NCAA Tournament March Madness

#152 Furman

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Furman’s profile reads like a résumé with bright moments paired with a few damaging slips, which explains its standing. A neutral victory over Richmond and true road wins at Elon and Manhattan, plus quality home results against Harvard and Charleston Southern, demonstrate the team can win away from its building and on neutral floors. Those positives are undermined by a humbling neutral loss to High Point and a poor road showing at Northern Iowa along with a neutral setback at Illinois State that leave the résumé uneven. The Southern Conference slate still presents multiple chances to add meaningful road and neutral wins in places such as Chattanooga, Mercer and VMI and a tough trip to ETSU while home dates against Wofford, Citadel and UNC Greensboro are opportunities to avoid damaging results. Until Furman collects a couple more signature wins or makes a strong run through the league tournament, the profile will be attractive but fragile in the committee’s eyes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)High Point94L97-71
11/7Troy138L64-61
11/14@Northern Iowa91L70-54
11/23Queens NC214W90-79
11/27(N)Richmond110W73-72
11/28(N)Illinois St78L72-65
12/3@Elon149W97-88
12/6Harvard182W79-69
12/18@Manhattan313W75-68
12/21Charleston So220W84-76
12/31Mercer16264%
1/3W Carolina28082%
1/7@Chattanooga24057%
1/10VMI33291%
1/14@Samford24257%
1/17Wofford22675%
1/21@Citadel35888%
1/24@UNC Greensboro29067%
1/29Samford24277%
2/1Chattanooga24077%
2/4@ETSU12632%
2/8UNC Greensboro29084%
2/11@Mercer16241%
2/14@VMI33277%
2/18ETSU12654%
2/21@Wofford22655%
2/25Citadel35896%
2/28@W Carolina28064%