NCAA Tournament March Madness

#154 Furman

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Furman’s résumé is defined by a few headline-grabbing highs and a couple of damaging lows, which makes the projection understandable: the neutral-site victory over Richmond and the road win at Elon are the kinds of signature results that catch a committee’s eye, and steady home wins over Harvard and Queens reinforce that the team can finish off manageable opponents, but a heavy neutral loss to High Point and nonconference defeats at Northern Iowa and in that neutral setback to Illinois State expose inconsistency away from home. The schedule has provided chances to prove itself against respectable midmajor competition yet Furman’s wins of consequence are clustered and its worst results came when it needed to demonstrate resilience on the road or at neutral sites. With a run that still includes true road tests at ETSU and Wofford, plus routine opportunities against Citadel and VMI and a chance to settle the home-and-away series with Chattanooga, the team can still reshape how its résumé reads, but those remaining road and neutral outcomes will largely determine whether the eye-catching Richmond win outweighs the earlier blemishes.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)High Point88L97-71
11/7Troy148L64-61
11/14@Northern Iowa98L70-54
11/23Queens NC190W90-79
11/27(N)Richmond100W73-72
11/28(N)Illinois St103L72-65
12/3@Elon171W97-88
12/6Harvard208W79-69
12/18@Manhattan31070%
12/21Charleston So26780%
12/31Mercer16965%
1/3W Carolina27681%
1/7@Chattanooga22353%
1/10VMI33189%
1/14@Samford24356%
1/17Wofford25378%
1/21@Citadel36288%
1/24@UNC Greensboro27462%
1/29Samford24377%
2/1Chattanooga22374%
2/4@ETSU11127%
2/8UNC Greensboro27481%
2/11@Mercer16943%
2/14@VMI33176%
2/18ETSU11148%
2/21@Wofford25358%
2/25Citadel36296%
2/28@W Carolina27662%