NCAA Tournament March Madness

#270 Evansville

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Evansville's nonconference slate produced a neutral-site knockout of Oregon State but was marred by damaging blowouts at Purdue, Akron and Notre Dame that loom over the résumé, while gritty, razor-thin defeats at Western Kentucky and Drake show the team can hang on the road without delivering the kind of signature road or neutral wins that committees prize. The profile includes a home victory over Ball State that helps locally but does little to counterbalance heavy losses and a lack of quality wins away from home. A string of Missouri Valley tests — highlighted by road trips to Belmont, Murray State and Northern Iowa and key home dates with Illinois State and Valparaiso — creates clear chances to turn borderline results into résumé-changing wins or to fall into deeper trouble if close games again go the wrong way.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Purdue4L82-51
11/12MTSU147L77-72
11/18UT Arlington170L84-76
11/21(N)Oregon St178W73-69
11/23(N)Akron56L97-59
11/24(N)Col Charleston180L78-59
12/3Ball St315W64-52
12/6@WKU160L80-79
12/13@Notre Dame58L82-58
12/16Belmont71L83-78
12/21Drake154L66-65
12/29@Bradley122L76-68
1/1@Illinois St787%
1/4Northern Iowa9120%
1/7Murray St9621%
1/10@Indiana St18825%
1/13Bradley12229%
1/20@IL Chicago20828%
1/25S Illinois12029%
1/28@Drake15419%
1/31@Northern Iowa918%
2/3Indiana St18846%
2/6@Valparaiso20928%
2/9Illinois St7817%
2/12@S Illinois12013%
2/18IL Chicago20849%
2/21@Murray St969%
2/25@Belmont716%
2/28Valparaiso20949%