NCAA Tournament March Madness

#351 Missouri KC

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Missouri KC needs to secure the conference’s automatic bid because its resume lacks the kind of quality victories that sway a selection committee and is instead defined by a lone road victory at NE Omaha surrounded by a string of heavy defeats in true road tests at Texas and TCU and on the road at power-conference foes Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, which have erased any margin for error. The squad did show some competitiveness in tight games at North Dakota and in a close result with Denver and it hung with Weber State at home, but those efforts are not signature wins against respected opponents and they do little to offset the damage from several lopsided losses. The remaining Summit League run, which includes trips to St Thomas and Oral Roberts and home chances against South Dakota and Oral Roberts as well as a tough trip to South Dakota State and a road visit to North Dakota State, provides a path to rebuild momentum, yet even a perfect finish to the regular slate would still leave the most realistic path to the national field as winning the league tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@S Illinois124L101-78
11/11Iona231L105-91
11/15@Texas35L71-55
11/19@TCU51L81-45
11/24@Lindenwood242L80-67
11/29@Weber St203L82-61
12/3Idaho St213L68-59
12/6@E Washington233L90-66
12/10Weber St203L64-60
12/16@Oklahoma61L89-67
12/18@Oklahoma St72L91-79
12/31@Denver265L87-74
1/3@NE Omaha256W73-66
1/8N Dakota St120L97-73
1/10North Dakota280L81-79
1/15@South Dakota287L99-83
1/17@S Dakota St192L90-62
1/24NE Omaha256L77-60
1/28Denver265L69-61
2/1@St Thomas MN1274%
2/4South Dakota28739%
2/12@Oral Roberts33029%
2/14St Thomas MN12712%
2/19@North Dakota28019%
2/21@N Dakota St1204%
2/26S Dakota St19221%
2/28Oral Roberts33050%