NCAA Tournament March Madness

#182 Kennesaw

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Kennesaw’s profile reads like a resume with headline wins and ugly footnotes, which is exactly why the projection makes sense. Road victories at WKU and FGCU, a strong home showing against New Mexico State and a neutral-site triumph over Rice give the committee clear examples of the Owls winning away from their own gym, but those bright spots are tempered by ugly losses at Delaware and Jacksonville State and a string of defeats to MTSU and Sam Houston State plus the neutral loss to Alabama that create damaging blemishes. The earlier road trip to Liberty was a missed chance to add a marquee result and the upcoming home meeting with Liberty is the clearest opportunity to change the narrative while the home date with Delaware and road tests at UTEP and at New Mexico State are meaningful remaining chances to repair the resume. Take care of those chances and the profile moves from borderline to firmly in, stumble and the bad losses will keep the committee uneasy.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Florida A&M328W92-72
11/16South Florida55L108-89
11/24(N)Rice236W89-84
11/25(N)Oral Roberts332L91-83
11/26@FGCU246W102-100
12/2Jackson St337W88-73
12/6Georgia St296W92-69
12/17@MTSU178L68-67
12/21(N)Alabama20L92-81
1/2@Liberty104L81-73
1/4@Delaware277L67-52
1/7Missouri St217W90-80
1/10Jacksonville St206W88-82
1/14Florida Intl197W89-86
1/17@WKU159W81-65
1/21@Sam Houston St107L93-87
1/23@Louisiana Tech233L82-76
1/28WKU159W72-69
1/31New Mexico St171W76-53
2/7@Jacksonville St206L77-58
2/12MTSU178L90-87
2/14Sam Houston St107L83-79
2/18@Missouri St217W91-87
2/21Louisiana Tech233W58-55
2/26Liberty10443%
2/28Delaware27778%
3/5@UTEP26457%
3/7@New Mexico St17137%