NCAA Tournament March Madness

#175 MTSU

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

MTSU’s season is a study in mixed signals, with a neutral win over Murray State and road victories at New Mexico State and Evansville providing glimpses of resume-building potential while blowout losses at Michigan, Houston and Belmont and damaging road defeats at Delaware and WKU undercut its at-large credentials, so the clear path to the NCAA field runs through Conference USA’s tournament. Home achievements like the lopsided win over Louisiana Tech and the victory over UAB help, but they do not erase a pattern of inconsistency away from home and several missed opportunities in close games. A final road trip to Missouri State offers a chance to add a true quality road win, but until that result arrives the committee will view the profile as short on the kind of marquee, road and neutral victories that normally earn at-large invitations.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/12@Evansville305W77-72
11/19@Michigan2L86-61
11/23(N)Murray St121W90-87
11/24(N)G Washington78L92-79
11/25(N)McNeese St67L72-62
12/1UAB119W76-61
12/7Belmont65L83-62
12/17Kennesaw176W68-67
12/29@Houston6L69-60
1/2Louisiana Tech232W88-51
1/4Sam Houston St105W68-67
1/8@UTEP275L83-80
1/10@New Mexico St183W59-55
1/14@Louisiana Tech232L59-58
1/17Missouri St202W90-87
1/23@Jacksonville St207L75-58
1/29Liberty118L81-65
1/31WKU148L65-60
2/4Florida Intl208L88-84
2/7@Delaware270L89-88
2/12@Kennesaw176W90-87
2/14@WKU148L82-80
2/18@Sam Houston St105L78-70
2/21Delaware270W78-66
2/26UTEP275W77-67
2/28New Mexico St183W86-85
3/5@Florida Intl208W73-67
3/7@Missouri St20245%