NCAA Tournament March Madness

#143 Troy

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Projected seed: 14 (automatic qualifier)

Troy’s résumé makes sense as a team likely to need an automatic berth because its profile is built on a few signature road wins, most notably at San Diego State as well as victories at Kent, Furman and UAB that show the program can win away from home, while those highs are diluted by damaging setbacks such as losses at Loyola Marymount and Cal State Northridge, a neutral-site setback to Toledo and a heavy home defeat at Appalachian State that weaken any at-large narrative. The roster has proven it can handle quality opponents and has beaten useful midmajor names like Akron and Old Dominion, yet inconsistency on the road and a string of conference losses to the likes of Southern Miss, Texas State and South Alabama leave little margin for error. With a résumé that mixes eye-opening scalps and inexplicable losses, the clearest path to the NCAA field runs through the Sun Belt tournament where a run at neutral sites would turn those best moments into an unquestionable bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Kent148W103-97
11/7@Furman191W64-61
11/14@Loy Marymount161L74-63
11/16@CS Northridge175L94-85
11/18@San Diego St48W108-107
11/20@USC80L107-106
11/24(N)Toledo131L75-68
11/26(N)St Francis PA354W74-64
12/1West Georgia304L93-89
12/14@UAB127W86-85
12/20Marshall208W70-63
12/31Texas St245W100-80
1/3South Alabama205W59-49
1/7@Arkansas St151L86-74
1/10@Louisiana313W90-70
1/14Southern Miss218W91-65
1/17Arkansas St151W99-74
1/21@Old Dominion248W83-77
1/24@Ga Southern235W83-78
1/29James Madison213L73-64
1/31Appalachian St195L66-44
2/4@Georgia St310W74-63
2/7Akron64W79-69
2/11@Texas St245L74-62
2/14@Southern Miss218L69-65
2/18@ULM351W77-76
2/21@South Alabama205L65-54
2/24Louisiana313W78-59
2/27ULM351W80-65
3/8(N)Southern Miss218W78-70
3/9(N)Ga Southern235W77-61