NCAA Tournament March Madness

#272 W Michigan

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Western Michigan’s résumé is built on comfortable wins over the likes of PFW, Mt. St. Mary’s and Southern Indiana and a road victory at SIUE, but those bright spots are overwhelmed by ugly showings at major-conference stops in Columbus and Iowa City and a heavy loss at Valparaiso that expose real road fragility. The nonconference slate produced few meaningful scalp, so the wins come mostly against lesser opponents, while losses at home to Buffalo and elsewhere dilute any resume momentum. With the midwestern conference schedule still featuring true road tests at Toledo and Akron plus key home clashes against league rivals and the inevitable reset opportunity in the conference tournament, this team’s profile will depend on whether it can start piling up quality results away from its own building.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Coastal Car224W76-71
11/9@Campbell228L91-82
11/12PFW222W83-71
11/16@South Dakota282L83-78
11/20@Ohio St36L91-58
11/23Mt St Mary's294W83-60
11/29@Valparaiso209L84-55
12/3Southern Indiana335W88-74
12/6@SIUE251W83-73
12/14@Iowa18L91-51
12/20Buffalo179L88-71
12/30@Toledo16421%
1/6@Miami OH10610%
1/10E Michigan20148%
1/13Massachusetts17544%
1/17@Akron564%
1/20Bowling Green11327%
1/24C Michigan33377%
1/27@N Illinois31851%
2/3@Ohio18925%
2/11Toledo16440%
2/14@E Michigan20127%
2/17Akron5613%
2/21@C Michigan33356%
2/24@Bowling Green11312%
2/28Miami OH10624%
3/3Ball St31572%
3/6@Kent13516%