NCAA Tournament March Madness

#99 Memphis

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Projection: likely out

Memphis’ profile reads like a team whose signature home win over Baylor is outweighed by too many damaging results away from campus and on neutral floors. The Tigers have solid wins over opponents such as San Francisco and New Orleans but suffered ugly road setbacks at Louisville, at Mississippi and at Mississippi State and dropped neutral games to Purdue and Wake Forest while also losing at home to Vanderbilt and to Tulane, a combination that undermines any argument about consistency. The split with Florida Atlantic underscores that unevenness and victories over lesser opponents do little to erase the absence of resume-building wins away from campus. The remaining slate presents clear opportunities to change how a committee will view the season with meaningful home dates against UAB and Wichita State and a taxing trip to Utah State plus a road test at South Florida that will determine whether Memphis can add the road and neutral wins committees prize.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8San Francisco130W76-70
11/11@Mississippi73L83-77
11/16UNLV129L92-78
11/20(N)Purdue8L80-71
11/21(N)Wake Forest72L69-68
11/26S Illinois114W74-58
12/3New Orleans209W86-70
12/6Baylor44W78-71
12/13@Louisville15L99-73
12/17Vanderbilt12L77-70
12/20@Mississippi St90L71-66
12/22Alabama St305W88-67
12/31North Texas142W57-48
1/3@Rice230W76-70
1/11@FL Atlantic115L89-78
1/14Temple155W55-53
1/18UT San Antonio348W95-69
1/21@Tulsa60L83-66
1/24@Wichita St94L74-59
1/29FL Atlantic115W92-65
2/1Tulane191L78-76
2/5@UAB120W90-80
2/8Charlotte176W77-54
2/12@North Texas142L76-69
2/14@Utah St2511%
2/19@South Florida5827%
2/22UAB12069%
2/26Wichita St9460%
3/1@East Carolina26175%
3/5South Florida5848%
3/8@Tulane19162%