NCAA Tournament March Madness

#300 C Michigan

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Central Michigan’s résumé has a couple of clear bright spots in comfortable wins over Appalachian State and Coppin State but those are badly outweighed by crushing road losses at Bradley and Marquette and a lopsided neutral defeat to Northern Kentucky that exposed how thin the team looks in hostile environments. The remaining slate includes brutal road tests at St. Louis and Wisconsin that will make or break any hope of improving the profile, while conference home dates against Ball State and Western Michigan and a rematch with Northern Illinois offer the most realistic chances to rebuild momentum. The committee will be weighing those isolated quality moments against the severity of the bad losses and the team’s inability so far to win away from home, so Central Michigan needs a convincing road or neutral victory and clean results in its home opportunities to shift the outlook.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Appalachian St296W82-66
11/8@Bradley128L85-54
11/13(N)South Alabama167L66-64
11/14(N)Coppin St364W82-59
11/20N Kentucky178L90-66
11/22@Marquette86L85-71
12/2@Loyola-Chicago288L83-72
12/7@St Louis442%
12/13@Stony Brook21924%
12/20@N Illinois32143%
12/22@Wisconsin261%
12/30Ohio21243%
1/3Toledo16134%
1/6@Akron603%
1/10Kent12324%
1/13@Miami OH13511%
1/20Ball St32466%
1/24@W Michigan26331%
1/27E Michigan18538%
1/31Bowling Green11220%
2/3@Massachusetts18720%
2/14N Illinois32165%
2/17@E Michigan18520%
2/21W Michigan26353%
2/24@Kent12310%
2/28@Buffalo20822%
3/3Akron609%
3/6@Ball St32444%