NCAA Tournament March Madness

#139 Kent

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Kent needs to win the Mid-American Conference tournament to reach the NCAA field because its résumé lacks a marquee victory and is marred by damaging defeats. The season has offered encouraging moments in neutral-site wins over Cleveland State and Wright State and road victories at Massachusetts and at Buffalo that show the team can win away from home, yet a lopsided loss at Purdue, road setbacks at Portland and Central Michigan, and a home defeat to Miami of Ohio expose defensive inconsistency that undercuts those eye-catching offensive performances. With limited top-tier wins, the remaining conference slate — road tests at Akron and Toledo and home chances against Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan — represents the clearest path to a resume boost and the only realistic way to avoid needing the automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Troy113L103-97
11/7Cornell180W110-102
11/10UNC Wilmington117W86-77
11/15(N)Cleveland St321W102-95
11/16(N)Wright St142W76-72
11/18E Kentucky262W93-78
11/22Cleveland St321W91-71
12/3Austin Peay163W96-84
12/14@Portland199L88-78
12/20@Massachusetts179W69-59
12/29@Purdue9L101-60
1/3N Illinois301W77-73
1/6Bowling Green128W96-93
1/10@C Michigan302L87-85
1/13@Buffalo169W87-81
1/16Toledo156W87-84
1/20Miami OH88L107-101
1/24@E Michigan223W76-75
1/27Ohio235W72-57
1/30@Akron5315%
1/31@Akron5315%
2/3@Toledo15643%
2/7@Southern Miss25062%
2/11E Michigan22377%
2/14@Ball St31075%
2/17@Bowling Green12836%
2/24C Michigan30288%
2/28Akron5332%
3/3@N Illinois30173%
3/6W Michigan26683%