NCAA Tournament March Madness

#181 Florida Intl

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Florida International’s résumé is defined more by heavy road defeats at Nebraska and LSU and a damaging home loss to James Madison than by its mid‑major victories over FGCU, Nebraska Omaha and Jacksonville. Those wins show competence but not a signature triumph, and with a hostile trip to Miami looming and conference play offering matchups at Liberty, New Mexico State, Louisiana Tech and UTEP as well as rugged road tests at MTSU and WKU, the Panthers’ path forward is straightforward: they need a statement result away from home or on a neutral floor and must avoid additional bad losses to give a committee confidence that their résumé merits postseason consideration, otherwise an extended run in the conference tournament becomes the clearest route back into the conversation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Nebraska27L96-66
11/13@LSU39L98-81
11/24James Madison186L80-72
11/26NE Omaha245W74-61
12/3FGCU170W89-83
12/6Jacksonville290W88-65
12/16@Miami FL346%
12/20LIU Brooklyn23470%
12/28Liberty11342%
1/2New Mexico St13348%
1/4UTEP23570%
1/7@Jacksonville St23949%
1/10@Missouri St26054%
1/14@Kennesaw16636%
1/17Sam Houston St12144%
1/22@UTEP23549%
1/24@New Mexico St13327%
1/28Jacksonville St23970%
2/4@MTSU15534%
2/7@WKU14731%
2/12Delaware23370%
2/14Louisiana Tech18963%
2/19@Liberty11322%
2/21Missouri St26074%
2/26@Sam Houston St12124%
2/28@Louisiana Tech18941%
3/5MTSU15556%
3/7WKU14753%