NCAA Tournament March Madness

#203 IL Chicago

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Chicago’s resume is a study in contrasts: it has shown it can hang with upper-level teams in a tight road battle at Oregon State and a tough trip to Yale, and it owns respectable results like the road win at Chicago State, the home victory over Detroit, and a neutral-site win over Southern Indiana, but that promise is undermined by damaging setbacks such as the home loss to Arkansas Pine Bluff, the road defeat at Robert Morris, and the neutral loss to High Point. The nonconference body of work offers both encouraging flashes and ugly blemishes, and with a run of conference road tests at Belmont and Northern Iowa ahead alongside chances at home against league challengers like Murray State and Drake, the only clear way to alter the current standing is stringing meaningful wins away from home while avoiding any more high-profile slip-ups.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Detroit297W91-71
11/7@Oregon St180L76-73
11/15@Chicago St358W67-63
11/20(N)High Point88L90-80
11/22(N)Southern Indiana317W84-73
11/26@Robert Morris179L88-74
12/3Ark Pine Bluff347L63-62
12/7@Yale78L80-66
12/13@Belmont7411%
12/17Northern Iowa9833%
12/21@Charlotte20239%
1/1Murray St11238%
1/4@Valparaiso19839%
1/7S Illinois11739%
1/10@Illinois St10317%
1/13@Northern Iowa9816%
1/17Drake12642%
1/20Evansville28174%
1/24@Bradley12522%
1/27Indiana St18558%
1/31@S Illinois11720%
2/3@Murray St11219%
2/6Belmont7425%
2/12@Drake12622%
2/15Illinois St10335%
2/18@Evansville28153%
2/21Valparaiso19861%
2/24Bradley12542%
3/1@Indiana St18536%