NCAA Tournament March Madness

#201 Youngstown St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Youngstown State’s best moment is a resume-building road win at Grand Canyon and a few other victories away from home that show they can win outside the friendly confines, but those highlights are undercut by damaging home setbacks to teams like Robert Morris and Oakland and a string of road defeats at formidable midmajor venues such as Pittsburgh and Wright State that expose inconsistency. Tight losses at St Bonaventure and Cleveland State suggest the team can hang with quality opposition yet struggles to finish games, while a neutral loss to UNC Greensboro and a neutral win over Georgia Southern leave the nonconference slate mixed rather than impressive. With few truly signature wins to offset those blemishes, the clearest path to the tournament is through the conference’s automatic spot, and upcoming chances at Detroit, a home date with Cleveland State, a pair of games with Northern Kentucky and late trips to Milwaukee and Green Bay provide meaningful opportunities to reshape how the committee will view the resume.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Pittsburgh109L74-59
11/7@Grand Canyon68W90-81
11/15@St Bonaventure144L84-80
11/19@Toledo160L92-75
11/23(N)UNC Greensboro298L68-62
11/24(N)Ga Southern279W67-61
11/28Chicago St350W87-64
12/3Wright St148W69-68
12/6@IUPUI312W78-55
12/17@Robert Morris187L80-77
12/20SC Upstate299W74-65
12/29Detroit255L73-68
1/1Oakland138L85-83
1/4@N Kentucky193L94-79
1/7PFW259L71-69
1/15@Wright St148L93-83
1/17@Cleveland St304L80-78
1/22WI Green Bay218W88-81
1/24WI Milwaukee268L65-64
1/30IUPUI312W85-76
2/4@PFW259W90-61
2/7Robert Morris187L72-66
2/12@Oakland138W86-82
2/15@Detroit25551%
2/18Cleveland St30482%
2/21N Kentucky19360%
2/22N Kentucky19360%
2/25@WI Milwaukee26855%
2/28@WI Green Bay21843%