NCAA Tournament March Madness

#261 East Carolina

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

East Carolina's resume explains why it would be dependent on the conference tournament to secure a berth. The profile offers a signature home victory over Memphis and gritty road wins at North Texas and at Florida Atlantic that show the team can win tough games, but those bright spots are outweighed by damaging setbacks such as nonconference losses at Richmond and at North Carolina and neutral-site defeats to Michigan State and St Bonaventure that leave the resume short on marquee neutral wins. Conference play has produced more close defeats than statement victories and the offense has been uneven while the defense has been inconsistent, which helps explain the lack of true road and neutral success. A final trip to UAB is the clear remaining chance to flip the narrative with the kind of road victory that would force a different evaluation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Ga Southern250W92-89
11/8@Richmond146L87-72
11/18@UNC Wilmington102L85-60
11/21Charleston So241L77-65
11/25(N)Michigan St10L89-56
11/27(N)St Bonaventure155L67-58
12/2MD E Shore346W68-56
12/6UNC Greensboro302L82-78
12/11Appalachian St181L67-54
12/14Buffalo205W73-70
12/17Presbyterian274W74-53
12/22@North Carolina29L99-51
12/31Tulane211L79-70
1/7@Temple166L75-67
1/11UAB119L87-85
1/14@South Florida54L82-71
1/18Charlotte186L73-70
1/21@Wichita St89L77-60
1/23@North Texas142W63-59
1/28Rice223L83-77
2/1@FL Atlantic124W76-75
2/7Temple166L81-73
2/11UT San Antonio340W88-72
2/14@Rice223W85-75
2/18Wichita St89L92-89
2/21@Charlotte186L68-56
2/25@UT San Antonio340W82-81
3/1Memphis130W84-68
3/5Tulsa55L93-66
3/8@UAB11915%