NCAA Tournament March Madness

#201 Indiana St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Indiana State's résumé makes clear why the committee would see winning the Missouri Valley's automatic bid as their most realistic route to the NCAA tournament. The profile includes a signature victory over Belmont at home and gritty road wins at SIUE and Wisconsin–Milwaukee, but it is undercut by a brutal trip to Duke, a neutral loss to Alcorn State and a string of road setbacks against Valley rivals Northern Iowa, Drake, Bradley and Murray State that sap any claim to a reliable road résumé. Splitting with Louisiana Tech further highlights inconsistency and several damaging losses at home and on the road leave too few quality wins for an at-large case. Upcoming meetings with Valparaiso and a return trip to Belmont are clear chances to strengthen the résumé but the cleanest path to the field is to secure the conference's automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Charlotte172L92-76
11/10@SIUE258W64-55
11/14@Duke3L100-62
11/19Louisiana Tech232W60-51
11/22Ball St310W70-52
11/26@Louisiana Tech232L75-73
11/28(N)Alcorn St344L81-74
12/7Southern Indiana324W77-55
12/14@WI Milwaukee246W70-68
12/18Bradley144L108-99
12/21@Illinois St84L85-65
12/29Belmont67W81-80
1/1@Northern Iowa112L75-66
1/4@Drake160L74-72
1/10Evansville283L72-69
1/14Illinois St84W94-89
1/17@Murray St90L85-81
1/21@Bradley144L75-68
1/24Drake160L76-62
1/27@IL Chicago136L76-74
1/31Valparaiso15451%
2/3@Evansville28356%
2/9S Illinois12443%
2/12Murray St9033%
2/15@Valparaiso15429%
2/18Northern Iowa11239%
2/21@Belmont6710%
2/25@S Illinois12423%
3/1IL Chicago13646%