NCAA Tournament March Madness

#364 W Illinois

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Western Illinois’s path to the NCAA tournament runs through the Ohio Valley tournament because the résumé offers almost no quality scalps and a long list of damaging defeats away from home, with the only bright moments being a road win at North Dakota and a home victory over Eastern Illinois. Nonconference road trips to Iowa and Radford, along with a brutal loss at Drake, exposed an inability to win in hostile environments and a string of blowouts at places like Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, Southern Indiana and SIUE make the profile look worse than the occasional close losses to league opponents. Puzzling setbacks to Lindenwood both home and away and a lack of wins against solid opponents leave the team dependent on the conference tournament to alter its standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Radford257L80-75
11/7@Iowa25L77-58
11/11@CS Bakersfield326L74-58
11/14@Cal Baptist106L69-59
11/21Coastal Car247L84-64
11/23North Dakota275L78-69
12/2@Drake197L108-57
12/13@North Dakota275W69-66
12/18@Lindenwood267L92-76
12/22SIUE256L66-61
1/1@TN Martin223L67-60
1/3@SE Missouri St232L73-50
1/8Tennessee St187L90-68
1/10Tennessee Tech315L59-54
1/13@E Illinois323L57-55
1/17@Ark Little Rock311L86-79
1/22@Morehead St283L71-66
1/23@Southern Indiana339L96-64
1/29SE Missouri St232L78-74
1/31TN Martin223L84-44
2/5@Tennessee Tech315L97-72
2/7@Tennessee St187L83-56
2/10E Illinois323W79-70
2/12Ark Little Rock311L77-58
2/19Southern Indiana339L77-70
2/21Morehead St283L81-59
2/26@SIUE256L67-47
2/28Lindenwood267L91-69