NCAA Tournament March Madness

#88 High Point

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Projection: likely out

High Point’s résumé reads like an efficient offense backed by a resume of convincing nonconference wins and a couple of damaging defeats. The neutral-site victory over Furman and blowouts of lesser opponents underline an ability to score, but the road loss at UAB and the close setback to Southern Illinois expose a porous defense and raise concerns about performance away from home. Most of the remaining schedule comes against conference foes that will not hand a marquee scalp on a platter, so the season will hinge on taking advantage of true road opportunities at places such as Winthrop, Charleston Southern, UNC Asheville and Longwood while avoiding slips at Radford and Presbyterian; until those kinds of road wins arrive alongside cleaner defensive work, the profile looks like an offensively talented team whose conference slate limits its margin for error.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Furman156W97-71
11/11Jacksonville271W85-64
11/14@UAB109L91-74
11/17Canisius352W93-50
11/20(N)IL Chicago199W90-80
11/22(N)Incarnate Word176W91-80
11/29W Carolina255W93-73
12/3S Illinois134L86-84
12/5NJIT351W89-72
12/14(N)Appalachian St29690%
12/19La Salle25391%
12/22Bryant31295%
12/31@UNC Asheville21773%
1/3Longwood29594%
1/7Gardner Webb36099%
1/10@Charleston So29082%
1/14@Winthrop10645%
1/17SC Upstate28092%
1/24@Radford27680%
1/29Presbyterian26292%
1/31@Longwood29584%
2/4Charleston So29093%
2/7Radford27692%
2/12@SC Upstate28081%
2/14Gardner Webb36099%
2/19UNC Asheville21788%
2/21Winthrop10667%
2/26@Presbyterian26279%