NCAA Tournament March Madness

#225 Old Dominion

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Old Dominion’s résumé reads like a team that must win its conference tournament to reach the field because its best moments — home wins over Norfolk State, Morgan State and James Madison and road victories at Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State — are outweighed by damaging defeats away at Villanova, Xavier and Maryland and a long list of road losses at George Washington, Drexel, William & Mary, Richmond and George Mason that leave it without a signature road or neutral triumph. A disappointing home loss to Coastal Carolina and setbacks to midmajor foes such as Miami of Ohio and Troy further erode at-large appeal, and the remaining games against Texas State, ULM, Ohio, Marshall and Georgia State plus trips to Southern Miss, Marshall and Georgia State are the only practical chances to add résumé-building wins. With soft nonconference victories, a pattern of poor results away from home and no marquee scalp to point to, the clearest path for this team to the NCAA tournament runs through claiming the Sun Belt’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Miami OH88L87-72
11/11Norfolk St307W60-57
11/15@G Washington64L96-73
11/18@Xavier89L99-69
11/21Morgan St356W88-56
11/23@Drexel212L75-71
11/25@Villanova27L89-75
11/30@William & Mary130L88-75
12/6@Richmond116L86-77
12/13@George Mason76L73-61
12/17James Madison229W77-68
12/20Coastal Car234L76-74
12/28@Maryland122L73-58
12/31Appalachian St216L81-73
1/3Ga Southern245L93-86
1/8@Coastal Car234W70-66
1/10@James Madison229L70-69
1/15@Ga Southern245L87-84
1/17@Appalachian St216W75-73
1/21Troy113L83-77
1/28@Arkansas St159W75-71
1/31@Texas St28251%
2/4ULM36092%
2/7Ohio23562%
2/11Marshall17751%
2/14Georgia St27070%
2/21@Southern Miss25044%
2/24@Marshall17729%
2/27@Georgia St27049%