NCAA Tournament March Madness

#69 Belmont

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Projection: likely out

Belmont’s résumé fits a middle-of-the-bracket placement because the team paired an eye-catching collection of road and neutral wins at places like Northern Iowa, Murray State and UC Irvine with a marquee neutral victory over Toledo that highlights how its offense performs away from home. That upside is offset by a few damaging results, most notably a home loss to Richmond and a heavy neutral defeat to Drake that erased late-season momentum and left ugly blemishes on the résumé. Narrow setbacks on the road at Indiana State and a loss at Bradley can be explained, but a home loss to Southern Illinois and a defeat at Illinois State expose inconsistency and limit upside. When you weigh the strong travel résumé and top wins against those conspicuous failures and lingering defensive concerns, Belmont comfortably belongs in the field while lacking the résumé polish to climb into the upper seeds.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Air Force345W79-63
11/8Tennessee St187W87-79
11/15@Oral Roberts309W83-60
11/19Lipscomb200W75-68
11/24(N)St Francis PA354W94-57
11/26(N)Toledo131W87-72
11/30@Col Charleston172W96-73
12/3Richmond160L84-76
12/7@MTSU178W83-62
12/13IL Chicago105W87-84
12/16@Evansville308W83-78
12/19@UC Irvine104W84-58
12/29@Indiana St201L81-80
1/1Bradley123W88-78
1/4S Illinois117L68-67
1/7@Northern Iowa72W78-65
1/10@Drake197W78-76
1/13Valparaiso158W78-74
1/17@S Illinois117W73-68
1/24Illinois St103W80-69
1/28@Valparaiso158W78-77
1/31Murray St122W103-86
2/3Drake197W103-90
2/6@IL Chicago105W68-62
2/9@Bradley123L95-84
2/12Northern Iowa72W91-86
2/15@Murray St122W87-70
2/21Indiana St201W87-70
2/25Evansville308W98-64
3/1@Illinois St103L81-74
3/6(N)Drake197L100-79