NCAA Tournament March Madness

#216 Appalachian St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Appalachian State’s résumé is built around a few encouraging road wins at Old Dominion and Georgia State and a neutral-site victory over High Point that show the team can grind out wins away from home, but those moments are overwhelmed by a heavy loss at Ohio State, a brutal defeat to Elon and several ugly road setbacks that have eroded any hope of an at-large berth. The Mountaineers have collected comfortable home wins over conference opponents such as Louisiana and ULM, yet they followed a road win over Old Dominion with a home loss to the same team, which speaks to inconsistency. With meaningful road tests at Southern Miss and Troy and important home dates coming against South Alabama and Marshall, there are still paths to improve the résumé, but without a new signature victory the practical route to the NCAA field runs through winning the Sun Belt’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@C Michigan302L82-66
11/9NC Central347W76-54
11/11@Ohio St40L75-53
11/16@Dartmouth240W85-77
11/21Charlotte172W65-63
11/24Elon175L88-53
11/26@Mercer141L75-67
11/30@UNC Asheville218L67-55
12/11@East Carolina275W67-54
12/14(N)High Point94W86-78
12/18Coastal Car234W67-49
12/20Georgia St270L70-63
12/31@Old Dominion225W81-73
1/3@Marshall177L88-81
1/8@Georgia St270W52-50
1/10@Coastal Car234L67-62
1/15James Madison229W80-65
1/17Old Dominion225L75-73
1/22Louisiana331W72-58
1/23ULM360W59-43
1/29@Southern Miss25046%
1/31@Troy11319%
2/4South Alabama20659%
2/7E Michigan22363%
2/11@Ga Southern24545%
2/14@James Madison22941%
2/19Marshall17753%
2/21Ga Southern24567%
2/27@Texas St28253%