NCAA Tournament March Madness

#337 Southern Indiana

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Southern Indiana’s profile is built around a valuable road victory at Valparaiso that shows the team can win away from home, but that bright spot is offset by a string of damaging losses away and at neutral sites, most notably the trip to Butler, the game at Indiana State and neutral defeats to Incarnate Word and Illinois Chicago. The defense has been steadier than the offense, which helps explain why competitive outings like the close game with Morehead State and the test at South Dakota did not translate into a stronger nonconference résumé. The remainder of the schedule is heavy on conference opponents at home against Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois, Lindenwood and SIUE with road tests at Tennessee Martin, Southeast Missouri State and Morehead State, so there are clear chances to rebuild the résumé but few remaining opportunities for a marquee nonconference scalp. That mix of one meaningful road win, multiple damaging losses away from home and a remaining slate composed largely of midmajor matchups makes the current evaluation logical.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5@Butler51L88-58
11/7VMI331L78-74
11/12@South Dakota285L89-74
11/20(N)Incarnate Word169L87-81
11/22(N)IL Chicago199L84-73
11/26@Valparaiso206W64-56
12/3@W Michigan279L88-74
12/7@Indiana St202L77-55
12/18Ark Little Rock315L77-62
12/20Morehead St310L64-60
1/1@SIUE24819%
1/3@Lindenwood23619%
1/8SE Missouri St22435%
1/10TN Martin20130%
1/15@Tennessee Tech28224%
1/17@Tennessee St24519%
1/22E Illinois32157%
1/24W Illinois35269%
1/29Lindenwood23637%
1/31SIUE24838%
2/5@TN Martin20114%
2/7@SE Missouri St22417%
2/12Tennessee St24538%
2/14Tennessee Tech28244%
2/19@W Illinois35247%
2/21@E Illinois32135%
2/24@Morehead St31030%
2/28@Ark Little Rock31532%