NCAA Tournament March Madness

#245 East Carolina

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

East Carolina’s résumé is defined more by damage than by signature victories: a respectable nonconference triumph over Ga Southern and a win over Maryland Eastern Shore are outweighed by sobering defeats at Richmond and at UNC Wilmington and by a heavy neutral-site loss to Michigan State and a setback to St Bonaventure. The schedule still hands them manageable home dates against the likes of UNC Greensboro, Appalachian State, Buffalo and Presbyterian that can bulk up the win column but those results will not move the needle unless they also seize a true road or neutral marquee, with at North Carolina and at Wichita State and at North Texas and at Florida Atlantic representing the kind of statement chances the committee pays attention to. Put simply, East Carolina needs a mix of quality wins away from home and a steadier record against its conference peers because the best moments on the profile are thin and the bad losses have already done real résumé damage.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Ga Southern225W92-89
11/8@Richmond100L87-72
11/18@UNC Wilmington101L85-60
11/21Charleston So290L77-65
11/25(N)Michigan St11L89-56
11/27(N)St Bonaventure114L67-58
12/2MD E Shore338W68-56
12/6UNC Greensboro29168%
12/11Appalachian St29670%
12/14Buffalo20854%
12/17Presbyterian26264%
12/22@North Carolina272%
12/31Tulane17548%
1/7@Temple15925%
1/11UAB10929%
1/14@South Florida798%
1/18Charlotte19351%
1/21@Wichita St9611%
1/24@North Texas14119%
1/28Rice21856%
2/1@FL Atlantic11816%
2/7Temple15945%
2/11UT San Antonio26064%
2/14@Rice21834%
2/18Wichita St9626%
2/21@Charlotte19330%
2/25@UT San Antonio26042%
3/1Memphis7319%
3/4Tulsa8623%
3/5Tulsa8623%
3/8@UAB10913%