NCAA Tournament March Madness

#333 Tennessee Tech

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Tennessee Tech’s resume simply lacks the sorts of quality wins that win over a selection committee while it carries a few damaging road blowouts at Kentucky and Georgia that are hard to ignore. The program’s best moments are legitimate road victories at SC Upstate and at West Georgia and a gritty trip to Western Illinois but those are against low‑profile opponents and they do little to erase close nonconference losses at Lipscomb and Charlotte or a flat result at WKU. The remainder of the schedule is full of winnable conference dates that can pad the ledger but not produce the signature triumph that changes perception. That mix of weak marquee résumé points, ugly losses away from home, and only ordinary chances to improve explains why the team needs the conference’s automatic bid to reach the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@WKU165L82-70
11/7@Charlotte179L70-65
11/17West Georgia326L61-59
11/19@SC Upstate283W88-84
11/26@Kentucky24L104-54
11/29@Georgia25L123-81
12/3@Lipscomb155L83-80
12/6@West Georgia326W87-59
12/18SE Missouri St250W85-74
12/20TN Martin203L86-62
12/30Tennessee St240L88-76
1/1@Ark Little Rock293L77-58
1/8@E Illinois314L71-61
1/10@W Illinois356W59-54
1/15Southern Indiana324L71-54
1/17Morehead St296L76-70
1/22@Lindenwood24720%
1/24@SIUE26022%
1/27@Tennessee St24019%
1/31Ark Little Rock29349%
2/5W Illinois35674%
2/7E Illinois31455%
2/12@Morehead St29629%
2/14@Southern Indiana32437%
2/19SIUE26042%
2/21Lindenwood24738%
2/26@TN Martin20315%
2/28@SE Missouri St25020%