NCAA Tournament March Madness

#181 Florida Intl

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Florida International’s resume is defined by a handful of tidy midmajor wins — NE Omaha, FGCU, Jacksonville and LIU Brooklyn — offset by a string of heavy road defeats at Nebraska, LSU and Miami and an upsetting loss to James Madison that leave obvious blemishes. The program lacks a true marquee victory on the road or at a neutral site to counter those blowouts, so the committee will look closely at how the team handles the conference slate. There are immediate chances to repair the profile with home tests against Liberty, New Mexico State and UTEP and a run of meaningful road assignments at Missouri State, Jacksonville State, Liberty and other conference foes that will show whether this group can win away from home. Turning those opportunities into quality outcomes would erase much of the damage from the nonconference losses while more disappointing results on the road would reinforce the negative takeaways, so Florida International’s fate now hinges on performance in the remaining conference stretch.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Nebraska22L96-66
11/13@LSU40L98-81
11/24James Madison205L80-72
11/26NE Omaha233W74-61
12/3FGCU178W89-83
12/6Jacksonville313W88-65
12/16@Miami FL36L98-81
12/20LIU Brooklyn213W86-79
12/28Liberty10339%
1/2New Mexico St13349%
1/4UTEP21467%
1/7@Jacksonville St24051%
1/10@Missouri St26956%
1/14@Kennesaw16234%
1/17Sam Houston St11844%
1/22@UTEP21446%
1/24@New Mexico St13328%
1/28Jacksonville St24072%
2/4@MTSU15834%
2/7@WKU14731%
2/12Delaware26876%
2/14Louisiana Tech18863%
2/19@Liberty10320%
2/21Missouri St26976%
2/26@Sam Houston St11824%
2/28@Louisiana Tech18841%
3/5MTSU15855%
3/7WKU14753%