NCAA Tournament March Madness

#86 Illinois St

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Projection: likely out

Illinois State’s body of work shows real upside in a handful of eye-catching performances, namely road success at Long Beach State and neutral-site wins over Charlotte and Furman coupled with a home victory over Northern Iowa, but that upside is undercut by damaging setbacks like the nonconference loss at Ohio, the blowout at USC and disappointing results against UIC and at Valparaiso, so the ledger lacks the consistent signature wins committees prize. The remaining slate gives clear chances to change the narrative with a road trip to Belmont or Murray State and with home dates against Drake and Belmont, yet failure in those tests will keep the team on the outside looking in.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@Ohio221L72-68
11/9Cornell187W76-65
11/14(N)USC51L87-67
11/16@Long Beach St229W82-80
11/23Coastal Car247W94-42
11/27(N)Charlotte179W79-69
11/28(N)Furman174W72-65
12/3E Kentucky254W89-78
12/6Chicago St356W95-53
12/13(N)Utah St34L83-78
12/18@S Illinois138W75-68
12/21Indiana St194W85-65
12/29@Drake164W73-56
1/1Evansville289W73-47
1/7@Valparaiso158L77-71
1/10IL Chicago150L63-59
1/14@Indiana St194L94-89
1/17Bradley137W88-62
1/21Northern Iowa108W59-54
1/25@Belmont6332%
1/28@Murray St9140%
2/3S Illinois13876%
2/6Drake16481%
2/9@Evansville28983%
2/12Valparaiso15880%
2/15@IL Chicago15059%
2/18Murray St9162%
2/21@Bradley13755%
2/25@Northern Iowa10847%
3/1Belmont6354%