NCAA Tournament March Madness

#356 W Illinois

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

W Illinois’s résumé is defined by one clear bright spot — a gritty road victory at North Dakota that shows they can close out hostile environments — and a string of damaging road losses at Iowa and Drake plus several nonconference setbacks that leave the resume with very few signature wins. Home results have been uneven, with narrow defeats to SIUE and a poor showing against Lindenwood undermining any boost from the friendly gym, and the lopsided defeats away from home highlight how often the team has failed to travel well. The remainder of the schedule brings a mix of manageable home dates against Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech and a stretch of critical road tests at Eastern Illinois, Arkansas–Little Rock and Southern Indiana where collecting wins would be essential, so unless W Illinois starts to win away from home or puts together a clean run in the league tournament its margin for error is razor thin.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Radford241L80-75
11/7@Iowa17L77-58
11/11@CS Bakersfield297L74-58
11/14@Cal Baptist141L69-59
11/21Coastal Car260L84-64
11/23North Dakota315L78-69
12/2@Drake150L108-57
12/13@North Dakota315W69-66
12/18@Lindenwood232L92-76
12/22SIUE259L66-61
1/1@TN Martin221L67-60
1/3@SE Missouri St226L73-50
1/8Tennessee St23327%
1/10Tennessee Tech31041%
1/13@E Illinois31824%
1/17@Ark Little Rock30822%
1/22@Morehead St30722%
1/24@Southern Indiana33028%
1/29SE Missouri St22625%
1/31TN Martin22124%
2/5@Tennessee Tech31022%
2/7@Tennessee St23312%
2/10E Illinois31844%
2/12Ark Little Rock30841%
2/19Southern Indiana33049%
2/21Morehead St30741%
2/26@SIUE25915%
2/28Lindenwood23227%