NCAA Tournament March Madness

#363 Gardner Webb

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Gardner‑Webb’s only realistic path to the NCAA Tournament runs through winning the conference tournament because the resume is defined by heavy road losses at power programs such as at Minnesota, at Clemson and at Tennessee and by lopsided defeats at midmajor road stops like at Elon, at DePaul and at Richmond, while the season’s brightest moments are limited to a competitive neutral-site outing against SE Louisiana and tight home showings versus Georgia Southern and Charleston Southern that do little to counter the damage from poor results away from home. The team’s inability to win consistently on the road undermines any at-large case, so the remaining slate of conference matchups at SC Upstate, at UNC Asheville and at Charleston Southern along with home games against Longwood, Presbyterian, Winthrop, High Point and Radford are the last straightforward opportunities to accrue résumé-changing wins before the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Minnesota83L87-60
11/7@Clemson28L97-59
11/15@Elon153L95-84
11/18@DePaul107L93-62
11/22@Richmond116L102-67
11/26(N)Navy193L84-51
11/28(N)SE Louisiana270L76-68
11/29@UNC Wilmington121L88-62
12/3@Queens NC162L107-74
12/6Ga Southern244L88-84
12/15Wofford223L83-57
12/21@Tennessee23L94-52
12/31Charleston So227L89-79
1/3@Winthrop126L88-77
1/7@High Point96L104-49
1/14Radford256L89-80
1/17Presbyterian274L92-55
1/21@Longwood276L91-56
1/23SC Upstate29423%
1/24SC Upstate29423%
1/29@UNC Asheville2174%
1/31@Charleston So2275%
2/4Longwood27620%
2/7@Presbyterian2748%
2/12Winthrop1265%
2/14@High Point961%
2/19@Radford2566%
2/26UNC Asheville21713%
2/28@SC Upstate29410%