NCAA Tournament March Madness

#234 W Carolina

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

W Carolina’s projection to need the conference’s automatic berth is rooted in a resume that contains a few solid league wins but is overwhelmed by damaging nonconference and true road losses. Their best moments have been conference victories, including a road win at Furman and comfortable home wins over league peers like Mercer and UNC Greensboro, plus a dominant home win over Citadel and a convincing win over VMI. The worst moments came on the road against top nonconference programs with blowout defeats at Duke and Cincinnati and poor showings at Virginia Tech and Georgia, and they also suffered multiple conference road setbacks at places such as High Point, Lipscomb and SC Upstate. That pattern of struggling away from home and failing to beat strong out‑of‑league opponents leaves little evidence of a résumé that would earn an at‑large nod, so the simplest path to the field is to secure the automatic berth in the conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Cincinnati42L94-63
11/8@Duke1L95-54
11/16Stetson303W76-65
11/19UNC Asheville252W80-73
11/22@Lipscomb197L83-62
11/29@High Point93L93-73
12/6@SC Upstate300L78-67
12/11@Virginia Tech57L96-74
12/18@Georgia30L112-82
12/31Wofford251L79-74
1/3@Furman203W80-77
1/7@Samford210L82-77
1/10@Citadel348L79-77
1/14ETSU143W72-68
1/17Chattanooga299L90-82
1/21@Mercer180L88-76
1/24VMI360W88-58
1/29@ETSU143W90-88
2/1Samford210L88-74
2/4@UNC Greensboro302L81-78
2/7@Wofford251L77-66
2/11Citadel348W87-49
2/14@Chattanooga299W81-76
2/18UNC Greensboro302W91-77
2/21@VMI360W81-62
2/25Mercer180W78-74
2/28Furman203W86-67
3/7(N)Mercer18039%