NCAA Tournament March Madness

#88 High Point

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Projection: likely out

High Point’s résumé reads like an efficient offense backed by a resume of convincing nonconference wins and a couple of damaging defeats. The neutral-site victory over Furman and blowouts of lesser opponents underline an ability to score, but the road loss at UAB and the close setback to Southern Illinois expose a porous defense and raise concerns about performance away from home. Most of the remaining schedule comes against conference foes that will not hand a marquee scalp on a platter, so the season will hinge on taking advantage of true road opportunities at places such as Winthrop, Charleston Southern, UNC Asheville and Longwood while avoiding slips at Radford and Presbyterian; until those kinds of road wins arrive alongside cleaner defensive work, the profile looks like an offensively talented team whose conference slate limits its margin for error.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Furman155W97-71
11/11Jacksonville290W85-64
11/14@UAB104L91-74
11/17Canisius352W93-50
11/20(N)IL Chicago203W90-80
11/22(N)Incarnate Word192W91-80
11/29W Carolina276W93-73
12/3S Illinois117L86-84
12/5NJIT348W89-72
12/14(N)Appalachian St27787%
12/19La Salle25190%
12/22Bryant30595%
12/31@UNC Asheville20671%
1/3Longwood29894%
1/7Gardner Webb35699%
1/10@Charleston So26779%
1/14@Winthrop11448%
1/17SC Upstate25891%
1/24@Radford25277%
1/29Presbyterian26692%
1/31@Longwood29884%
2/4Charleston So26792%
2/7Radford25290%
2/12@SC Upstate25878%
2/14Gardner Webb35699%
2/19UNC Asheville20687%
2/21Winthrop11470%
2/26@Presbyterian26679%