NCAA Tournament March Madness

#46 Indiana

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Projection: next four out

Indiana’s résumé fits the bubble profile because it pairs marquee moments with damaging lapses: signature victories include a home win over Purdue, a neutral-site upset of Marquette and a tough road victory at UCLA, and the roster handled lower-tier opponents convincingly, but those highs are blunted by ugly losses away at Michigan, Michigan State and Illinois plus a painful road defeat at Purdue and a string of inconsistent conference results. The selection committee will respect the big wins and the ability to win on the road, yet it will also be concerned by the lopsided setbacks and uneven play away from home, which is why the team currently projects to the play-in round unless it can use remaining neutral-site or conference tournament chances to erase the bad losses with another clean stretch against quality opponents.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Alabama A&M307W98-51
11/9(N)Marquette84W100-77
11/12WI Milwaukee268W101-70
11/16Incarnate Word266W69-61
11/20Lindenwood267W73-53
11/25Kansas St101W86-69
11/29Bethune-Cookman243W100-56
12/3@Minnesota77L73-64
12/6(N)Louisville19L87-78
12/9Penn St138W113-72
12/13@Kentucky28L72-60
12/20Chicago St344W78-58
12/22Siena192W81-60
1/4Washington53W90-80
1/7@Maryland120W84-66
1/10Nebraska14L83-77
1/13@Michigan St9L81-60
1/17Iowa25L74-57
1/20@Michigan3L86-72
1/23@Rutgers124W82-59
1/27Purdue8W72-67
1/31@UCLA27W98-97
2/3@USC80L81-75
2/7Wisconsin22W78-77
2/9Oregon99W92-74
2/15@Illinois7L71-51
2/20@Purdue8L93-64
2/24Northwestern57L72-68
3/1Michigan St9L77-64
3/4Minnesota77W77-47
3/7@Ohio St26L91-78
3/11(N)Northwestern57L74-61