NCAA Tournament March Madness

#361 Gardner Webb

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Gardner-Webb’s resume reads like a team whose only realistic path to the NCAA field is the Big South’s automatic bid because there are virtually no resume-building wins to offset a string of lopsided defeats away from home. The program’s best moments come from narrow victories over SC Upstate, including a hard-fought neutral-site triumph, but those are overwhelmed by blowouts at Minnesota, Clemson, Tennessee, DePaul and Richmond and by continued struggles on the road in conference at places such as Winthrop, High Point, Longwood and UNC Asheville. Neutral-site opportunities against Navy and SE Louisiana also ended poorly so there is nothing on the ledger that suggests Gardner-Webb can claim a signature win away from its home building. With road and neutral performance consistently weak and quality wins missing, winning the conference tournament is the clear and necessary route to the NCAA field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Minnesota77L87-60
11/7@Clemson36L97-59
11/15@Elon230L95-84
11/18@DePaul102L93-62
11/22@Richmond160L102-67
11/26(N)Navy142L84-51
11/28(N)SE Louisiana285L76-68
11/29@UNC Wilmington110L88-62
12/3@Queens NC181L107-74
12/6Ga Southern235L88-84
12/15Wofford253L83-57
12/21@Tennessee16L94-52
12/31Charleston So241L89-79
1/3@Winthrop155L88-77
1/7@High Point92L104-49
1/14Radford257L89-80
1/17Presbyterian270L92-55
1/21@Longwood271L91-56
1/23SC Upstate302W67-65
1/29@UNC Asheville246L69-50
2/4Longwood271L86-66
2/7@Presbyterian270L68-62
2/12Winthrop155L103-85
2/14High Point92L112-87
2/17@Charleston So241L75-66
2/19@Radford257L82-70
2/26UNC Asheville246L77-71
2/28@SC Upstate302L71-61
3/4(N)SC Upstate302W65-64
3/6(N)High Point92L81-59