NCAA Tournament March Madness

#201 Indiana St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Indiana State projects as a team that needs the conference’s automatic bid because its résumé is anchored by a signature home victory over Belmont but otherwise lacks the kind of road and neutral-site wins that catch a committee’s eye. A lopsided trip to Duke and a neutral-site loss to Alcorn State are damaging, and repeated conference setbacks at places like Northern Iowa, Bradley and Murray State expose uneven play away from home despite useful road wins at SIUE, Milwaukee and Evansville. With few quality victories outside its own arena and several bad losses on the ledger, the Missouri Valley tournament is the clearest remaining avenue to the national field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Charlotte183L92-76
11/10@SIUE256W64-55
11/14@Duke1L100-62
11/19Louisiana Tech203W60-51
11/22Ball St294W70-52
11/26@Louisiana Tech203L75-73
11/28(N)Alcorn St346L81-74
12/7Southern Indiana339W77-55
12/14@WI Milwaukee268W70-68
12/18Bradley123L108-99
12/21@Illinois St103L85-65
12/29Belmont69W81-80
1/1@Northern Iowa72L75-66
1/4@Drake197L74-72
1/10Evansville308L72-69
1/14Illinois St103W94-89
1/17@Murray St122L85-81
1/21@Bradley123L75-68
1/24Drake197L76-62
1/27@IL Chicago105L76-74
1/31Valparaiso158L76-72
2/3@Evansville308W84-63
2/9S Illinois117L80-65
2/12Murray St122L74-72
2/15@Valparaiso158L76-75
2/18Northern Iowa72L81-60
2/21@Belmont69L87-70
2/25@S Illinois117L66-55
3/1IL Chicago105W79-63
3/5(N)Valparaiso158L63-62