NCAA Tournament March Madness

#310 Ball St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Ball State’s resume is built mostly from wins over lesser opponents and a lone road steal at Central Michigan, while its worst results include a lopsided trip to Wisconsin and mudding losses at Lafayette and on the road in league play that leave the profile thin on true road and neutral signature victories. The few positive items—home success against Ohio, a neutral-site win over Louisiana, and a gritty nonconference victory against a weaker opponent—don’t offset repeated defeats away from home and losses to league rivals like Buffalo and Akron that the committee will view as damaging. The final stretch still hands Ball State chances to change the picture with trips to Toledo and Bowling Green, a return to ULM and a winnable home slate including Buffalo and Kent, but absent meaningful wins away from campus or a sweep of better conference foes, the safest path to the tournament is earning the automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Louisiana331W75-64
11/11@Wisconsin41L86-55
11/15Ark Little Rock291L68-62
11/22@Indiana St201L70-52
11/28(N)Monmouth NJ198L80-73
11/29@Lafayette317L55-37
11/30(N)Le Moyne261W96-85
12/3@Evansville283L64-52
12/9S Dakota St192L68-64
12/14@Campbell205L69-64
12/20Miami OH88L86-77
1/3@Buffalo169L85-72
1/6E Michigan223L74-52
1/10@Massachusetts179L79-71
1/13@Akron53L87-77
1/16Ohio235W76-71
1/20@C Michigan302W68-67
1/24N Illinois301W58-53
1/31@Toledo15613%
2/3@Bowling Green1289%
2/7@ULM36064%
2/11Buffalo16931%
2/14Kent13925%
2/17@Ohio23523%
2/21Akron538%
2/24Massachusetts17932%
2/28@N Illinois30137%
3/3@W Michigan26629%
3/6C Michigan30259%