NCAA Tournament March Madness

#213 Youngstown St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Youngstown State’s profile makes clear why it needs the Horizon League’s automatic bid: its few marquee moments include a resume-building road victory at Grand Canyon and a dominant offensive performance at home against Cleveland State, but those highlights are offset by damaging nonconference road losses at Pittsburgh, St Bonaventure and Toledo and by bad home and away defeats to midmajor opponents such as Robert Morris and Milwaukee, plus a neutral-site setback to UNC Greensboro that undercuts its road and neutral credibility. Conference results have been uneven with splits against familiar foes and late-season road defeats that leave the résumé thin on high-quality wins away from home, so unless the Penguins capture the league tournament they lack the defensive and signature road résumé the committee looks for in an at-large selection.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Pittsburgh101L74-59
11/7@Grand Canyon63W90-81
11/15@St Bonaventure155L84-80
11/19@Toledo136L92-75
11/23(N)UNC Greensboro302L68-62
11/24(N)Ga Southern250W67-61
11/28Chicago St344W87-64
12/3Wright St147W69-68
12/6@IUPUI318W78-55
12/17@Robert Morris141L80-77
12/20SC Upstate300W74-65
12/29Detroit220L73-68
1/1Oakland164L85-83
1/4@N Kentucky177L94-79
1/7PFW262L71-69
1/15@Wright St147L93-83
1/17@Cleveland St323L80-78
1/22WI Green Bay194W88-81
1/24WI Milwaukee269L65-64
1/30IUPUI318W85-76
2/4@PFW262W90-61
2/7Robert Morris141L72-66
2/12@Oakland164W86-82
2/15@Detroit220L76-70
2/18Cleveland St323W106-82
2/22N Kentucky177W64-58
2/25@WI Milwaukee269L78-65
2/28@WI Green Bay194L85-63
3/4@Robert Morris141L68-53