NCAA Tournament March Madness

#196 Marshall

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Marshall's standing as a team that likely must secure the conference's automatic bid is clear from its resume: it boasts quality road wins at Massachusetts and Toledo and solid league victories such as the win at James Madison and the home result over WKU, but those highs are countered by a bruising road loss at Virginia and surprising home setbacks like the defeat to Lipscomb that expose persistent defensive inconsistency. The Herd has proven it can win away from home yet has also dropped games at conference venues where committees prize steadiness, and several damaging losses dilute the value of its better wins. With no signature nonconference scalp to wash out the bad results, the Sun Belt tournament becomes the decisive opportunity because otherwise the mix of respectable wins and clear blemishes leaves little margin for an at-large case.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Massachusetts198W78-72
11/8@Toledo136W85-73
11/12Elon226W96-89
11/15@Virginia19L104-78
11/20Ark Pine Bluff314W98-70
11/23Mercyhurst285W69-60
11/26Lipscomb197L90-67
12/3@UNC Wilmington102L70-69
12/6@Ohio227L88-81
12/10WKU148W77-61
12/13Wright St147W76-74
12/20@Troy158L70-63
12/31Georgia St310W84-80
1/3Appalachian St181W88-81
1/7@James Madison214W66-64
1/10@Georgia St310L81-73
1/14Coastal Car229L85-83
1/17James Madison214W77-72
1/22ULM350W115-60
1/28@Texas St244L72-68
1/31@Arkansas St153W70-61
2/4Southern Miss221W81-77
2/7Miami OH90L90-74
2/11@Old Dominion248W81-79
2/14@Ga Southern250L101-87
2/16South Alabama206W84-80
2/19@Appalachian St181W94-93
2/21@Coastal Car229L79-75
2/24Old Dominion248W97-88
2/27Ga Southern250L99-82