288W86-60
1/14@W Carolina28174%
1/17@Samford24768%
1/21@Chattanooga26973%
1/24Citadel36098%
1/29W Carolina28189%
1/31@Wofford22863%
2/4Furman15270%
2/7@VMI34086%
2/11Chattanooga26988%
2/14Samford24785%
2/18@Furman15248%
2/21@UNC Greensboro28875%
2/25Wofford22882%
2/28@Mercer14446%