NCAA Tournament March Madness

#224 UNC Asheville

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UNC Asheville looks headed toward needing the conference’s automatic bid because it lacks a signature nonconference victory and has several damaging setbacks that a committee will remember. Its resume shows the kind of wins that matter inside the league, like home victories over Lipscomb and Gardner‑Webb, a neutral win over UNC Greensboro and road wins at Radford and Longwood, but those are offset by road defeats at Wichita State and NC State and a lopsided trip to UAB that offered no marquee proof. Compounding that are losses to low‑major Presbyterian and a puzzling home loss to St Thomas that erode margin for error. With the rest of the regular season offering only modest opportunities against High Point, Radford, Gardner‑Webb and Charleston Southern, the clearest path to the national tournament runs through winning the Big South tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Wichita St94L75-58
11/8@Ga Southern278L93-90
11/11Lipscomb173W69-64
11/19@W Carolina262L80-73
11/25Tennessee St260L75-73
11/30Appalachian St175W67-55
12/2(N)UNC Greensboro298W82-77
12/6@NC State30L75-63
12/10Miami OH84L90-87
12/13St Thomas MN121L80-59
12/21@UAB120L72-47
12/31High Point92L87-69
1/3@Charleston So247L86-83
1/7Longwood284W72-61
1/10@Radford236W91-72
1/14@Presbyterian285L71-70
1/17Winthrop132L69-67
1/21@SC Upstate299W83-69
1/29Gardner Webb363W69-50
1/31@Winthrop132L84-71
2/4SC Upstate299W76-67
2/12@Longwood284W79-74
2/14Presbyterian285L58-57
2/19@High Point9213%
2/21Radford23664%
2/26@Gardner Webb36388%
2/28Charleston So24765%