NCAA Tournament March Madness

#212 Youngstown St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Youngstown State looks like a team that will need the Horizon's automatic berth because its résumé rests on a lone road triumph at Grand Canyon while nonconference trips to Pittsburgh and St. Bonaventure produced losses instead of a statement win. There have been encouraging moments, a tight home victory over Wright State, a comfortable road game at IUPUI and a neutral-site win over Georgia Southern, but those highs are neutralized by damaging defeats at Detroit, Cleveland State, Oakland and Northern Kentucky that will stick on a selection sheet. Committees prize road and neutral success and Youngstown State’s best moments are muted by inconsistent results away from home and by missed chances in higher-profile matchups. The remainder of the league slate features a cluster of home dates that must be won and a critical trip to Oakland among the few remaining opportunities to add a resume-changing victory, so unless the conference crown is claimed the path into the field looks narrow.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Pittsburgh96L74-59
11/7@Grand Canyon84W90-81
11/15@St Bonaventure145L84-80
11/19@Toledo159L92-75
11/23(N)UNC Greensboro295L68-62
11/24(N)Ga Southern243W67-61
11/28Chicago St354W87-64
12/3Wright St130W69-68
12/6@IUPUI336W78-55
12/17@Robert Morris202L80-77
12/20SC Upstate283W74-65
12/29Detroit281L73-68
1/1Oakland109L85-83
1/4@N Kentucky169L94-79
1/7PFW229L71-69
1/15@Wright St130L93-83
1/17@Cleveland St333L80-78
1/22WI Green Bay23866%
1/24WI Milwaukee25368%
1/30IUPUI33686%
2/4@PFW22942%
2/7Robert Morris20259%
2/12@Oakland10918%
2/15@Detroit28154%
2/18Cleveland St33385%
2/21N Kentucky16953%
2/22N Kentucky16953%
2/25@WI Milwaukee25346%
2/28@WI Green Bay23844%