NCAA Tournament March Madness

#77 Minnesota

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Projection: likely out

Minnesota’s résumé is defined by standout home wins over Michigan State and UCLA and a gritty road victory at Oregon, but those bright moments are offset by damaging neutral-site setbacks to San Francisco, Stanford and Santa Clara and ugly road defeats at Purdue, Illinois and Michigan that expose a team that struggles away from its own floor. An unexpected home rout by Nebraska and several narrow losses that didn’t go its way against USC and Wisconsin leave the profile inconsistent rather than ascending. With the neutral loss to Rutgers tightening the margin for error, there is limited room left to add a signature road or neutral win that would repair the damage.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Gardner Webb361W87-60
11/8Alcorn St346W95-50
11/12@Missouri52L83-60
11/15WI Green Bay210W72-65
11/18Chicago St344W66-54
11/22(N)San Francisco121L77-65
11/27(N)Stanford58L72-68
11/28(N)Santa Clara35L86-75
12/3Indiana46W73-64
12/10@Purdue8L85-57
12/14TX Southern316W89-53
12/21Campbell182W78-50
12/29F Dickinson336W60-43
1/3@Northwestern57W84-78
1/6Iowa25W70-67
1/9USC80L70-69
1/13Wisconsin22L78-75
1/17@Illinois7L77-67
1/20@Ohio St26L82-74
1/24Nebraska14L76-57
1/28@Wisconsin22L67-63
2/1@Penn St138L77-75
2/4Michigan St9W76-73
2/8Maryland120L67-62
2/14@Washington53L69-57
2/17@Oregon99W61-44
2/21Rutgers124W80-61
2/24@Michigan3L77-67
2/28UCLA27W78-73
3/4@Indiana46L77-47
3/7Northwestern57W67-66
3/11(N)Rutgers124L72-67