NCAA Tournament March Madness

#179 N Kentucky

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Northern Kentucky’s resume is built around a statement road win at Central Michigan and a string of comfortable home victories against mid-major opponents, but those positives are undercut by ugly road losses at Tennessee and at ETSU that exposed defensive vulnerabilities against higher-level competition. Committees will value the Central Michigan road triumph and home wins over Eastern Kentucky and Cleveland State as the team’s best moments while treating the Tennessee and ETSU defeats as damaging because they came away from home. The remaining schedule offers clear chances to add meaningful wins with road trips to Purdue Fort Wayne and Bellarmine plus a return visit to Cleveland State and a home date with Charleston, yet dangerous matchups at Wright State and at Oakland could widen the gap if they go poorly. In short, this looks like a mid-major résumé with some signature moments, some ugly setbacks on the road, and a sequence of upcoming games that will determine whether it adds resume-strengthening victories or piles on more damaging losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Tennessee16L95-56
11/12@ETSU113L75-63
11/20@C Michigan300W90-66
11/24E Kentucky268W82-71
11/26Wofford211W93-83
11/29Boston Univ249W74-65
12/3Cleveland St301W95-80
12/6@PFW25753%
12/13@Bellarmine28357%
12/17Oakland14452%
12/21Col Charleston18863%
12/29@Robert Morris17438%
1/1IUPUI33888%
1/4Youngstown St17560%
1/9@WI Milwaukee23048%
1/11@WI Green Bay27456%
1/15Detroit30982%
1/17Robert Morris17460%
1/24@Wright St15434%
1/30@Detroit30963%
2/1@Oakland14430%
2/4WI Green Bay27476%
2/7WI Milwaukee23070%
2/12@IUPUI33873%
2/18PFW25774%
2/21@Youngstown St17538%
2/22@Youngstown St17538%
2/25@Cleveland St30163%
2/28Wright St15456%