NCAA Tournament March Madness

#281 Presbyterian

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Presbyterian presents a resume with bright flashes and damaging setbacks; its best moments include a gritty road victory at Georgia State, home wins over ETSU and Morehead State, and a convincing neutral-site performance against Citadel that show it can finish games against comparable competition. The worst moments are the heavy defeats at marquee road stops such as UCLA and South Carolina and the lopsided loss to Navy and the trip to East Carolina, results that undercut the resume and raise questions about the team’s ceiling against top opponents. Tight road losses at CS Sacramento and Manhattan demonstrate the squad can compete away from home but those near-misses leave little in the way of signature quality. The remaining league slate brings road tests at Radford and Longwood and a stretch of home opportunities against UNC Asheville, Gardner Webb and Longwood where the staff can add resume-enhancing road victories and protect the home court, and how those chances are handled will determine whether the résumé moves into clearer consideration or remains borderline.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Navy202L76-55
11/8ETSU127W68-64
11/10@Georgia St305W63-61
11/12@South Carolina90L81-61
11/16@CS Sacramento287L64-62
11/18@California73L67-57
11/21@UCLA37L86-46
11/30(N)Citadel358W69-41
12/3@Wofford227L63-56
12/6Morehead St303W80-72
12/17@East Carolina282L74-53
12/21@Manhattan310L87-81
1/3SC Upstate276W86-77
1/7@Radford24232%
1/10@Longwood28840%
1/14UNC Asheville25256%
1/17@Gardner Webb35970%
1/21Charleston So22950%
1/24Winthrop14935%
1/29@High Point917%
1/31Radford24254%
2/7Gardner Webb35986%
2/12@Charleston So22928%
2/14@UNC Asheville25234%
2/19Longwood28862%
2/21@SC Upstate27638%
2/26High Point9118%
2/28@Winthrop14917%