NCAA Tournament March Madness

#350 NC Central

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

NC Central’s résumé is defined more by heavy defeats on the road at power conference destinations such as NC State, Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky and ugly neutral or true road setbacks at Dayton and Appalachian State than by any eye-catching wins, which leaves very little margin for error. The few promise flashes are a competitive outing at James Madison and a respectable effort at SC Upstate, but those moments are sparse and do little to erase the damage of repeated struggles away from home. The calendar now pivots into league play and a high‑profile road trip to Penn State that offer the chance to pile up conference victories and build momentum, yet most of those opportunities will be judged in the context of the MEAC race and the conference tournament. With no signature nonconference scalps and several lopsided losses in hostile environments, the most straightforward path to the national field runs through winning the conference crown.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@NC State28L114-66
11/7@Virginia23L81-62
11/9@Appalachian St280L76-54
11/14@North Carolina27L97-53
11/22@Dayton66L74-55
11/25@SC Upstate256L82-67
12/3@James Madison192L67-62
12/6NC A&T320L69-54
12/9@Kentucky19L103-67
12/20Longwood31346%
12/29@Penn St1063%
1/3Norfolk St23029%
1/10@Coppin St36458%
1/12@Morgan St36247%
1/17Howard29942%
1/24Delaware St35363%
1/26MD E Shore34056%
1/31@S Carolina St36348%
2/7@Norfolk St23013%
2/14Coppin St36478%
2/16Morgan St36269%
2/21@Howard29922%
2/28@Delaware St35341%
3/2@MD E Shore34034%
3/5S Carolina St36370%