NCAA Tournament March Madness

#144 Bradley

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Bradley’s résumé shows promising scalps in Liberty, Washington State, Drake and Northern Iowa along with a neutral-site win over Princeton, but those highs are offset by damaging road defeats at San Francisco, Belmont and Murray State and surprising setbacks to Tennessee Martin and Illinois Chicago that a selection committee will penalize. Inconsistent neutral-site results with losses at St Bonaventure and UC San Diego and a heavy defeat at Illinois State undermine the notion of a clean, resume-building profile, even though road wins at Indiana State and Evansville prove the team can win away from home. With quality wins scattered and costly losses lingering, the clearest path into the bracket is to claim the conference’s automatic berth, and upcoming matchups against league foes including trips to Northern Iowa and Belmont and a home date with Illinois State give them defined opportunities to strengthen or seal that fate.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)St Bonaventure146L69-63
11/8C Michigan302W85-54
11/12TN Martin211L78-67
11/15@San Francisco102L75-64
11/19MA Lowell319W87-77
11/24(N)Princeton224W88-64
11/25(N)UC San Diego108L87-77
11/26(N)Liberty92W74-64
12/2Washington St140W64-60
12/6N Illinois301W84-55
12/18@Indiana St201W108-99
12/21S Illinois124W73-69
12/29Evansville283W76-68
1/1@Belmont67L88-78
1/4@Murray St90L86-66
1/7Drake160W93-66
1/10Northern Iowa112W75-69
1/13@Evansville283W94-90
1/17@Illinois St84L88-62
1/21Indiana St201W75-68
1/24IL Chicago136L85-70
1/31@Drake16042%
2/3Valparaiso15463%
2/6@Northern Iowa11230%
2/9Belmont6734%
2/15@S Illinois12434%
2/18@Valparaiso15441%
2/21Illinois St8441%
2/24@IL Chicago13636%
3/1Murray St9044%