NCAA Tournament March Madness

#175 Elon

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Elon’s season is a classic bubble profile: flashes of quality and some signature moments that prove they can compete outside the league, but enough damaging results that their safest path to the NCAA tournament is to win the Coastal title. Their narrow road loss at Virginia Tech and road wins at Hofstra and UNC Greensboro plus a home victory over Richmond are the résumé highlights, and a blowout road victory at Appalachian State shows they can score in spurts. Those positives are offset by a heavy defeat at Miami, ugly home setbacks like the loss to Towson, and a cluster of conference losses such as the split with College of Charleston and the road loss at Northeastern that hurt any at-large narrative. Defensive lapses in several games have left little margin for error, so the upcoming stretch against William & Mary, Stony Brook, Drexel, NC A&T and the conference slate gives Elon clear opportunities to build a stronger case but right now the most straightforward way for them to reach the field is to take the automatic route.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@UNC Greensboro308W92-90
11/12@Marshall177L96-89
11/15Gardner Webb363W95-84
11/20@Miami FL38L99-72
11/24@Appalachian St216W88-53
11/29Mercer141L91-84
12/3Furman166L97-88
12/6@Wofford217W73-52
12/13N Illinois301W85-79
12/17Richmond116W73-70
12/20@Virginia Tech55L82-81
12/29Northeastern252W103-91
12/31Col Charleston171L85-81
1/8@NC A&T296W69-64
1/10Campbell205W83-82
1/15@Northeastern252L85-78
1/17@Hofstra115W89-85
1/22Towson168L72-59
1/24@Col Charleston171L80-70
1/29William & Mary13050%
1/31Stony Brook24173%
2/5@Hampton24353%
2/7Drexel21268%
2/12@UNC Wilmington11726%
2/14@William & Mary13029%
2/21NC A&T29682%
2/26@Towson16838%
2/28@Monmouth NJ19844%
3/3UNC Wilmington11747%