NCAA Tournament March Madness

#217 UNC Asheville

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Needing the league’s automatic bid is a fair assessment because UNC Asheville’s résumé mixes meaningful conference victories with damaging nonconference setbacks. The Bulldogs have shown they can win important league games with a neutral-site win over UNC Greensboro, a home victory against Lipscomb and true road wins at Radford and SC Upstate, yet heavy road defeats at Wichita State and NC State and a one-sided loss at UAB undermine that case. Close setbacks to Presbyterian and Winthrop and a home defeat to High Point reveal inconsistency, and the remaining stretch that includes trips to Winthrop and Gardner Webb plus home dates with Gardner Webb and Charleston Southern provides clear opportunities to earn the road wins and protect the home court that would change how the committee views their resume.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Wichita St99L75-58
11/8@Ga Southern244L93-90
11/11Lipscomb160W69-64
11/19@W Carolina283L80-73
11/25Tennessee St240L75-73
11/30Appalachian St218W67-55
12/2(N)UNC Greensboro295W82-77
12/6@NC State27L75-63
12/10Miami OH89L90-87
12/13St Thomas MN130L80-59
12/21@UAB119L72-47
12/31High Point96L87-69
1/3@Charleston So227L86-83
1/7Longwood276W72-61
1/10@Radford256W91-72
1/14@Presbyterian274L71-70
1/17Winthrop126L69-67
1/21@SC Upstate294W83-69
1/29Gardner Webb36396%
1/31@Winthrop12621%
2/4SC Upstate29476%
2/12@Longwood27652%
2/14Presbyterian27472%
2/19@High Point9614%
2/21Radford25668%
2/26@Gardner Webb36387%
2/28Charleston So22762%