NCAA Tournament March Madness

#237 Abilene Chr

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Abilene Christian’s résumé reads as a mix of promise and damage: a road victory at Pepperdine and a neutral-site win over UT San Antonio demonstrate the team can win away from home, yet a lopsided neutral loss to William & Mary and road setbacks at Stephen F. Austin and Texas State leave a visible scar that the committee will not forget. The nonconference slate still offers a pair of high-profile road tests at Arizona and BYU along with a home date against New Mexico State that could change the conversation if they upset a higher-profile opponent, while the bulk of the league schedule against the likes of Utah Tech, Utah Valley, Tarleton State, UT Arlington, Cal Baptist and Southern Utah gives them ample chances to pile up quality results. Taken together, the resume benefits from some genuine road and neutral success but is held back by a couple of damaging losses and a lack of signature wins against upper-tier programs, so any movement upward hinges on seizing the remaining marquee opportunities.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6NE Omaha264W73-71
11/14@SF Austin146L76-66
11/18@Texas St231L63-49
11/24(N)UT San Antonio260W61-50
11/25(N)William & Mary122L92-58
12/2@Pepperdine286W71-63
12/6New Mexico St11935%
12/16@Arizona91%
12/19@BYU101%
12/22@TX Southern31354%
1/1Utah Tech24162%
1/3Utah Valley8925%
1/8@Tarleton St19732%
1/10@UT Arlington18330%
1/15Cal Baptist13637%
1/17@Southern Utah32256%
1/24@Tarleton St19732%
1/29Utah Tech24162%
1/31Southern Utah32276%
2/5@Utah Valley8911%
2/7@Cal Baptist13619%
2/12UT Arlington18351%
2/14Tarleton St19754%
2/21Southern Utah32276%
2/26@Utah Tech24140%
2/28@Utah Valley8911%
3/5@Cal Baptist13619%
3/7UT Arlington18351%