NCAA Tournament March Madness

#283 Evansville

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Evansville needs its conference tournament to reach the NCAA field because the profile lacks meaningful marquee wins and is undermined by a string of damaging defeats away from home and at neutral sites. The neutral victory over Oregon State and the road win at Indiana State are bright spots, but blowout losses at Purdue, at Illinois State and at Notre Dame along with a neutral loss to Akron have dented the resume. Road struggles and tight league losses at Drake and at WKU contrast with upcoming Missouri Valley tests at Northern Iowa, Murray State and Belmont that are the best remaining chances to change the narrative. With limited quality wins and high-visibility losses dominating the résumé, the only clean path to the tournament runs through the conference automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Purdue9L82-51
11/12MTSU147L77-72
11/18UT Arlington143L84-76
11/21(N)Oregon St214W73-69
11/23(N)Akron53L97-59
11/24(N)Col Charleston171L78-59
12/3Ball St310W64-52
12/6@WKU176L80-79
12/13@Notre Dame79L82-58
12/16Belmont67L83-78
12/21Drake160L66-65
12/29@Bradley144L76-68
1/1@Illinois St84L73-47
1/4Northern Iowa112L62-48
1/7Murray St90L79-69
1/10@Indiana St201W72-69
1/13Bradley144L94-90
1/20@IL Chicago136L76-49
1/28@Drake160L82-78
1/31@Northern Iowa11210%
2/3Indiana St20144%
2/6@Valparaiso15417%
2/9Illinois St8417%
2/12@S Illinois12412%
2/18IL Chicago13630%
2/21@Murray St907%
2/25@Belmont674%
2/28Valparaiso15434%