NCAA Tournament March Madness

#348 IUPUI

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

The résumé is defined by a couple of flashes of promise and too many damaging setbacks, so the current standing is understandable: a road victory at Eastern Michigan and a home win over Morehead State show the team can close against midlevel competition, but blowout losses at Ohio State and at Butler and a lopsided home loss to Youngstown State have undone much of that goodwill, and additional road defeats at Air Force, Detroit and Charleston Southern reinforce concerns about consistency away from home. With a difficult trip to Grand Canyon and another road date at Cleveland State looming, plus a conference slate that includes visits to Northern Kentucky, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Oakland and home chances against Wright State, Robert Morris, Detroit and a return game with Cleveland State, there are still clear opportunities to rebuild the case. What matters to a selection committee is a couple of meaningful road or neutral wins and an avoidance of more bad losses, and until those conference chances turn into signature results the résumé will feel fragile despite a handful of encouraging moments.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Ohio St39L118-102
11/6LIU Brooklyn215L94-90
11/8@Butler52L112-80
11/14@E Michigan212W90-83
11/18@Charleston So266L103-91
11/21(N)Alabama St260L101-80
11/23@Air Force325L98-85
11/29Morehead St317W85-80
12/3@Detroit295L92-78
12/6Youngstown St164L78-55
12/11WI Green Bay274L85-75
12/22@Grand Canyon923%
12/29@Cleveland St31929%
1/1@N Kentucky19511%
1/4Wright St14117%
1/9@WI Green Bay27419%
1/11@WI Milwaukee24116%
1/15Robert Morris17623%
1/17Detroit29543%
1/21@Oakland1497%
1/25PFW22931%
1/28@Robert Morris1769%
1/30@Youngstown St1648%
2/7Cleveland St31951%
2/12N Kentucky19525%
2/15@PFW22915%
2/19@Wright St1416%
2/25Oakland14918%
2/28WI Milwaukee24133%