NCAA Tournament March Madness

#167 ETSU

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

ETSU looks like a low seed because its résumé is built on solid conference work rather than eye‑catching nonconference wins, and that balance is what hurts its at‑large case; the program’s best moments came in road victories at league challengers and in a short neutral‑site run that toppled Citadel and Western Carolina before running into Furman in the conference final, while its worst moments include a shock loss at Presbyterian and heavy defeats at Dayton and North Carolina that leave little marquee résumé juice. The team showed it can win away from home at places like Furman, Wofford and Chattanooga and it dispatched weak nonconference opponents in stylish fashion, but those wins don’t outweigh the damaging losses and the absence of a signature win against a high‑end nonconference opponent. With the clearest path to the field being the conference title and the conference final ending against Furman, ETSU’s profile cleans up neatly enough to warrant a low seed if it were the automatic qualifier but it does not present the kinds of victories that would compel an at‑large bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Presbyterian270L68-64
11/12N Kentucky176W75-63
11/15@North Alabama343W78-74
11/21Morehead St283W77-62
11/23ULM351W97-55
11/29Cent Arkansas153W80-57
12/2@Dayton78L88-71
12/5South Alabama205W91-65
12/12@Austin Peay173L76-75
12/16@North Carolina29L77-58
12/20Jacksonville St209L81-75
12/30@Citadel347W74-49
1/3Mercer190W77-71
1/7VMI360W81-67
1/10UNC Greensboro300W86-60
1/14@W Carolina229L72-68
1/17@Samford215W76-75
1/21@Chattanooga301W67-66
1/23Citadel347W84-55
1/29W Carolina229L90-88
2/1@Wofford253W86-72
2/4Furman191W75-71
2/7@VMI360W87-70
2/11Chattanooga301W73-61
2/14Samford215L82-72
2/18@Furman191W78-69
2/21@UNC Greensboro300W87-75
2/25Wofford253L72-69
2/28@Mercer190L82-76
3/7(N)Citadel347W83-76
3/8(N)W Carolina229W69-67
3/9(N)Furman191L76-61