NCAA Tournament March Madness

#141 Mercer

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Mercer looks like a team that will need to win the Southern Conference tournament to reach the national field because its resume is built on solid conference home victories such as Lipscomb and Appalachian State and a handful of road wins like Eastern Kentucky and Elon, yet it lacks a signature road or neutral triumph to balance damaging losses at Tennessee, at Winthrop, at Clemson and tough trips to UCF and Washington State. Tight defeats at Furman, at ETSU and at Wofford show Mercer can compete with the league's better squads but those close losses plus the heavy losses away from campus blunt at-large appeal. The remaining slate gives Mercer manageable home dates and meaningful tests at Chattanooga and at Samford along with a shot to re-establish itself against Furman and Western Carolina, so the clearest path onto the bracket is by taking the conference crown.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Tennessee21L76-61
11/9Lipscomb150W92-77
11/15@Winthrop119L105-69
11/22@E Kentucky262W95-83
11/26Appalachian St216W75-67
11/29@Elon175W91-84
12/2Georgia St270W78-67
12/13@Clemson29L70-63
12/17@UCF45L81-63
12/20@Washington St140L84-78
12/31@Furman166L74-72
1/3@ETSU126L77-71
1/7Citadel352W101-63
1/10Wofford217W109-97
1/15@VMI354W77-67
1/17@UNC Greensboro308W102-92
1/21W Carolina260W88-76
1/24@Wofford217L80-77
1/29UNC Greensboro30889%
1/31VMI35496%
2/5@Chattanooga26766%
2/7@Samford24962%
2/11Furman16667%
2/14@Citadel35288%
2/19Chattanooga26783%
2/21Samford24981%
2/25@W Carolina26065%
2/28ETSU12657%