NCAA Tournament March Madness
#276 W Carolina
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Western Carolina’s resume hinges on a few modest home victories over Stetson and UNC Asheville contrasted with a string of damaging road defeats at Cincinnati, Duke and during early nonconference trips to Lipscomb, High Point and SC Upstate, so the committee sees a profile with little in the way of signature wins and too many blemishes away from home; those lopsided losses on hostile floors have more weight than the wins on campus, and they leave the Catamounts needing a couple of eye‑catching results in their remaining slate. The upcoming road tests at Virginia Tech and Georgia present the clearest chance to rewrite the narrative, while the Southern Conference schedule against Wofford, Furman, Samford, Citadel, ETSU, Chattanooga, Mercer, VMI and UNC Greensboro offers multiple opportunities where road success or a deep league tournament run would materially improve perceptions. Until those chances translate into solid road or neutral‑site wins, the resume will be defined by its severe defeats and a limited body of quality victories.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Cincinnati | 75 | L94-63 |
| 11/8 | @Duke | 4 | L95-54 |
| 11/16 | Stetson | 340 | W76-65 |
| 11/19 | UNC Asheville | 206 | W80-73 |
| 11/22 | @Lipscomb | 139 | L83-62 |
| 11/29 | @High Point | 88 | L93-73 |
| 12/6 | @SC Upstate | 258 | L78-67 |
| 12/11 | @Virginia Tech | 62 | 5% |
| 12/18 | @Georgia | 25 | 2% |
| 12/31 | Wofford | 253 | 57% |
| 1/3 | @Furman | 155 | 19% |
| 1/7 | @Samford | 243 | 34% |
| 1/10 | @Citadel | 362 | 72% |
| 1/14 | ETSU | 111 | 26% |
| 1/17 | Chattanooga | 223 | 52% |
| 1/21 | @Mercer | 169 | 22% |
| 1/24 | VMI | 331 | 75% |
| 1/29 | @ETSU | 111 | 11% |
| 1/31 | Samford | 243 | 56% |
| 2/4 | @UNC Greensboro | 274 | 39% |
| 2/7 | @Wofford | 253 | 35% |
| 2/11 | Citadel | 362 | 87% |
| 2/14 | @Chattanooga | 223 | 31% |
| 2/18 | UNC Greensboro | 274 | 61% |
| 2/21 | @VMI | 331 | 54% |
| 2/25 | Mercer | 169 | 42% |
| 2/28 | Furman | 155 | 38% |