NCAA Tournament March Madness

#114 Murray St

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Projection: likely out

Murray State’s resume features eye-catching home wins and a neutral-site victory over George Washington, but those highs are offset by damaging results away from home and at neutral sites, most notably the loss at SMU and neutral setbacks to Middle Tennessee and McNeese State. A lack of quality road or neutral wins against strong opponents leaves the strong home ledger feeling incomplete and the handful of poor losses stand out to a committee weighing consistency and toughness. The stretch ahead includes a neutral test against Akron and several true road challenges at Belmont, Drake and Northern Iowa that offer clear ways to add the sort of road and neutral success the resume currently lacks while failure in those spots would cement the problems already visible.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)NE Omaha264W85-77
11/7MS Valley St365W108-60
11/11@SMU42L102-91
11/15Nicholls St265W99-79
11/18Ark Little Rock307W89-68
11/23(N)MTSU140L90-87
11/24(N)McNeese St75L73-60
11/25(N)G Washington65W96-95
12/2Morehead St323W84-52
12/6Bellarmine28390%
12/13(N)Akron6031%
12/18Drake12165%
12/21@Valparaiso19662%
12/29S Illinois13367%
1/1@IL Chicago19962%
1/4Bradley12967%
1/7@Evansville29578%
1/10Valparaiso19681%
1/17Indiana St20281%
1/21@Drake12143%
1/24@Northern Iowa9133%
1/28Illinois St11662%
1/31@Belmont8531%
2/3IL Chicago19981%
2/6@S Illinois13346%
2/9Northern Iowa9154%
2/12@Indiana St20263%
2/15Belmont8552%
2/18@Illinois St11640%
2/21Evansville29591%
3/1@Bradley12945%