NCAA Tournament March Madness

#305 Evansville

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

The projection that Evansville will need to secure the conferenceā€™s automatic berth tracks with what their rĆ©sumĆ© actually shows: the neutral-court upset of Oregon State and home wins over Ball State and Valparaiso are genuine highlights and a tight road victory at Indiana State gives a glimpse of resilience, but those positives are overwhelmed by lopsided setbacks at Purdue, at Notre Dame and at neutral Akron along with a string of damaging road losses at the likes of Belmont and Northern Iowa and a couple of ugly home defeats to Illinois Chicago. Committee voters reward road and neutral success against respected opponents and punish bad losses, and Evansvilleā€™s few quality moments have been swamped by results that look worse by venue, so their most reliable path to the NCAA field is to win the Missouri Valley tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Purdue7L82-51
11/12MTSU175L77-72
11/18UT Arlington160L84-76
11/21(N)Oregon St178W73-69
11/23(N)Akron60L97-59
11/24(N)Col Charleston151L78-59
12/3Ball St291W64-52
12/6@WKU148L80-79
12/13@Notre Dame87L82-58
12/16Belmont65L83-78
12/21Drake185L66-65
12/29@Bradley122L76-68
1/1@Illinois St104L73-47
1/4Northern Iowa76L62-48
1/7Murray St121L79-69
1/10@Indiana St201W72-69
1/13Bradley122L94-90
1/20@IL Chicago108L76-49
1/28@Drake185L82-78
1/31@Northern Iowa76L71-55
2/3Indiana St201L84-63
2/6@Valparaiso157L70-63
2/9Illinois St104W88-80
2/12@S Illinois116L86-60
2/18IL Chicago108L84-46
2/21@Murray St121L88-75
2/25@Belmont65L98-64
2/28Valparaiso157W80-79
3/1S Illinois116L81-67
3/5(N)Northern Iowa76L68-59