NCAA Tournament March Madness

#171 Col Charleston

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Charleston's résumé makes clear why it likely needs the conference's automatic berth because it pairs some solid road and home wins with too many damaging setbacks and lacks a true signature victory to bury the committee's concerns. The team proved it can win away by beating Northern Kentucky and taking care of Elon on the road while posting useful home victories over William & Mary and Drexel, but those highlights are undermined by a lopsided loss to Belmont and tough defeats at Liberty and South Florida along with neutral-site setbacks to Florida Atlantic and Yale. Defensive breakdowns on the road, most evident in an ugly trip to Stony Brook where they surrendered a lot of offense, have turned otherwise useful wins into an insufficient at-large case. The remaining stretch gives them several resume-building chances, with trips to Hofstra and Northeastern and conference games against UNC Wilmington, Campbell and Monmouth among the most important, but they will have to convert those opportunities while tightening up defensively to avoid relying on the automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Liberty92L90-75
11/8(N)FL Atlantic97L94-77
11/14S Carolina St361W88-61
11/17Drake160L71-62
11/21(N)Massachusetts179W69-65
11/23(N)Yale70L74-63
11/24(N)Evansville283W78-59
11/30Belmont67L96-73
12/10@South Florida69L81-75
12/14Charlotte172W74-67
12/17Citadel352W82-78
12/21@N Kentucky170W85-74
12/29Drexel212W72-63
12/31@Elon175W85-81
1/5William & Mary130W88-79
1/10Hampton243W74-70
1/15@Towson168L61-52
1/17@Stony Brook241L112-106
1/22Campbell205W87-83
1/24Elon175W80-70
1/29@Hofstra11527%
1/31@Northeastern25255%
2/5NC A&T29683%
2/9UNC Wilmington11748%
2/12Hofstra11548%
2/14@Campbell20546%
2/19@NC A&T29665%
2/21Monmouth NJ19867%
2/26@Hampton24354%
2/28@UNC Wilmington11727%
3/1@UNC Wilmington11727%