NCAA Tournament March Madness

#253 W Michigan

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Western Michigan's standing is logical because the resume is anchored by home wins over Coastal Carolina and Mount St. Mary's, a road victory at SIUE, and a conference home win over Eastern Michigan, yet those positives are undone by damaging losses away from campus—most notably trips to Iowa and Ohio State and heavy defeats at Valparaiso and Akron that exposed defensive holes and offensive inconsistency. The path forward is clear: remaining games such as the home meeting with Central Michigan and road tests at Northern Illinois and Ohio along with key league dates at Toledo, Akron and Bowling Green give the Broncos chances to add the kind of road and neutral-site wins committees reward, but without those statement results the automatic route through the conference remains the safest expectation.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Coastal Car247W76-71
11/9@Campbell182L91-82
11/12PFW224W83-71
11/16@South Dakota284L83-78
11/20@Ohio St35L91-58
11/23Mt St Mary's290W83-60
11/29@Valparaiso158L84-55
12/3Southern Indiana325W88-74
12/6@SIUE261W83-73
12/14@Iowa20L91-51
12/20Buffalo184L88-71
12/30@Toledo161L84-79
1/6@Miami OH89L87-76
1/10E Michigan188W79-62
1/13Massachusetts183L85-82
1/17@Akron60L104-89
1/20Bowling Green112L72-54
1/24C Michigan32278%
1/27@N Illinois31555%
2/3@Ohio22133%
2/7@Texas St27144%
2/11Toledo16143%
2/14@E Michigan18828%
2/17Akron6016%
2/21@C Michigan32258%
2/24@Bowling Green11214%
2/28Miami OH8923%
3/3Ball St31375%
3/6@Kent14720%