NCAA Tournament March Madness

#344 NC Central

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

NC Central’s nonconference ledger is defined more by brutal trips to blue‑bloods than by marquee victories, with lopsided losses on the road at NC State, Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky exposing flaws on both ends of the floor while the only resume points of substance come against conference peers such as Coppin State, Morgan State and Norfolk State and therefore carry limited weight with a selection committee. A tight home setback to Longwood showed the team can hang in competitive spots but it does not erase the damage of heavy road defeats. With the remainder of the schedule made up of league games and lower‑tier opponents, the clearest path to the postseason runs through winning the conference crown because the resume currently lacks the kind of road or neutral‑site signature wins committees prize.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@NC State23L114-66
11/7@Virginia17L81-62
11/9@Appalachian St181L76-54
11/14@North Carolina29L97-53
11/22@Dayton89L74-55
11/25@SC Upstate294L82-67
12/3@James Madison225L67-62
12/6NC A&T279L69-54
12/9@Kentucky30L103-67
12/20Longwood282L74-72
12/29@Penn St129L90-67
1/3Norfolk St316W69-67
1/10@Coppin St364W88-77
1/12@Morgan St354W89-78
1/17Howard250L83-69
1/26MD E Shore33455%
1/31@S Carolina St36052%
2/2MD E Shore334W65-63
2/7@Norfolk St31629%
2/14Coppin St36486%
2/16Morgan St35469%
2/21@Howard25016%
2/28@Delaware St35848%
3/2@MD E Shore33433%
3/5S Carolina St36073%