NCAA Tournament March Madness

#223 E Michigan

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Eastern Michigan’s profile makes clear why an at-large is unlikely: the résumé is anchored by a road win at Cincinnati and solid home victories like the one over Oakland but is offset by an inexplicable nonconference loss to IUPUI and a string of bruising road defeats at Louisville, Central Michigan, Butler and Akron that expose an inconsistent offense and too many defensive lapses. Their best moments show they can compete, yet the bad losses away from home and the lack of sustained quality wins leave little margin for error. The rest of the schedule offers some winnable conference dates at home against familiar MAC opponents but also difficult trips to Akron, Kent and Buffalo where more setbacks would further erode at-large case, so their clearest path to the field is to secure the conference’s automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Georgia St270W71-49
11/10@Pittsburgh100L78-66
11/14IUPUI325L90-83
11/18@Detroit284W72-62
11/21Oakland121W97-91
11/24@Louisville19L87-46
11/26@Cincinnati56W64-56
11/28NJIT336W73-55
12/2@Butler60L84-68
12/10@PFW230L80-65
12/19@Akron53L93-72
12/22@Wright St142L70-64
12/30Massachusetts179W80-74
1/3Ohio235L68-67
1/6@Ball St310W74-52
1/10@W Michigan266L79-62
1/13N Illinois301W77-59
1/17@Bowling Green128L85-79
1/24Kent139L76-75
1/27@C Michigan302L100-65
1/31@Massachusetts17930%
2/3Akron5318%
2/7@Appalachian St21637%
2/11@Kent13923%
2/14W Michigan26670%
2/17C Michigan30277%
2/21@Toledo15626%
2/24Miami OH8828%
3/3@Buffalo16929%
3/6Bowling Green12840%