NCAA Tournament March Madness

#314 Southern Indiana

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Southern Indiana’s profile is anchored by a true road victory at Valparaiso and a pair of competitive neutral-site showings against Incarnate Word and Illinois Chicago that prove the team can hang with quality opponents away from its own floor. Those positives are overshadowed by several lopsided defeats on the road at Butler, Indiana State and South Dakota and a damaging home defeat to VMI that committees notice when weighing bad losses. The defense has flashed enough in spurts to keep games close, but inconsistent offensive showings in hostile arenas have turned winnable chances into résumé dents. With the remainder of the conference slate featuring home dates against Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois and road tests at SIUE, Lindenwood, Morehead State and Arkansas Little Rock plus trips to Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State, there are clear chances to reshape the profile. To tilt the balance the team needs resume-building road or neutral wins and to avoid another signature bad loss.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5@Butler54L88-58
11/7VMI328L78-74
11/12@South Dakota270L89-74
11/20(N)Incarnate Word177L87-81
11/22(N)IL Chicago194L84-73
11/26@Valparaiso197W64-56
12/3@W Michigan255L88-74
12/7@Indiana St182L77-55
12/18Ark Little Rock32766%
12/20Morehead St31361%
1/1@SIUE22423%
1/3@Lindenwood24625%
1/8SE Missouri St21942%
1/10TN Martin23945%
1/15@Tennessee Tech26527%
1/17@Tennessee St23624%
1/22E Illinois32966%
1/24W Illinois35275%
1/29Lindenwood24645%
1/31SIUE22443%
2/5@TN Martin23924%
2/7@SE Missouri St21922%
2/12Tennessee St23644%
2/14Tennessee Tech26549%
2/19@W Illinois35255%
2/21@E Illinois32944%
2/24@Morehead St31339%
2/28@Ark Little Rock32744%