NCAA Tournament March Madness

#191 Florida Intl

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Florida International’s résumé has a couple of genuine bright spots and a lot of reasons for caution, anchored by a sweep of New Mexico State that included a resume-building road win and some solid home victories against midmajors, but those positives are overwhelmed by lopsided defeats at Nebraska, LSU and Miami and damaging road setbacks at Jacksonville State and Kennesaw State that expose inconsistent play away from home. The close loss to Liberty and a handful of respectable results show the team can compete, yet there is no marquee neutral-site signature to offset the heavy losses. The remaining schedule offers manageable home chances against Delaware and Louisiana Tech and a series of telling conference road tests at Liberty, MTSU and WKU where wins would change the conversation. Given the mix of quality wins, ugly losses and shaky road form, the clearest path to the NCAA field is to secure the league’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Nebraska11L96-66
11/13@LSU50L98-81
11/24James Madison229L80-72
11/26NE Omaha256W74-61
12/3FGCU228W89-83
12/6Jacksonville289W88-65
12/16@Miami FL38L98-81
12/20LIU Brooklyn219W86-79
12/28Liberty92L97-94
1/2New Mexico St158W89-74
1/4UTEP288W76-64
1/7@Jacksonville St197L71-64
1/10@Missouri St195L79-71
1/14@Kennesaw165L89-86
1/17Sam Houston St104L76-63
1/22@UTEP288L83-77
1/24@New Mexico St158W81-78
1/28Jacksonville St197L78-74
2/4@MTSU14730%
2/7@WKU17635%
2/12Delaware28178%
2/14Louisiana Tech23268%
2/19@Liberty9217%
2/21Missouri St19562%
2/26@Sam Houston St10419%
2/28@Louisiana Tech23246%
3/5MTSU14751%
3/7WKU17657%