NCAA Tournament March Madness
#280 SC Upstate
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
SC Upstate’s résumé hinges on a signature road victory at Fresno State and comfortable home wins over NC Central and Coastal Carolina that show the team can finish close games, but those bright spots are offset by ugly nonconference setbacks at Cal Baptist, Tennessee Tech and West Georgia and a road loss at Nebraska that expose a troubling inability to win away from home. A lopsided defeat at UNC Wilmington adds to the inconsistency, leaving the profile thin on impressive neutral or true road wins beyond the Fresno State outing. The conference calendar offers plenty of chances to repair that image with home dates against W Carolina, Radford, UNC Asheville, Longwood and Gardner Webb and road tests at Charleston Southern, Winthrop, High Point and Presbyterian, while the trip to North Carolina represents an acid test and matches at South Carolina State and Youngstown State are practical opportunities to pick up resume-building victories. Until SC Upstate can string together meaningful wins away from home or secure a signature result against a high-level opponent, the résumé will read as a mixed body of work that needs conference success to convince the selection committee.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Cal Baptist | 136 | L87-75 |
| 11/5 | @Fresno St | 160 | W67-66 |
| 11/15 | @UNC Wilmington | 102 | L73-60 |
| 11/19 | Tennessee Tech | 302 | L88-84 |
| 11/21 | @West Georgia | 282 | L72-64 |
| 11/25 | NC Central | 345 | W82-67 |
| 11/29 | @Nebraska | 48 | L72-63 |
| 12/3 | Coastal Car | 242 | W85-78 |
| 12/6 | W Carolina | 256 | 58% |
| 12/13 | @North Carolina | 26 | 2% |
| 12/16 | @S Carolina St | 353 | 65% |
| 12/20 | @Youngstown St | 175 | 23% |
| 12/31 | Radford | 276 | 60% |
| 1/3 | @Presbyterian | 261 | 37% |
| 1/10 | Winthrop | 106 | 24% |
| 1/14 | @Charleston So | 290 | 41% |
| 1/17 | @High Point | 87 | 8% |
| 1/21 | UNC Asheville | 226 | 53% |
| 1/24 | @Gardner Webb | 360 | 68% |
| 1/29 | Longwood | 294 | 65% |
| 2/4 | @UNC Asheville | 226 | 31% |
| 2/7 | Charleston So | 290 | 63% |
| 2/12 | High Point | 87 | 19% |
| 2/14 | @Longwood | 294 | 43% |
| 2/19 | @Winthrop | 106 | 10% |
| 2/21 | Presbyterian | 261 | 59% |
| 2/26 | @Radford | 276 | 38% |
| 2/28 | Gardner Webb | 360 | 85% |