NCAA Tournament March Madness

#41 Indiana

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Projection: next four out

Indiana’s résumé pairs a handful of bona fide signature wins with a string of damaging losses, and that split profile is why the committee would treat the Hoosiers cautiously. They have beaten big-name opponents in tough spots, most notably a road win at UCLA and a home victory over Purdue, and follow-up scalps of Washington, Oregon and Kansas State show they can beat quality teams. Those high points are undercut by heavy defeats away at Illinois, Michigan and Purdue, a neutral-site loss to Louisville and a troubling home setback to Nebraska, which reveal an inconsistency that hurts their résumé. A meaningful road trip to Ohio State remains as a clear opportunity to add the sort of resume-building victory that offsets those bad losses, but until that chance is decided the mix of marquee wins and damaging losses explains a cautious committee outlook.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Alabama A&M298W98-51
11/9(N)Marquette91W100-77
11/12WI Milwaukee269W101-70
11/16Incarnate Word267W69-61
11/20Lindenwood266W73-53
11/25Kansas St100W86-69
11/29Bethune-Cookman235W100-56
12/3@Minnesota72L73-64
12/6(N)Louisville16L87-78
12/9Penn St137W113-72
12/13@Kentucky26L72-60
12/20Chicago St344W78-58
12/22Siena209W81-60
1/4Washington51W90-80
1/7@Maryland134W84-66
1/10Nebraska12L83-77
1/13@Michigan St10L81-60
1/17Iowa23L74-57
1/20@Michigan2L86-72
1/23@Rutgers133W82-59
1/27Purdue7W72-67
1/31@UCLA34W98-97
2/3@USC70L81-75
2/7Wisconsin25W78-77
2/9Oregon99W92-74
2/15@Illinois5L71-51
2/20@Purdue7L93-64
2/24Northwestern66L72-68
3/1Michigan St10L77-64
3/4Minnesota72W77-47
3/7@Ohio St2733%