NCAA Tournament March Madness

#223 James Madison

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

James Madison's placement as a team that likely needs the automatic qualifier follows a resume with a few solid home and neutral wins but no signature victory away from campus and several damaging road defeats. The Dukes beat Old Dominion at home, collected a road win at Arkansas State and logged a neutral nonconference victory, yet losses at Akron, Longwood and on the road at Arkansas exposed defensive inconsistencies and left them without the kind of marquee road or neutral success that a committee rewards. Upcoming trips to Coastal Carolina and Georgia State and home dates with Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina give clear chances to reshape the resume, but as it stands the mix of respectable home results and poor showings away makes the conference tournament the most straightforward path to the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Akron66L85-71
11/9Coppin St364W84-70
11/12@Longwood284L82-72
11/15@LIU Brooklyn208L88-79
11/18Towson168W81-75
11/24@Florida Intl202W80-72
11/25(N)NE Omaha251W88-77
11/29@George Mason96L82-66
12/3NC Central346W67-62
12/6Norfolk St311W68-67
12/17@Old Dominion243L77-68
12/20@Ga Southern278L96-92
12/29@Arkansas18L103-74
1/3@Arkansas St148W78-74
1/7Marshall170L66-64
1/10Old Dominion243W70-69
1/15@Appalachian St175L80-65
1/17@Marshall170L77-72
1/22South Alabama194L90-83
1/24Texas St245W82-57
1/29@Troy138W73-64
1/31@Southern Miss241L73-65
2/4Louisiana306L64-61
2/7Toledo160W73-71
2/12Georgia St293W81-79
2/14Appalachian St175W69-58
2/18@Coastal Car23241%
2/21@Georgia St29354%
2/25Ga Southern27872%
2/27Coastal Car23263%