NCAA Tournament March Madness

#181 Austin Peay

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Austin Peay’s résumé is built around a few encouraging moments and some damaging road defeats. Road wins at Air Force and UNC Greensboro and a solid home victory over Northern Illinois show the team can close games away from its building and control things at home, but heavy losses at Wyoming, Mississippi, Tulsa and Kent expose struggles when stepping up on the road against stronger opposition. The rest of the slate offers clear chances to repair the picture with road dates at Florida Gulf Coast, Lipscomb and North Florida and home opportunities against ETSU, FGCU and Stetson, plus games against Missouri KC, Bellarmine and Central Arkansas that will carry extra weight. How Austin Peay performs in those settings and whether it can notch more quality results away from home will determine if the resume’s positive moments can outweigh the early nonconference damage.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Air Force331W74-54
11/11@Wyoming107L79-65
11/15@UNC Greensboro292W69-63
11/18@Mississippi51L72-65
11/21@Tulsa85L84-75
11/25N Illinois321W77-59
12/3@Kent123L96-84
12/7@UTRGV20043%
12/12ETSU11341%
12/21@Missouri KC34374%
1/1North Florida33487%
1/3Jacksonville27076%
1/8@FGCU16837%
1/10@Stetson34274%
1/15E Kentucky26875%
1/17@Lipscomb15735%
1/22FGCU16859%
1/24Stetson34288%
1/28@E Kentucky26855%
1/31@West Georgia28257%
2/5Lipscomb15757%
2/7North Alabama21868%
2/11@Queens NC18740%
2/14Bellarmine28377%
2/19@North Florida33471%
2/21@Jacksonville27055%
2/25Cent Arkansas25073%
2/28@Bellarmine28357%