NCAA Tournament March Madness

#246 FGCU

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

FGCU’s résumé shows flashes of quality but not enough signature road or neutral wins, with its best results including a road victory at Samford and nonconference home defeats of Oral Roberts and Rice while a blowout at Illinois and tough trips to New Mexico and UCF significantly weaken the profile. Conference play has been uneven because wins over North Florida and Jacksonville are countered by damaging home setbacks to Lipscomb and Austin Peay, leaving the overall body of work short on the type of high-end victories a committee rewards. That reality makes winning the Atlantic Sun tournament the clearest path to the NCAA tournament, though finishing the regular season with a strong road trip to North Florida and Stetson and taking care of the home date with Jacksonville would at least build momentum and give the Eagles a clearer case.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Illinois4L113-70
11/11Ga Southern272L95-94
11/15Chattanooga290W91-73
11/19@Samford204W77-62
11/24Oral Roberts332W93-88
11/25Rice236W78-63
11/26Kennesaw182L102-100
12/3@Florida Intl197L89-83
12/7FL Atlantic121L81-76
12/14@New Mexico43L75-59
12/20@UCF49L102-80
1/1@Cent Arkansas162L85-83
1/3@North Alabama341W72-55
1/8Austin Peay141L82-71
1/10Lipscomb168L84-77
1/15Queens NC202L85-74
1/17West Georgia319W90-72
1/22@Austin Peay141L83-62
1/23@Lipscomb168L86-71
1/29North Alabama341W72-64
1/31@Jacksonville306W68-49
2/5@E Kentucky281L76-74
2/7@Bellarmine280L81-65
2/11North Florida334W90-81
2/14Stetson323W78-76
2/18Jacksonville306W86-84
2/19Jacksonville30675%
2/21Cent Arkansas162W75-71
2/26@North Florida33465%
2/28@Stetson32360%