NCAA Tournament March Madness

#105 IL Chicago

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Projection: likely out

Chicago’s résumé sits on the wrong side of the bubble because its sporadic quality wins are swamped by a string of damaging setbacks and an absence of a true signature victory. The program flashed potential with road wins at Illinois State and at Northern Iowa, convincing neutral-site victories over Murray State and Drake, and blowouts at Evansville and at Bradley, which show it can win away from home. Those moments are offset by ugly blemishes, most notably the home loss to Arkansas Pine Bluff and road defeats at Yale and at Belmont plus nonconference slips at Oregon State and Robert Morris, and the neutral-site loss to Northern Iowa to close the stretch leaves few obvious opportunities on the current profile to flip the resume into clear tournament standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Detroit217W91-71
11/7@Oregon St177L76-73
11/15@Chicago St344W67-63
11/20(N)High Point92L90-80
11/22(N)Southern Indiana339W84-73
11/26@Robert Morris144L88-74
12/3Ark Pine Bluff314L63-62
12/7@Yale76L80-66
12/13@Belmont69L87-84
12/17Northern Iowa71L60-54
12/21@Charlotte183L88-76
1/1Murray St122L81-77
1/4@Valparaiso157L66-59
1/7S Illinois116W70-57
1/10@Illinois St103W63-59
1/13@Northern Iowa71W69-61
1/17Drake197W74-67
1/20Evansville308W76-49
1/24@Bradley123W85-70
1/27Indiana St201W76-74
1/31@S Illinois116W68-66
2/3@Murray St122L81-74
2/6Belmont69L68-62
2/12@Drake197W80-70
2/15Illinois St103W83-56
2/18@Evansville308W84-46
2/21Valparaiso157L71-67
2/24Bradley123W93-86
3/1@Indiana St201L79-63
3/6(N)Murray St122W92-79
3/7(N)Drake197W72-51
3/8(N)Northern Iowa71L84-69