NCAA Tournament March Madness

#193 N Kentucky

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northern Kentucky’s standing makes sense because its résumé shows clear upside but not enough signature work to comfortably claim an at-large spot, so the automatic bid feels like the safest route. The program’s brightest moments — road wins at Central Michigan and at Wisconsin‑Milwaukee and home victories over mid‑major opponents such as Wofford and Boston University — prove the team can win away from campus and beat quality mid‑majors, but those are offset by the blowout at Tennessee and damaging losses at Wright State and Oakland plus a split of results with Robert Morris that leave the quality‑win ledger thin. With conference games remaining at Youngstown State and Cleveland State and matchups against Purdue Fort Wayne and Wright State, there are clear opportunities to repair the résumé, yet Northern Kentucky will need more road or neutral‑site success against recognizable conference foes to erase the effect of those bad losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Tennessee19L95-56
11/12@ETSU140L75-63
11/20@C Michigan272W90-66
11/24E Kentucky271W82-71
11/26Wofford226W93-83
11/29Boston Univ281W74-65
12/3Cleveland St304W95-80
12/6@PFW259L79-77
12/13@Bellarmine273W80-76
12/17Oakland138L82-77
12/21Col Charleston172L85-74
12/29@Robert Morris187W79-77
1/1IUPUI312W81-72
1/4Youngstown St201W94-79
1/9@WI Milwaukee268W85-67
1/11@WI Green Bay218L80-78
1/15Detroit255W96-71
1/17Robert Morris187L92-89
1/24@Wright St148L88-80
1/30@Detroit255L90-77
2/1@Oakland138L76-65
2/4WI Green Bay218L87-84
2/7WI Milwaukee268W67-62
2/12@IUPUI312W84-81
2/18PFW25973%
2/21@Youngstown St20140%
2/22@Youngstown St20140%
2/25@Cleveland St30464%
2/28Wright St14852%