NCAA Tournament March Madness

#257 Samford

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Samford's placement reflects a resume with a few encouraging moments and some damaging setbacks that a committee will notice. The team has shown it can compete away from home with a tight outing at Arkansas, a road win at Central Arkansas and a neutral victory over Georgia State, but those positives are undercut by a neutral-site blowout loss to Utah Valley and lopsided road defeats at VCU and New Mexico State. Conference play has produced tight losses at Furman and Wofford and a damaging loss to ETSU, leaving the profile thin on signature league wins. The remaining slate, which includes trips to Furman and Western Carolina, home dates with Chattanooga and Wofford and league meetings with Citadel, Mercer, VMI and UNC Greensboro, gives Samford clear chances to repair its resume, but committee sentiment will hinge on quality wins away from home or on neutral courts rather than narrow home results.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Tulane190L85-72
11/7S Carolina St360W82-72
11/12@TX Southern339W93-90
11/14@Arkansas21L79-75
11/16@Cent Arkansas197W84-77
11/19FGCU214L77-62
11/21@New Mexico St124L81-72
11/25(N)Georgia St277W78-63
11/26(N)Utah Valley103L89-45
12/5@VCU49L83-57
12/7Cornell187W93-90
1/1@VMI350W78-58
1/3@UNC Greensboro295L89-82
1/7W Carolina283W82-77
1/10@Chattanooga260L88-79
1/14Furman174L77-73
1/17ETSU134L76-75
1/21@Wofford223L88-78
1/24Chattanooga26062%
1/29@Furman17425%
1/31@W Carolina28345%
2/5Citadel35286%
2/7Mercer13936%
2/11Wofford22354%
2/14@ETSU13417%
2/19@Citadel35269%
2/21@Mercer13918%
2/26VMI35084%
2/28UNC Greensboro29569%