NCAA Tournament March Madness

#301 N Illinois

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northern Illinois' résumé shows a handful of eye-catching moments — a road victory at Loyola-Chicago and home wins over Central Michigan, Western Michigan and Massachusetts plus a high-scoring outing against ULM — but those are overwhelmed by damaging losses on the road at Wisconsin and Grand Canyon and a brutal home loss to Lindenwood along with a long list of road setbacks that includes trips to Northern Iowa, Austin Peay, Bradley and Elon. The team has scarce evidence of winning away from its own floor or collecting a meaningful neutral-site scalp, so the committee will judge it harshly unless the Huskies can flip several conference matchups; upcoming chances such as the road date at Georgia State, the trip to Buffalo, the visit to Toledo and home games against Bowling Green and Ball State are where they can erase bad results, otherwise their profile reads like a club that needs the conference tournament to secure a place.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3ULM356W102-82
11/7@Wisconsin39L97-72
11/10@Grand Canyon65L88-59
11/18@Northern Iowa108L70-57
11/21@Loyola-Chicago309W76-59
11/25@Austin Peay166L77-59
12/2Lindenwood236L99-64
12/6@Bradley139L84-55
12/13@Elon179L85-79
12/20C Michigan292W74-73
12/31Buffalo184L81-67
1/3@Kent143L77-73
1/6Toledo153L75-61
1/13@E Michigan224L77-59
1/17Massachusetts183W70-68
1/20@Ohio219L80-77
1/24@Ball St308L58-53
1/27W Michigan265W85-65
1/31@Miami OH90L85-61
2/7@Georgia St27532%
2/11Bowling Green13326%
2/14@C Michigan29237%
2/17@Buffalo18418%
2/21Ohio21942%
2/24@Toledo15313%
2/28Ball St30865%
3/3Kent14327%
3/6@Akron523%