NCAA Tournament March Madness

#177 Marshall

Bubble Watch | Bracketology

Chat with the Bracketologist | How does this work?


Projection: need to automatically qualify

Marshall looks like a team that will have to win its conference tournament to reach the national field because its résumé is built on road victories at Massachusetts and Toledo and a tight win at James Madison that show it can win away, but those bright spots are overwhelmed by a blowout at Virginia and damaging losses at home to Lipscomb and Coastal Carolina along with road setbacks at UNC Wilmington and Ohio. The nonconference slate contains some solid results but lacks a signature neutral-site statement to counteract the poor losses, and inconsistency in league play highlighted by the defeat at Georgia State keeps the profile squarely in the middling range a committee views as borderline. Upcoming road chances at Arkansas State, Old Dominion, Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina and home dates against Southern Miss and Old Dominion give Marshall clear opportunities to improve its standing, yet without a high-quality, nonhome win the cleanest path to the national field runs through winning the Sun Belt tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Massachusetts179W78-72
11/8@Toledo156W85-73
11/12Elon175W96-89
11/15@Virginia16L104-78
11/20Ark Pine Bluff312W98-70
11/23Mercyhurst300W69-60
11/26Lipscomb150L90-67
12/3@UNC Wilmington117L70-69
12/6@Ohio235L88-81
12/10WKU176W77-61
12/13Wright St142W76-74
12/20@Troy113L70-63
12/31Georgia St270W84-80
1/3Appalachian St216W88-81
1/7@James Madison229W66-64
1/10@Georgia St270L81-73
1/14Coastal Car234L85-83
1/17James Madison229W77-72
1/22ULM360W115-60
1/28@Texas St282L72-68
1/31@Arkansas St15936%
2/4Southern Miss25075%
2/7Miami OH8838%
2/11@Old Dominion22549%
2/14@Ga Southern24554%
2/19@Appalachian St21647%
2/21@Coastal Car23450%
2/24Old Dominion22571%
2/27Ga Southern24574%