NCAA Tournament March Madness

#125 S Illinois

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Southern Illinois's resume is built on a few solid moments and some damaging setbacks. The neutral win over Delaware and the road victory at High Point give the profile needed quality, and comfortable home wins over Missouri KC and Arkansas Little Rock help the ledger, but ugly road defeats at Nevada and Memphis along with a neutral loss to UAB leave the résumé light on truly resume-making road or neutral scalps. The league slate still presents clear chances to change perception with trips to Belmont and Northern Iowa and home opportunities against Illinois State and Valparaiso, so the situation can still improve. Until the Salukis pick up a signature away or neutral triumph and stop ceding costly losses on the road, committee eyes will weigh those tough away results more heavily than wins over lesser opponents.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7Missouri KC345W101-78
11/12@Nevada90L86-81
11/17@N Dakota St146L92-85
11/23(N)Delaware268W79-59
11/24(N)UAB116L81-73
11/26@Memphis74L74-58
11/29Ark Little Rock327W74-65
12/3@High Point99W86-84
12/10TN Martin239W83-54
12/13@Richmond100L93-84
12/18Illinois St9753%
12/21@Bradley12439%
12/29@Murray St9431%
1/1Valparaiso19778%
1/4@Belmont8326%
1/7@IL Chicago19457%
1/14Drake13365%
1/17Belmont8346%
1/21@Valparaiso19758%
1/25@Evansville28372%
1/28Northern Iowa9151%
1/31IL Chicago19477%
2/3@Illinois St9732%
2/6Murray St9452%
2/9@Indiana St18255%
2/12Evansville28388%
2/15Bradley12461%
2/18@Drake13343%
2/21@Northern Iowa9129%
2/25Indiana St18276%