NCAA Tournament March Madness

#188 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
11/3Detroit295W91-71
11/7@Oregon St169L76-73
11/15@Chicago St357W67-63
11/20(N)High Point87L90-80
11/22(N)Southern Indiana312W84-73
11/26@Robert Morris175L88-74
12/3Ark Pine Bluff347L63-62
12/7@Yale78L80-66
12/13@Belmont7913%
12/17Northern Iowa9134%
12/21@Charlotte20441%
1/1Murray St9736%
1/4@Valparaiso20041%
1/7S Illinois12143%
1/10@Illinois St10018%
1/13@Northern Iowa9116%
1/17Drake13247%
1/20Evansville28777%
1/24@Bradley12624%
1/27Indiana St18561%
1/31@S Illinois12123%
2/3@Murray St9718%
2/6Belmont7929%
2/12@Drake13226%
2/15Illinois St10037%
2/18@Evansville28757%
2/21Valparaiso20063%
2/24Bradley12645%
3/1@Indiana St18538%