NCAA Tournament March Madness

#242 Coastal Car

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Coastal Car’s profile is built around a handful of modest nonconference highs and some very damaging setbacks, so the committee will see a resume with a lone noteworthy win over Winthrop and a solid neutral victory over North Dakota balanced against ugly road defeats at Western Michigan, Jacksonville State and a blowout at Illinois State, plus an inconsistent performance away from home overall. The best moments show the program can beat respectable midmajor opposition, but the worst results undercut the same résumé because they came in hostile environments and left little signature road success to point to. Upcoming trips to Winthrop and Grand Canyon represent true chances to change the narrative, while a stretch of conference games at and against opponents like Appalachian State, Old Dominion, Georgia Southern, Georgia State and Marshall will determine whether Coastal Car can replace bad losses with resume-building wins; without one or two of those bigger wins, the path to the field runs primarily through a perfect run at the league tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@W Michigan263L76-71
11/11Winthrop106W72-66
11/14@Jacksonville St236L74-67
11/21@W Illinois358W84-64
11/22(N)North Dakota336W75-58
11/23@Illinois St116L94-42
11/30Alabama A&M262W67-60
12/3@SC Upstate280L85-78
12/6@Winthrop10613%
12/13@Grand Canyon10312%
12/18@Appalachian St29649%
12/20@Old Dominion22035%
12/22@St Joseph's PA18128%
1/1Ga Southern22458%
1/3Georgia St33580%
1/8Old Dominion22057%
1/10Appalachian St29671%
1/14@Marshall17027%
1/17@Ga Southern22436%
1/22Texas St23159%
1/24Southern Miss20454%
1/29@South Alabama16726%
1/31@ULM35571%
2/4Arkansas St15144%
2/12@Louisiana32657%
2/18James Madison17749%
2/21Marshall17047%
2/24@Georgia St33561%
2/27@James Madison17728%