NCAA Tournament March Madness

#317 IUPUI

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

IUPUI projects to need its conference's automatic bid because its résumé is built more on sporadic offensive fireworks and a few solid wins than on the kind of road and neutral-site résumé committees reward, and those flashes are overwhelmed by a string of damaging defeats. Their best moments include a true road victory at Eastern Michigan and nonconference wins over Morehead State, Robert Morris, and Oakland, but those are offset by heavy losses at Ohio State and Butler and unsettling setbacks to LIU Brooklyn and Alabama State that expose a vulnerable defense on the road and at neutral sites. Conference play has so far offered mixed results and the remaining schedule presents a clear path to salvage the year with a home game against Cleveland State while also featuring difficult trips to Robert Morris and Wright State that are unlikely to move a committee needle without a signature win. Overall the profile reads like a team that can score in bunches but has accumulated too many damaging losses away from home to feel comfortable without winning the Horizon's automatic spot.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Ohio St35L118-102
11/6LIU Brooklyn212L94-90
11/8@Butler58L112-80
11/14@E Michigan188W90-83
11/18@Charleston So227L103-91
11/21(N)Alabama St304L101-80
11/23@Air Force340L98-85
11/29Morehead St298W85-80
12/3@Detroit285L92-78
12/6Youngstown St211L78-55
12/11WI Green Bay238L85-75
12/22@Grand Canyon82L91-78
12/29@Cleveland St320L99-86
1/1@N Kentucky170L81-72
1/4Wright St146L81-77
1/9@WI Green Bay238L75-59
1/11@WI Milwaukee249L95-83
1/15Robert Morris198W96-93
1/17Detroit285L80-77
1/21@Oakland129W103-85
1/25PFW22438%
1/28@Robert Morris19817%
1/30@Youngstown St21118%
2/7Cleveland St32062%
2/12N Kentucky17029%
2/15@PFW22420%
2/19@Wright St14610%
2/25Oakland12921%
2/28WI Milwaukee24943%