NCAA Tournament March Madness

#181 MTSU

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

MTSU’s résumé contains enough bright spots to keep hope alive but also enough damaging results that the clearest path to the field runs through the conference tournament. A neutral-site victory over Murray State and road wins at New Mexico State and Evansville along with a statement home victory over Louisiana Tech show the program can win away from home and on a stage. Heavy losses at Michigan and Houston and uncomfortable defeats to Belmont and Liberty plus close setbacks at Delaware and UTEP blunt those positives and will leave committee members wary. Upcoming road tests at WKU and Missouri State and home chances against Delaware and UTEP are clear opportunities to repair the profile but unless those chances are seized the automatic berth is the most certain outcome.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/12@Evansville297W77-72
11/19@Michigan1L86-61
11/23(N)Murray St108W90-87
11/24(N)G Washington77L92-79
11/25(N)McNeese St64L72-62
12/1UAB120W76-61
12/7Belmont61L83-62
12/17Kennesaw182W68-67
12/29@Houston4L69-60
1/2Louisiana Tech237W88-51
1/4Sam Houston St110W68-67
1/8@UTEP264L83-80
1/10@New Mexico St165W59-55
1/14@Louisiana Tech237L59-58
1/17Missouri St215W90-87
1/23@Jacksonville St211L75-58
1/29Liberty89L81-65
1/31WKU174L65-60
2/4Florida Intl202L88-84
2/7@Delaware267L89-88
2/12@Kennesaw182W90-87
2/14@WKU17438%
2/18@Sam Houston St11023%
2/21Delaware26777%
2/26UTEP26477%
2/28New Mexico St16558%
3/5@Florida Intl20242%
3/7@Missouri St21545%