NCAA Tournament March Madness

#97 Memphis

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Projection: likely out

Memphis’ résumé is propped up by a signature win over Baylor but is undermined by damaging results away from home and in neutral sites. Neutral setbacks to Purdue and Wake Forest and a lopsided loss at Louisville sit alongside road defeats at Mississippi, Mississippi State and Florida Atlantic, a pattern that leaves the committee uncomfortable with the team’s ability to win outside its own gym. Useful home victories over San Francisco, Southern Illinois and New Orleans do not erase costly losses to UNLV, Vanderbilt and at Tulsa. The remaining schedule — including a trip to Wichita State, the return against Florida Atlantic, key home dates with Tulane and Charlotte and a tough trip to Utah State — provides clear chances to repair the résumé, but until Memphis turns those into meaningful road or neutral wins its profile will read as inconsistent and vulnerable to exclusion.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8San Francisco106W76-70
11/11@Mississippi68L83-77
11/16UNLV117L92-78
11/20(N)Purdue6L80-71
11/21(N)Wake Forest70L69-68
11/26S Illinois138W74-58
12/3New Orleans215W86-70
12/6Baylor48W78-71
12/13@Louisville16L99-73
12/17Vanderbilt15L77-70
12/20@Mississippi St85L71-66
12/22Alabama St304W88-67
12/31North Texas133W57-48
1/3@Rice241W76-70
1/11@FL Atlantic93L89-78
1/14Temple144W55-53
1/18UT San Antonio348W95-69
1/21@Tulsa59L83-66
1/24@Wichita St9940%
1/29FL Atlantic9359%
2/1Tulane19082%
2/5@UAB11947%
2/8Charlotte17981%
2/12@North Texas13351%
2/14@Utah St3416%
2/19@South Florida8033%
2/22UAB11969%
2/26Wichita St9962%
3/1@East Carolina28080%
3/5South Florida8054%
3/8@Tulane19064%