NCAA Tournament March Madness

#117 S Illinois

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Projection: likely out

Southern Illinois’s profile is a mix of encouraging wins and worrisome losses that leave its fate squarely in its own hands, with a neutral-court victory over Delaware and a road win at High Point showing it can win outside Carbondale and home victories over Missouri Kansas City and Arkansas Little Rock providing a base of competence. Those highs are undercut by road defeats at Nevada and North Dakota State, a rough trip to Memphis and a neutral loss to UAB, results that cast doubt on its ability to beat upper-tier opponents away from home. The remainder of the conference slate features several clear chances to reshape the resume, notably true road tests at Belmont, Murray State and Northern Iowa along with home assignments against Belmont and Drake and additional league trips to Illinois State and Bradley, so road and neutral wins in those spots or a strong league tournament run are the ways to erase the blemishes and present a resume the committee can trust.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Missouri KC345W101-78
11/12@Nevada87L86-81
11/17@N Dakota St156L92-85
11/23(N)Delaware233W79-59
11/24(N)UAB105L81-73
11/26@Memphis65L74-58
11/29Ark Little Rock323W74-65
12/3@High Point88W86-84
12/10TN Martin23684%
12/13@Richmond10033%
12/18Illinois St10357%
12/21@Bradley12541%
12/29@Murray St11238%
1/1Valparaiso19880%
1/4@Belmont7424%
1/7@IL Chicago20261%
1/14Drake12664%
1/17Belmont7445%
1/21@Valparaiso19860%
1/25@Evansville28274%
1/28Northern Iowa9855%
1/31IL Chicago20280%
2/3@Illinois St10335%
2/6Murray St11260%
2/9@Indiana St18558%
2/12Evansville28288%
2/15Bradley12563%
2/18@Drake12642%
2/21@Northern Iowa9833%
2/25Indiana St18578%