NCAA Tournament March Madness

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

This résumé leaves little margin for an at-large because a string of lopsided losses at Grand Canyon, Ohio State, Utah and Saint Louis creates damage that a single signature win cannot erase. The road victory at Notre Dame is a genuine résumé booster and conference wins over Eastern Michigan, Northern Kentucky and Cleveland State show the team can close tight games, but an ugly road loss at Milwaukee and an emphatic home setback to Green Bay blunt those positives. With uneven results away from home and a nonconference ledger marked by several heavy defeats, the committee will view the path to the NCAA tournament as running through the Horizon tournament. Upcoming road tests at Wright State, Northern Kentucky and Cleveland State and home chances against IUPUI, Oakland, Robert Morris and Youngstown State give the team real opportunities to repair the damage, but the most certain route to the field is to secure the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Grand Canyon76L90-71
11/7@Ohio St39L94-68
11/12@W Michigan249L83-71
11/18@Utah112L85-77
11/21@St Louis24L91-60
11/25Chicago St357W90-77
12/3@Oakland128L101-92
12/6N Kentucky170W79-77
12/10E Michigan192W80-65
12/14Detroit279W81-77
12/21@Notre Dame82W72-69
12/29@WI Milwaukee248L77-55
1/1WI Green Bay227L72-54
1/4Cleveland St320W74-71
1/7@Youngstown St219W71-69
1/11@Robert Morris197W79-74
1/18WI Milwaukee248W100-82
1/21@Detroit279W83-76
1/28Oakland12840%
1/31Robert Morris19757%
2/4Youngstown St21961%
2/7@Wright St13924%
2/12@WI Green Bay22740%
2/15IUPUI31680%
2/18@N Kentucky17030%
2/22@Cleveland St32062%
2/25Wright St13944%