NCAA Tournament March Madness

#24 Indiana

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Projected seed: 9 (last four in)

Indiana’s résumé is built on a compact set of strong moments and a handful of telling shortcomings, with a neutral-site victory over Marquette and a solid home result against Kansas State showing it can beat quality opponents while a road loss at Minnesota and a series of routine nonconference blowouts against overmatched teams leave the resume vulnerable. The defense has been the stabilizing piece that kept the Hoosiers in tough games, but true road success remains scarce and that makes the upcoming neutral date with Louisville and trips to blue-blood venues such as Kentucky, Michigan and the West Coast tests at UCLA and USC crucial opportunities to convert questions into quality wins. How Indiana follows its signature wins with results away from Bloomington and whether it can avoid more damaging road losses will determine if this résumé looks like one that moves upward or one that holds steady where it sits.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/5Alabama A&M261W98-51
11/9(N)Marquette86W100-77
11/12WI Milwaukee228W101-70
11/16Incarnate Word177W69-61
11/20Lindenwood253W73-53
11/25Kansas St76W86-69
11/29Bethune-Cookman222W100-56
12/3@Minnesota109L73-64
12/6(N)Louisville1438%
12/9Penn St9686%
12/13@Kentucky1936%
12/20Chicago St356100%
12/22Siena15094%
1/4Washington6076%
1/7@Maryland9068%
1/10Nebraska4872%
1/13@Michigan St1124%
1/17Iowa3264%
1/20@Michigan111%
1/23@Rutgers12678%
1/27Purdue232%
1/31@UCLA3343%
2/3@USC2840%
2/7Wisconsin2762%
2/9Oregon8384%
2/15@Illinois1730%
2/20@Purdue215%
2/24Northwestern5675%
3/1Michigan St1145%
3/4Minnesota10988%
3/7@Ohio St3644%