NCAA Tournament March Madness

#170 N Kentucky

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Northern Kentucky looks like a team that will need the Horizon League’s automatic bid because its résumé contains respectable mid-major wins but no true signature victory and is damaged by a brutal trip to Tennessee and some ugly road losses. The high points are road victories at Central Michigan and Bellarmine and steady home wins over Eastern Kentucky, Wofford and Cleveland State that show the team can close out games against comparable opponents. The low points are the lopsided outing at Tennessee, an adverse result at ETSU, a road loss at Wright State and disappointing setbacks like the defeat to Robert Morris and the stumble against Oakland that undercut any claim to a marquee résumé. A stretch of remaining road tests at Detroit and Oakland and a run through Green Bay, Milwaukee, IUPUI and Youngstown State gives Northern Kentucky clear chances to prove it can win away from home and to manufacture quality wins, but unless it captures those wins and avoids more damaging losses it will be dependent on winning the league tournament to reach the NCAA field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@Tennessee21L95-56
11/12@ETSU126L75-63
11/20@C Michigan302W90-66
11/24E Kentucky262W82-71
11/26Wofford217W93-83
11/29Boston Univ292W74-65
12/3Cleveland St321W95-80
12/6@PFW230L79-77
12/13@Bellarmine290W80-76
12/17Oakland121L82-77
12/21Col Charleston171L85-74
12/29@Robert Morris193W79-77
1/1IUPUI325W81-72
1/4Youngstown St220W94-79
1/9@WI Milwaukee246W85-67
1/11@WI Green Bay226L80-78
1/15Detroit284W96-71
1/17Robert Morris193L92-89
1/24@Wright St142L88-80
1/30@Detroit28463%
2/1@Oakland12129%
2/4WI Green Bay22671%
2/7WI Milwaukee24675%
2/12@IUPUI32573%
2/18PFW23072%
2/21@Youngstown St22049%
2/22@Youngstown St22049%
2/25@Cleveland St32172%
2/28Wright St14255%