NCAA Tournament March Madness

#152 Winthrop

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Winthrop’s case is rooted in a high-powered offense that turned into eye-catching home wins over Mercer and South Carolina State and steady road triumphs at Jackson State and LIU Brooklyn, and the team showed it can hang with power-conference opponents in a narrow loss at Arkansas and competitive trips to Nebraska and George Mason. Those signature moments are counterbalanced by defensive lapses and a damaging defeat at Texas Tech along with several nonconference road losses that make the resume look vulnerable away from home. With the bulk of the Big South slate still to play, there are clear opportunities — including games at Longwood and a string of familiar league foes — for the offense to bolster the profile and for a run in the conference tournament to erase the bad losses, but until Winthrop shores up its defense on the road its résumé will read as one that needs a strong conference stretch to feel secure.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Queens NC209W81-74
11/7@George Mason89L96-90
11/11@Coastal Car260L72-66
11/15Mercer162W105-69
11/18@Arkansas24L84-83
11/23@Jackson St345W80-62
11/25@Nebraska20L80-73
11/29S Carolina St360W101-79
12/2@LIU Brooklyn182W94-92
12/6Coastal Car260L88-84
12/18@North Dakota314L90-88
12/28@Texas Tech19L87-57
12/31@Longwood291L82-70
1/3Gardner Webb359W88-77
1/7Charleston So22473%
1/10@SC Upstate27464%
1/14High Point8538%
1/17@UNC Asheville24658%
1/21Radford24177%
1/24@Presbyterian27864%
1/31UNC Asheville24678%
2/4@Radford24157%
2/7Longwood29184%
2/12@Gardner Webb35989%
2/19SC Upstate27482%
2/21@High Point8519%
2/26@Charleston So22452%
2/28Presbyterian27882%