NCAA Tournament March Madness

#324 Ball St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Ball St’s profile shows a couple of bright moments but too many damaging setbacks to feel comfortable, with the home victory over Louisiana and the nonconference win against Le Moyne standing out amid a string of concerning results such as the lopsided trip to Wisconsin and losses at Indiana State, at Lafayette and in a neutral game against Monmouth that expose inconsistency. The committee will weigh the scarcity of meaningful road and neutral wins heavily, and the slate still includes several clear opportunities to improve the resume at home against Buffalo and Central Michigan as well as critical road tests at Akron and Toledo and an important trip to Buffalo that will reveal whether this team can sustain wins away from home. Overall the resume is defined by limited quality victories, repeated bad losses away from campus and a conference schedule that offers a narrow path to repair the standing if the program can string together wins in the right places.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Louisiana326W75-64
11/11@Wisconsin26L86-55
11/15Ark Little Rock309L68-62
11/22@Indiana St201L70-52
11/28(N)Monmouth NJ215L80-73
11/29@Lafayette332L55-37
11/30(N)Le Moyne320W96-85
12/3@Evansville295L64-52
12/9S Dakota St16329%
12/14@Campbell21419%
12/20Miami OH13522%
1/3@Buffalo20819%
1/6E Michigan18533%
1/10@Massachusetts18816%
1/13@Akron602%
1/16Ohio21238%
1/20@C Michigan30034%
1/24N Illinois32160%
1/31@Toledo15913%
2/3@Bowling Green1126%
2/11Buffalo20837%
2/14Kent12320%
2/17@Ohio21219%
2/21Akron607%
2/24Massachusetts18834%
2/28@N Illinois32137%
3/3@W Michigan26326%
3/6C Michigan30056%