NCAA Tournament March Madness

#135 Winthrop

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Winthrop’s profile reads like a team that needs its conference tournament to reach the Big Dance because its résumé is anchored by a strong neutral-site win over Queens and a dominant offensive showing against Mercer yet is damaged by a lopsided road defeat at Texas Tech and close road losses at Arkansas and Nebraska, leaving most of its victories against mid- and lower-tier Big South opponents. The Eagles have proven they can win away from home with important victories at Radford, Longwood and Gardner Webb and they can light up the scoreboard, but they lack the signature road wins over notable nonconference powerhouses that convince a committee to hand out an at-large spot. That reality makes the upcoming road trip to Charleston Southern and the home game against Presbyterian meaningful chances to fortify the résumé because the program’s best moments point to NCAA tournament upside while the worst moments still carry too much weight.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Queens NC202W81-74
11/7@George Mason101L96-90
11/11@Coastal Car237L72-66
11/15Mercer180W105-69
11/18@Arkansas17L84-83
11/23@Jackson St337W80-62
11/25@Nebraska12L80-73
11/29S Carolina St358W101-79
12/2@LIU Brooklyn216W94-92
12/6Coastal Car237L88-84
12/18@North Dakota285L90-88
12/28@Texas Tech16L87-57
12/31@Longwood279L82-70
1/3Gardner Webb363W88-77
1/7Charleston So256W81-77
1/10@SC Upstate293W71-50
1/14High Point91W92-75
1/17@UNC Asheville229W69-67
1/21Radford245W76-75
1/24@Presbyterian282W82-72
1/31UNC Asheville229W84-71
2/4@Radford245W80-78
2/7Longwood279W79-74
2/12@Gardner Webb363W103-85
2/19SC Upstate293W68-64
2/21@High Point91L89-87
2/26@Charleston So25665%
2/28Presbyterian28286%