NCAA Tournament March Madness

#250 Cent Arkansas

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Cent Arkansas’s resume reads like a team that can dominate modest opposition at home but has been overwhelmed when stepping into hostile environments against top programs. Convincing victories over Eastern Washington, Eastern Illinois, and Arkansas Little Rock show the squad can close out inferior opponents, yet heavy defeats at North Carolina and at Arkansas plus an embarrassing home loss to Samford and road setbacks at North Texas and ETSU have left glaring bad losses on the ledger. The nonconference schedule has included stiff road tests and upcoming trips to Power Conference arenas and strong midmajor venues that offer the only realistic path to a resume-changing win, while most of the remaining conference slate presents winnable home games and several challenging road dates at schools like Lipscomb and Bellarmine where road success would carry real weight. Until the Bears pair an eye-catching road or neutral-site victory with a clean conference run and avoid further avoidable losses, their profile will be defined more by blown-out defeats than by signature wins.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@North Carolina26L94-54
11/11@Arkansas30L93-56
11/16Samford239L84-77
11/20@North Texas141L74-56
11/23E Washington247W92-65
11/25E Illinois329W81-60
11/29@ETSU113L80-57
12/3Ark Little Rock307W85-47
12/7@East Texas A&M29949%
12/13@Vanderbilt61%
12/21@SMU424%
1/1FGCU16846%
1/3Stetson34181%
1/8@Bellarmine28344%
1/10@E Kentucky26842%
1/15Jacksonville27264%
1/17North Florida33479%
1/22@West Georgia28244%
1/24@North Alabama21833%
1/28@Queens NC18929%
1/31E Kentucky26864%
2/4North Alabama21855%
2/7@Lipscomb15824%
2/12Bellarmine28366%
2/14West Georgia28266%
2/19@Stetson34162%
2/21@FGCU16825%
2/25@Austin Peay18027%
2/28Queens NC18950%