NCAA Tournament March Madness

#288 UNC Greensboro

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UNC Greensboro’s résumé has a few encouraging flashes but too many damaging results to be comfortable at this point. The Spartans have shown they can win away from home with a road victory at East Carolina and picked up a neutral-site win over Youngstown State, yet those moments are overshadowed by blowout defeats at Kansas State and NC State and a home loss to Delaware along with a string of nonconference setbacks. Without a marquee victory and with defensive inconsistencies undercutting offensive output, there is very little margin for error in league play. The remaining schedule hands them some home opportunities against the likes of Citadel and VMI and a slate of meaningful road tests at Wofford, ETSU, Mercer, Furman and trips to Chattanooga and Samford where statement wins could reshape the conversation. If they are going to erase the damage done early, they must pick up road or neutral wins against the league’s better teams and put together a deep run in the conference tournament because the current body of work gives more reasons for skepticism than confidence.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Kansas St58L93-64
11/8Elon155L92-90
11/12@NC State25L110-64
11/15Austin Peay191L69-63
11/20@Queens NC204L101-94
11/23(N)Youngstown St161W68-62
11/25(N)Delaware272L73-60
11/26(N)Miami OH113L82-71
12/2(N)UNC Asheville250L82-77
12/6@East Carolina268W82-78
12/16NC A&T308L71-65
1/1Chattanooga23953%
1/3Samford24053%
1/7@Wofford22529%
1/10@ETSU13414%
1/15Citadel35683%
1/17Mercer16336%
1/21@VMI32951%
1/24Furman15635%
1/29@Mercer16318%
1/31@Citadel35666%
2/4W Carolina28260%
2/8@Furman15617%
2/11VMI32973%
2/14Wofford22551%
2/18@W Carolina28238%
2/21ETSU13430%
2/26@Chattanooga23931%
2/28@Samford24031%