NCAA Tournament March Madness

#174 Furman

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Furman’s profile shows clear highs and troubling lows that explain why its safest path to the NCAA tournament runs through the Southern’s automatic bid. The Panthers have flashed they can win tough games away from home with road victories at Elon and Chattanooga and they earned a resume-boosting neutral win over Richmond while home wins over Harvard and Mercer reinforce that capability. Those positives are offset by damaging setbacks, most notably a neutral loss to High Point and road defeats at Northern Iowa and Citadel plus untimely slips to Wofford and Western Carolina that blunt any at-large narrative. The remaining schedule still offers chances to erase those blemishes, chiefly in road tests at ETSU and Mercer and in other conference matchups where true road and neutral victories would swing perception, but until those signature wins arrive the pragmatic read is that Furman’s most reliable way into the Big Dance is by winning the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)High Point96L97-71
11/7Troy113L64-61
11/14@Northern Iowa108L70-54
11/23Queens NC162W90-79
11/27(N)Richmond116W73-72
11/28(N)Illinois St86L72-65
12/3@Elon153W97-88
12/6Harvard171W79-69
12/18@Manhattan336W75-68
12/21Charleston So227W84-76
12/31Mercer139W74-72
1/3W Carolina283L80-77
1/7@Chattanooga260W78-67
1/10VMI350W69-48
1/14@Samford257W77-73
1/17Wofford223L74-70
1/21@Citadel352L77-75
1/23@UNC Greensboro29563%
1/24@UNC Greensboro29563%
1/29Samford25775%
2/1Chattanooga26076%
2/4@ETSU13429%
2/8UNC Greensboro29582%
2/11@Mercer13931%
2/14@VMI35080%
2/18ETSU13451%
2/21@Wofford22348%
2/25Citadel35293%
2/28@W Carolina28361%