NCAA Tournament March Madness

#163 Austin Peay

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Austin Peay combines resume-making road victories with damaging losses, which explains why the team looks like it will need the conference automatic spot. Road wins at Air Force and at UNC Greensboro show the group can close out games in hostile environments and home wins over Northern Illinois and ETSU demonstrate it can put up points, but lopsided defeats at Wyoming and Kent and disappointing trips to Mississippi and UTRGV have left the résumé uneven. The rest of the slate mostly features manageable league opponents while still including key road tests at Lipscomb, Bellarmine and North Florida that give the Governors clear chances to erase those bad losses and build a cleaner profile before the league tournament. If Austin Peay takes care of those road opportunities its best nonconference moments will carry weight, otherwise the automatic conference berth is the most realistic path to the postseason.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Air Force346W74-54
11/11@Wyoming111L79-65
11/15@UNC Greensboro308W69-63
11/18@Mississippi73L72-65
11/21@Tulsa57L84-75
11/25N Illinois301W77-59
12/3@Kent139L96-84
12/7@UTRGV174L63-50
12/12ETSU126W76-75
1/1North Florida340W102-83
1/3Jacksonville289W71-68
1/8@FGCU228W82-71
1/10@Stetson320W81-69
1/15E Kentucky262W74-72
1/17@Lipscomb150L82-78
1/22FGCU228W83-62
1/23Stetson320W73-65
1/28@E Kentucky262W90-82
1/31@West Georgia32975%
2/5Lipscomb15058%
2/7North Alabama33490%
2/11@Queens NC18845%
2/14Bellarmine29083%
2/19@North Florida34079%
2/21@Jacksonville28966%
2/25Cent Arkansas18466%
2/28@Bellarmine29066%