NCAA Tournament March Madness

#70 Memphis

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Projection: likely out

Memphis’s résumé has clear highs — a signature victory over Baylor and solid nonconference wins like San Francisco and New Orleans — but those positives are undercut by ugly results away from home and a string of damaging losses. The Tigers showed they can compete with elite opposition in a neutral site meeting with Purdue and a near miss against Wake Forest, yet road setbacks at Mississippi and Mississippi State and a blowout at Louisville expose an inability to finish tough assignments away from their building, and a home loss to Vanderbilt further weakens the profile. The remaining slate offers straightforward chances to repair the resume with home games and a few resume-enhancing road opportunities at places such as Wichita State, UAB and Utah State, so how Memphis performs in those spots will decide whether the good wins hold up or the bad losses define the season.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8San Francisco94W76-70
11/11@Mississippi57L83-77
11/16UNLV142L92-78
11/20(N)Purdue5L80-71
11/21(N)Wake Forest59L69-68
11/26S Illinois120W74-58
12/3New Orleans190W86-70
12/6Baylor30W78-71
12/13@Louisville13L99-73
12/17Vanderbilt8L77-70
12/20@Mississippi St79L71-66
12/22Alabama St288W88-67
12/31North Texas13781%
1/3@Rice23581%
1/11@FL Atlantic11154%
1/14Temple15484%
1/18UT San Antonio28595%
1/21@Tulsa8242%
1/24@Wichita St9347%
1/29FL Atlantic11175%
2/1Tulane19489%
2/5@UAB10652%
2/8Charlotte18688%
2/12@North Texas13762%
2/14@Utah St2920%
2/19@South Florida8543%
2/22UAB10673%
2/26Wichita St9368%
3/1@East Carolina27885%
3/5South Florida8565%
3/8@Tulane19475%