NCAA Tournament March Madness

#229 PFW

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PFW’s résumé is defined by a few steady home wins over Chicago State, Northern Kentucky, and Eastern Michigan that show the offense can click in friendly settings, but those moments are outweighed by a string of bad results away from home at Grand Canyon, Ohio State, St. Louis, Oakland, Western Michigan, and Utah that expose defensive lapses and a clear struggle to win in hostile environments. The schedule still hands them plenty of winnable chances in conference at home against Detroit and Green Bay and on the road at Milwaukee, Cleveland State, Youngstown State, Robert Morris, Oakland, Wright State, and IUPUI, which should pad the ledger, yet there are very few remaining opportunities for a resume-changing win outside the league—the trip to Notre Dame stands out—so their standing will come down to whether they can stop taking ugly road losses and grab at least one meaningful win away from home.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Grand Canyon92L90-71
11/7@Ohio St39L94-68
11/12@W Michigan257L83-71
11/18@Utah131L85-77
11/21@St Louis41L91-60
11/25Chicago St357W90-77
12/3@Oakland149L101-92
12/6N Kentucky195W79-77
12/10E Michigan212W80-65
12/14Detroit29572%
12/21@Notre Dame596%
12/29@WI Milwaukee24140%
1/1WI Green Bay27468%
1/4Cleveland St31978%
1/7@Youngstown St16427%
1/11@Robert Morris17629%
1/18WI Milwaukee24163%
1/21@Detroit29551%
1/25@IUPUI34869%
1/28Oakland14944%
1/31Robert Morris17651%
2/4Youngstown St16448%
2/7@Wright St14122%
2/12@WI Green Bay27446%
2/15IUPUI34885%
2/18@N Kentucky19532%
2/22@Cleveland St31959%
2/25Wright St14142%