NCAA Tournament March Madness

#201 TN Martin

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier)

TN Martin’s body of work explains why the committee would view them as a longshot for an at-large berth and more a team whose path to the national tournament runs through the conference title; road wins at UNLV and Bradley are genuine resume builders because they were earned away from home and a neutral-site win over Prairie View along with home victories over Southern Indiana and Arkansas Little Rock show they can beat the lesser lights, but those highs are undercut by ugly outings such as the lopsided loss at Southern Illinois and a similar defeat at Southeast Missouri State and by narrow setbacks at Morehead State and Lindenwood that reveal inconsistency away from their own gym, and with the nonconference loss at Florida State offering no marquee replacement, the remaining home dates against Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State are the last practical chance to improve the profile before the league tournament where winning the title is the clearest route into the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@UNLV125W86-81
11/12@Bradley127W78-67
11/18@Florida St71L87-73
11/22(N)Prairie View322W69-68
11/23(N)Southern Miss238L70-60
12/2Charleston So256W73-56
12/7Alabama St310W74-64
12/10@S Illinois115L83-54
12/18@Tennessee St239L78-71
12/20@Tennessee Tech304W86-62
1/1W Illinois362W67-60
1/3E Illinois324W65-61
1/8@Morehead St278W76-68
1/10@Southern Indiana338W73-56
1/15SIUE262W65-59
1/17Lindenwood266W69-55
1/20@SE Missouri St226L66-50
1/29@E Illinois324W76-68
1/31@W Illinois362W84-44
2/3Ark Little Rock308W55-52
2/5Southern Indiana338W76-54
2/7Morehead St278L61-55
2/12@Lindenwood266L75-74
2/14@SIUE262W81-76
2/17SE Missouri St226L56-53
2/19@Ark Little Rock308L67-65
2/26Tennessee Tech30481%
2/28Tennessee St23968%