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@Radford253L80-75
11/7@Iowa23L77-58
11/11@CS Bakersfield322L74-58
11/14@Cal Baptist112L69-59
11/21Coastal Car230L84-64
11/23North Dakota290L78-69
12/2@Drake209L108-57
12/13@North Dakota290W69-66
12/18@Lindenwood266L92-76
12/22SIUE255L66-61
1/1@TN Martin216L67-60
1/3@SE Missouri St226L73-50
1/8Tennessee St208L90-68
1/10Tennessee Tech313L59-54
1/13@E Illinois324L57-55
1/17@Ark Little Rock308L86-79
1/22@Morehead St282L71-66
1/23@Southern Indiana338L96-64
1/29SE Missouri St226L78-74
1/31TN Martin216L84-44
2/5@Tennessee Tech313L97-72
2/7@Tennessee St208L83-56
2/10E Illinois324W79-70
2/12Ark Little Rock308L77-58
2/19Southern Indiana338L77-70
2/21Morehead St282L81-59
2/26@SIUE255L67-47
2/28Lindenwood266L91-69