NCAA Tournament March Madness

#185 Florida Intl

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Florida International’s résumé explains why it needs the Conference USA automatic berth. Its best moments are wins over New Mexico State, FGCU and Nebraska Omaha and a tight loss to Liberty that showed it can hang with respectable opponents. Its worst moments are lopsided road defeats at Nebraska, LSU and Miami and damaging setbacks to James Madison and Kennesaw that will leave the committee uneasy. The team lacks eye‑catching road victories and its inability to perform away from home is the central flaw, so the remaining slate of home dates with Delaware and Louisiana Tech plus opportunities against Missouri State, Jacksonville State and road trips to New Mexico State, Liberty, MTSU and WKU are the places to repair that résumé. Without resume‑changing wins in those spots the clean path to the field runs through the conference automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Nebraska13L96-66
11/13@LSU42L98-81
11/24James Madison239L80-72
11/26NE Omaha269W74-61
12/3FGCU214W89-83
12/6Jacksonville286W88-65
12/16@Miami FL37L98-81
12/20LIU Brooklyn212W86-79
12/28Liberty94L97-94
1/2New Mexico St124W89-74
1/4UTEP279W76-64
1/7@Jacksonville St235L71-64
1/10@Missouri St206L79-71
1/14@Kennesaw159L89-86
1/17Sam Houston St110L76-63
1/22@UTEP27958%
1/24@New Mexico St12425%
1/28Jacksonville St23569%
2/4@MTSU13227%
2/7@WKU16936%
2/12Delaware29781%
2/14Louisiana Tech24872%
2/19@Liberty9418%
2/21Missouri St20665%
2/26@Sam Houston St11022%
2/28@Louisiana Tech24850%
3/5MTSU13248%
3/7WKU16958%