NCAA Tournament March Madness

#313 Tennessee Tech

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Tennessee Tech needs the Ohio Valley's automatic bid because its résumé is built more on flashes than on a sustained body of work: the team showed it can win away from home with victories at West Georgia and at Tennessee State and defended its floor against conference rivals with home wins over Arkansas Little Rock and SEMO, but those bright spots are overwhelmed by brutal road losses at Kentucky and at Georgia and by damaging setbacks to conference opponents such as Tennessee Martin and Tennessee State earlier in the year. The best moments prove the roster can compete outside its arena and close tight games, the worst results reveal it can be overmatched by top‑level opponents and inconsistent within the league, and without a marquee neutral-site scalp the only clean path to the big dance is to run the table in the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@WKU148L82-70
11/7@Charlotte185L70-65
11/17West Georgia304L61-59
11/19@SC Upstate300W88-84
11/26@Kentucky26L104-54
11/29@Georgia30L123-81
12/3@Lipscomb197L83-80
12/6@West Georgia304W87-59
12/18SE Missouri St227W85-74
12/20TN Martin223L86-62
12/30Tennessee St196L88-76
1/1@Ark Little Rock309L77-58
1/8@E Illinois324L71-61
1/10@W Illinois364W59-54
1/15Southern Indiana340L71-54
1/17Morehead St281L76-70
1/22@Lindenwood266L89-68
1/24@SIUE257L62-58
1/31Ark Little Rock309W87-77
2/2@Tennessee St196W90-85
2/5W Illinois364W97-72
2/7E Illinois324L60-54
2/12@Morehead St281L73-66
2/14@Southern Indiana340W82-74
2/19SIUE257W62-52
2/21Lindenwood266W72-57
2/26@TN Martin223L64-49
2/28@SE Missouri St227L89-73