NCAA Tournament March Madness

#201 TN Martin

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

TN Martin’s case rests on a pair of resume-building road wins at UNLV and Bradley and a neutral-site victory over Prairie View that show the program can close games away from home, while comfortable home wins over Charleston Southern and Alabama State add needed supporting results. Those highs are blunted by a heavy trip to Southern Illinois, a tough loss at Florida State and a neutral loss to Southern Miss that leave glaring bad results on the résumé. What matters next is the conference grind, because a string of wins at home and wins on the road against the likes of Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois, Morehead State, Southern Indiana, SIUE, Lindenwood, Arkansas Little Rock and Southeast Missouri State plus the rivalry dates with Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State gives the team clear opportunities to erase the damage from poor losses. Road and neutral success in those games will determine whether the quality wins hold up or the poor losses define the season.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@UNLV144W86-81
11/12@Bradley117W78-67
11/18@Florida St110L87-73
11/22(N)Prairie View300W69-68
11/23(N)Southern Miss191L70-60
12/2Charleston So243W73-56
12/7Alabama St277W74-64
12/10@S Illinois119L83-54
12/18@Tennessee St245L78-71
12/20@Tennessee Tech282W86-62
1/1W Illinois35290%
1/3E Illinois32183%
1/8@Morehead St31061%
1/10@Southern Indiana33770%
1/15SIUE24869%
1/17Lindenwood23668%
1/20@SE Missouri St22444%
1/24Ark Little Rock31581%
1/29@E Illinois32166%
1/31@W Illinois35277%
2/5Southern Indiana33786%
2/7Morehead St31080%
2/12@Lindenwood23646%
2/14@SIUE24847%
2/17SE Missouri St22466%
2/19@Ark Little Rock31563%
2/26Tennessee Tech28274%
2/28Tennessee St24569%