NCAA Tournament March Madness

#177 N Kentucky

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

N Kentucky’s profile says its only realistic path to the NCAA tournament is by winning the Horizon automatic bid because its best moments include an impressive road win at Central Michigan and gritty away escapes at Bellarmine and Robert Morris, but those signatures are dampened by a blowout loss at Tennessee and damaging road defeats at Wright State, Detroit and Oakland. Home wins over Cleveland State and Detroit and steady conference victories show the team can beat its league peers but they are not the kind of neutral or true road wins that change the committee’s view, and a home loss to Robert Morris plus a string of close conference setbacks further weaken the at-large case. The remainder of the conference slate is the clear opportunity to add meaningful wins; without those the résumé reads like one that must rely on the automatic qualifier route.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Tennessee13L95-56
11/12@ETSU143L75-63
11/20@C Michigan271W90-66
11/24E Kentucky294W82-71
11/26Wofford251W93-83
11/29Boston Univ264W74-65
12/3Cleveland St323W95-80
12/6@PFW262L79-77
12/13@Bellarmine281W80-76
12/17Oakland164L82-77
12/21Col Charleston151L85-74
12/29@Robert Morris141W79-77
1/1IUPUI318W81-72
1/4Youngstown St213W94-79
1/9@WI Milwaukee269W85-67
1/11@WI Green Bay194L80-78
1/15Detroit220W96-71
1/17Robert Morris141L92-89
1/24@Wright St147L88-80
1/30@Detroit220L90-77
2/1@Oakland164L76-65
2/4WI Green Bay194L87-84
2/7WI Milwaukee269W67-62
2/12@IUPUI318W84-81
2/18PFW262W87-71
2/22@Youngstown St213L64-58
2/25@Cleveland St323W81-70
2/28Wright St147L92-91
3/4@Oakland164W85-84
3/8(N)WI Green Bay19454%