NCAA Tournament March Madness

#257 Radford

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Radford’s resume reads like a team that will need the conference automatic because its best moments and worst moments point in opposite directions. The Highlanders have shown they can win the games that matter inside their league with a meaningful road win at Gardner Webb and comfortable home wins over midmajor opponents such as Southern Miss and W Illinois, yet those positives are undermined by lopsided losses at North Carolina, South Carolina and SMU and a brutal neutral-site defeat to Wright State that will make a committee wary of an at-large case. Close losses at Winthrop and setbacks at William & Mary and UNC Asheville leave the profile thin on eye-catching road or neutral wins against high-end teams, while the remainder of the schedule against Charleston Southern, High Point, Winthrop, UNC Asheville, SC Upstate and Longwood gives Radford a realistic avenue to secure its conference crown and the automatic berth that now looks like the clearest path to the tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3W Illinois357W80-75
11/11@North Carolina28L89-74
11/15(N)Wright St142L92-59
11/16(N)Cleveland St321L87-82
11/18@South Carolina87L87-58
11/21UNC Wilmington117L81-73
11/24@SMU37L89-72
12/3Southern Miss250L82-75
12/7St Francis PA353W89-56
12/14Coppin St364W107-77
12/18@William & Mary130L96-83
12/21VMI354W97-90
12/31@SC Upstate298W76-69
1/7Presbyterian277W80-61
1/10UNC Asheville218L91-72
1/14@Gardner Webb363W89-80
1/17Longwood274W85-83
1/21@Winthrop119L76-75
1/23High Point94L93-83
1/29@Charleston So22733%
1/31@Presbyterian27743%
2/4Winthrop11932%
2/7@High Point9410%
2/14Charleston So22755%
2/19Gardner Webb36393%
2/21@UNC Asheville21831%
2/26SC Upstate29870%
2/28@Longwood27443%