NCAA Tournament March Madness

#126 ETSU

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Projected seed: 15 (automatic qualifier)

ETSU's standing reflects a team that has dominated the weaker end of its league and scraped out a few gutsy road wins but has not produced the kind of signature victory that earns an at-large berth; convincing home wins over Citadel and VMI and narrow road escapes at Samford and Chattanooga show the squad can close games, yet damaging nonconference setbacks at Presbyterian, at Dayton and at North Carolina along with the home loss to Jacksonville State undermine its resume. The remaining slate, highlighted by matchups with Wofford, Furman and Mercer and another chance against Citadel, offers chances to add meaningful road or neutral wins or to demonstrate growth before the conference tournament. Unless those opportunities produce a scalp over a quality opponent or the team captures the league title, the committee will view ETSU as a team that must take the automatic qualifier path because its best moments are outweighed by a handful of damaging losses and a thin profile away from home.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Presbyterian277L68-64
11/12N Kentucky170W75-63
11/15@North Alabama334W78-74
11/21Morehead St299W77-62
11/23ULM360W97-55
11/29Cent Arkansas184W80-57
12/2@Dayton85L88-71
12/5South Alabama206W91-65
12/12@Austin Peay163L76-75
12/16@North Carolina28L77-58
12/20Jacksonville St197L81-75
12/30@Citadel352W74-49
1/3Mercer141W77-71
1/7VMI354W81-67
1/10UNC Greensboro308W86-60
1/14@W Carolina260L72-68
1/17@Samford249W76-75
1/21@Chattanooga267W67-66
1/23Citadel352W84-55
1/29W Carolina26085%
1/31@Wofford21759%
2/4Furman16670%
2/7@VMI35490%
2/11Chattanooga26786%
2/14Samford24983%
2/18@Furman16649%
2/21@UNC Greensboro30877%
2/25Wofford21779%
2/28@Mercer14143%