NCAA Tournament March Madness

#284 Detroit

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Detroit’s body of work makes clear the easiest path to the NCAA tournament runs through the Horizon tournament because the team has produced almost no signature victories and has been dinged by ugly road defeats. Nonconference travel included blowouts at Michigan State and Notre Dame and tough setbacks at DePaul and Illinois Chicago, while the brighter moments — road wins at Cleveland State, Niagara and IUPUI and home victories over league foes — are outweighed by home losses to Wright State and conference setbacks at Northern Kentucky, Purdue Fort Wayne and Oakland. The remaining stretch, with a home test against Northern Kentucky and trips to Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Green Bay and Wright State, offers real chances to show growth, but Detroit must turn several of those into statement results if it wants to avoid relying on an automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@IL Chicago136L91-71
11/7@Notre Dame79L102-70
11/15@Toledo156L90-83
11/18E Michigan223L72-62
11/21@Michigan St7L84-56
11/23@DePaul107L95-75
11/29@Niagara350W70-66
12/3IUPUI325W92-78
12/6@Cleveland St321W71-59
12/14@PFW230L81-77
12/29@Youngstown St220W73-68
1/2Robert Morris193L85-77
1/9Wright St142L84-82
1/11Cleveland St321W94-84
1/15@N Kentucky170L96-71
1/17@IUPUI325W80-77
1/21PFW230L83-76
1/24Oakland121L95-87
1/30N Kentucky17037%
2/4@WI Milwaukee24631%
2/7@WI Green Bay22628%
2/12@Wright St14215%
2/15Youngstown St22047%
2/20WI Milwaukee24653%
2/22WI Green Bay22649%
2/25@Robert Morris19323%
2/28@Oakland12112%