NCAA Tournament March Madness

#336 IUPUI

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

IUPUI’s résumé leaves no comfortable path to an at-large berth because it is propped up by narrow wins and a road victory at Eastern Michigan while being undermined by heavy defeats on true road and neutral floors. Tight home results against Morehead State and Robert Morris offer some positives but are overwhelmed by the rout at Ohio State, the poor outing at Butler and lopsided losses at Youngstown State, Wright State and Green Bay that will stick with a committee. The remaining slate includes a home date with Cleveland State and road tests at Oakland, Robert Morris, Wright State and other Horizon opponents where road or neutral wins would alter the narrative, yet until IUPUI delivers those resume-changing results it looks like a team that will need the conference automatic qualifier to reach the NCAA tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Ohio St35L118-102
11/6LIU Brooklyn209L94-90
11/8@Butler56L112-80
11/14@E Michigan188W90-83
11/18@Charleston So221L103-91
11/21(N)Alabama St297L101-80
11/23@Air Force339L98-85
11/29Morehead St294W85-80
12/3@Detroit281L92-78
12/6Youngstown St212L78-55
12/11WI Green Bay238L85-75
12/22@Grand Canyon84L91-78
12/29@Cleveland St333L99-86
1/1@N Kentucky169L81-72
1/4Wright St130L81-77
1/9@WI Green Bay238L75-59
1/11@WI Milwaukee253L95-83
1/15Robert Morris202W96-93
1/17Detroit281L80-77
1/21@Oakland1095%
1/25PFW22933%
1/28@Robert Morris20213%
1/30@Youngstown St21214%
2/7Cleveland St33360%
2/12N Kentucky16924%
2/15@PFW22916%
2/19@Wright St1306%
2/25Oakland10913%
2/28WI Milwaukee25337%