NCAA Tournament March Madness

#321 Cleveland St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Cleveland State’s resume has a few clear highlights, namely a neutral-site win over Radford and road victories at Wright State and Youngstown State, but those bright spots are severely undercut by ugly defeats at major-conference stops such as Northwestern and Missouri and a string of conference missteps at Kent, UAB, Oakland and at home against Valparaiso and Detroit. The offense flashes enough to keep games close yet defensive lapses have produced lopsided road results, so the program’s fate hinges on flipping winnable home games against Oakland, IUPUI, Robert Morris and Northern Kentucky and salvaging tough road tests at Green Bay and Milwaukee. With the margin for error thin, the cleanest path to the NCAA field runs through a hot run in the Horizon League tournament unless they can pile up meaningful wins in these remaining opportunities.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Loyola-Chicago318L91-88
11/10@Northwestern62L110-63
11/15(N)Kent139L102-95
11/16(N)Radford257W87-82
11/19Valparaiso154L90-75
11/22@Kent139L91-71
11/28@Missouri59L86-59
12/3@N Kentucky170L95-80
12/6Detroit284L71-59
12/17@UAB123L101-77
12/21WI Milwaukee246L81-71
12/29IUPUI325W99-86
1/4@PFW230L74-71
1/9@Oakland121L97-74
1/11@Detroit284L94-84
1/15WI Green Bay226L88-73
1/17Youngstown St220W80-78
1/21@Wright St142W85-79
1/30@WI Green Bay22619%
2/1@WI Milwaukee24622%
2/4Oakland12119%
2/7@IUPUI32540%
2/12Robert Morris19332%
2/15Wright St14223%
2/18@Youngstown St22018%
2/22PFW23039%
2/25N Kentucky17028%
2/28@Robert Morris19315%