NCAA Tournament March Madness

#261 Presbyterian

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Presbyterian’s profile reads like a team that can beat its peers but has yet to earn credibility against higher-tier opposition: signature moments include a road victory at Georgia State, a home win over ETSU, and a neutral-site rout of Citadel that show the program can close games against comparable mid-majors, but those positives are offset by bruising losses at blue-blood venues such as UCLA and South Carolina and by tight defeats on the road at California and CS Sacramento that expose its lack of consistent success away from home. The offense has looked uneven while the defense has been more reliable, so the committee will weigh those mid-major wins as useful but not signature and will penalize the heavy losses at Power Conference sites. The remaining conference slate hands clear chances to repair the résumé with wins at places like Gardner-Webb and Radford and with home victories over league rivals, while a bad result at High Point or more slip-ups away would leave little margin for error. Overall, the best results supply some justification, the worst results create real damage, and the upcoming road-heavy stretch will decide whether the resume can move from hopeful to compelling.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Navy191L76-55
11/8ETSU113W68-64
11/10@Georgia St335W63-61
11/12@South Carolina92L81-61
11/16@CS Sacramento279L64-62
11/18@California70L67-57
11/21@UCLA33L86-46
11/30(N)Citadel363W69-41
12/3@Wofford211L63-56
12/6Morehead St32373%
12/17@East Carolina24436%
12/21@Manhattan30448%
1/3SC Upstate28063%
1/7@Radford27641%
1/10@Longwood29445%
1/14UNC Asheville22655%
1/17@Gardner Webb36071%
1/21Charleston So29066%
1/24Winthrop10626%
1/29@High Point878%
1/31Radford27663%
2/7Gardner Webb36086%
2/12@Charleston So29044%
2/14@UNC Asheville22633%
2/19Longwood29467%
2/21@SC Upstate28041%
2/26High Point8721%
2/28@Winthrop10611%