NCAA Tournament March Madness

#348 NC Central

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Projection: likely out

NC Central's résumé is dominated by a brutal nonconference slate of true road trips to high-major programs such as NC State, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Penn State where the team was consistently overmatched, and those results underscore a lack of signature wins away from home. The clearest positives are a road victory at Coppin State, a home win over Norfolk State and a competitive performance against Longwood that show the team can handle league-level opposition. Those moments are outweighed by the volume of tough losses to power-conference opponents and the near absence of neutral-site or quality road wins that committees prize. The remaining run of conference games, including trips to Norfolk State and Howard and home dates with Coppin State and Morgan State, are practical opportunities to build momentum and collect the kind of wins that could reshape how the résumé is judged, but the most direct way to reverse the nonconference damage is to win through the conference postseason.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@NC State24L114-66
11/7@Virginia15L81-62
11/9@Appalachian St236L76-54
11/14@North Carolina33L97-53
11/22@Dayton74L74-55
11/25@SC Upstate292L82-67
12/3@James Madison223L67-62
12/6NC A&T310L69-54
12/9@Kentucky26L103-67
12/20Longwood285L74-72
12/29@Penn St105L90-67
1/3Norfolk St284W69-67
1/10@Coppin St364W88-77
1/12@Morgan St36353%
1/17Howard28741%
1/24Delaware St35567%
1/26MD E Shore32754%
1/31@S Carolina St36252%
2/7@Norfolk St28422%
2/14Coppin St36485%
2/16Morgan St36374%
2/21@Howard28722%
2/28@Delaware St35545%
3/2@MD E Shore32732%
3/5S Carolina St36273%