NCAA Tournament March Madness

#268 E Kentucky

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Kentucky’s resume features moments that suggest they can compete and moments that expose why they remain on the outside looking in. They showed fight in the home meeting with Western Kentucky and were competitive in a road outing at Illinois State, but they also were handled in hostile environments such as Vanderbilt and at Wichita State and they have picked up a string of losses away from home that committees weigh heavily. The remaining slate includes a number of home opportunities against teams like Bellarmine, Central Arkansas, Stetson and West Georgia plus winnable road dates at Eastern Illinois and North Florida, so this stretch is a clear chance to add the kind of quality wins that have not yet materialized. Until EKU converts those home opportunities or follows up a road breakthrough with consistent results in conference play, their body of work will be judged as short on signature road or neutral victories and vulnerable to the usual scrutiny.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/10WKU125L87-79
11/12@Vanderbilt6L92-62
11/18@Kent123L93-78
11/22Mercer172L95-83
11/24@N Kentucky178L82-71
11/29Wofford210L83-77
12/3@Illinois St116L89-78
12/10@E Illinois33054%
12/13Miami OH13533%
12/17@Jacksonville St23534%
12/21@Wichita St9810%
1/1@Queens NC18926%
1/3@West Georgia28241%
1/8North Alabama21753%
1/10Cent Arkansas25058%
1/15@Austin Peay18125%
1/17Bellarmine28364%
1/22@North Florida33456%
1/24@Jacksonville27240%
1/28Austin Peay18145%
1/31@Cent Arkansas25036%
2/5FGCU16843%
2/7Stetson34279%
2/11@Lipscomb15722%
2/14@North Alabama21731%
2/18West Georgia28263%
2/21@Bellarmine28342%
2/25Queens NC18947%
2/28Lipscomb15741%