NCAA Tournament March Madness

#155 FGCU

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

FGCU's path to the NCAA Tournament runs through its conference because the résumé combines solid midmajor wins with a handful of damaging setbacks that leave little room for error, so the automatic qualifier is the clearest route. The season's best moments — a road victory at Samford and quality wins over Chattanooga, Oral Roberts and Rice — demonstrate the offense can beat respectable opponents and pick up wins away from home. The worst moments undermine that promise, a lopsided loss at Illinois and unexpected defeats to Ga Southern and Kennesaw exposing inconsistency and a lack of signature victories against power conference foes. Tough remaining road tests at Florida Intl, New Mexico and UCF and the conference road stretch against Austin Peay, Lipscomb and Jacksonville give the team chances to bolster its case but also present difficult outs, so winning the Atlantic Sun tournament remains the most straightforward way for this FGCU team to reach the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Illinois14L113-70
11/11Ga Southern255L95-94
11/15Chattanooga178W91-73
11/19@Samford234W77-62
11/24Oral Roberts292W93-88
11/25Rice215W78-63
11/26Kennesaw170L102-100
12/3@Florida Intl20949%
12/7FL Atlantic11046%
12/14@New Mexico10423%
12/20@UCF6714%
1/1@Cent Arkansas28562%
1/3@North Alabama26958%
1/8Austin Peay16262%
1/10Lipscomb16563%
1/15Queens NC20268%
1/17West Georgia29883%
1/22@Austin Peay16240%
1/24@Lipscomb16541%
1/29North Alabama26978%
1/31@Jacksonville26658%
2/5@E Kentucky26858%
2/7@Bellarmine27761%
2/11North Florida33489%
2/14Stetson33889%
2/19Jacksonville26678%
2/21Cent Arkansas28581%
2/26@North Florida33474%
2/28@Stetson33874%