NCAA Tournament March Madness

#190 Mercer

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Mercer’s projection to need an automatic berth fits the résumé: the Bears have heady mid‑major wins at home and on the road against league names such as Lipscomb, Appalachian State, Furman, Wofford, Citadel and road wins at East Kentucky and Elon that show they can close games against their peers, but they do not have a signature neutral or true road victory over a high‑major to balance a string of damaging away defeats at Tennessee, Clemson, UCF and Washington State and a couple of ugly slips at Winthrop and Samford that undercut any at‑large narrative; narrow losses at Furman, ETSU and Wofford emphasize inconsistency rather than late‑season momentum, so their clear path to the big dance is winning the Southern Conference tournament where a clean run would erase the questions raised by those nonconference road results.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Tennessee16L76-61
11/9Lipscomb200W92-77
11/15@Winthrop155L105-69
11/22@E Kentucky297W95-83
11/26Appalachian St195W75-67
11/29@Elon230W91-84
12/2Georgia St310W78-67
12/13@Clemson36L70-63
12/17@UCF54L81-63
12/20@Washington St137L84-78
12/31@Furman191L74-72
1/3@ETSU167L77-71
1/7Citadel347W101-63
1/10Wofford253W109-97
1/15@VMI360W77-67
1/17@UNC Greensboro300W102-92
1/21W Carolina229W88-76
1/24@Wofford253L80-77
1/29UNC Greensboro300W95-77
1/31VMI360W95-81
2/5@Chattanooga301L79-75
2/7@Samford215L69-49
2/11Furman191W69-64
2/14@Citadel347W70-54
2/19Chattanooga301L94-90
2/21Samford215W89-86
2/25@W Carolina229L78-74
2/28ETSU167W82-76
3/7(N)W Carolina229L77-73