NCAA Tournament March Madness

#304 Southern Indiana

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Southern Indiana’s résumé is weighed down by a string of damaging nonconference setbacks — a lopsided trip to Butler, a home stumble to VMI, road defeats at South Dakota and Western Michigan and neutral-site losses to Incarnate Word and Illinois Chicago — while the road win at Valparaiso stands out as a rare quality moment. Those bad results and an overall lack of road and neutral success leave the selection committee with few signature wins to value, so the remaining Ohio Valley slate becomes critical. The upcoming trip to Indiana State and home dates with Arkansas Little Rock and Morehead State are chances to clean up the resume but carry limited upside compared with meaningful road victories, and road tests at Morehead State, SIUE and other conference rivals offer the best opportunities to change the narrative. Until Southern Indiana proves it can win away from its building or pile up convincing results down the stretch, the conference tournament looms as the clearest way to alter how the committee views the profile.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5@Butler41L88-58
11/7VMI340L78-74
11/12@South Dakota274L89-74
11/20(N)Incarnate Word179L87-81
11/22(N)IL Chicago198L84-73
11/26@Valparaiso193W64-56
12/3@W Michigan264L88-74
12/7@Indiana St20221%
12/18Ark Little Rock30862%
12/20Morehead St32465%
1/1@SIUE19721%
1/3@Lindenwood25429%
1/8SE Missouri St24149%
1/10TN Martin22546%
1/15@Tennessee Tech30238%
1/17@Tennessee St24328%
1/22E Illinois32967%
1/24W Illinois35779%
1/29Lindenwood25450%
1/31SIUE19740%
2/5@TN Martin22525%
2/7@SE Missouri St24128%
2/12Tennessee St24349%
2/14Tennessee Tech30261%
2/19@W Illinois35760%
2/21@E Illinois32945%
2/24@Morehead St32443%
2/28@Ark Little Rock30839%