NCAA Tournament March Madness

#69 South Florida

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Projection: likely out

South Florida sitting outside the field is understandable because its résumé pairs a few solid moments with several damaging blemishes: the Bulls have shown they can win away from home against mid-major opposition with victories at North Texas, Tulsa and at UAB and they beat Utah State, yet they still lack a marquee road or neutral win over a top opponent to anchor the resume. At the same time neutral-site and road setbacks, including losses at Alabama and defeats to VCU and Colorado State plus the ugly home loss to UAB, undercut those positives and leave the profile thin compared with teams that have clearer signature wins. The remainder of the schedule offers obvious ways to improve with winnable dates against UT San Antonio, Rice, Tulane and Charlotte along with meetings against Memphis and trips to Wichita State and Florida Atlantic, but the Bulls must avoid more damaging results and produce a statement victory away from home or on a neutral floor to change the committee’s view.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Florida A&M314W102-67
11/8(N)G Washington64L99-95
11/12Coppin St364W100-50
11/16@Kennesaw165W108-89
11/19@Oklahoma St72L103-95
11/26(N)VCU46L78-66
11/27(N)WKU176W97-91
11/28(N)Colorado St95L83-68
12/4Utah St30W74-61
12/10Col Charleston171W81-75
12/17@Alabama17L104-93
12/21UMBC254W94-69
1/4UAB123L109-106
1/7@North Texas149W74-70
1/10@Tulsa57W93-78
1/14East Carolina275W82-71
1/18Wichita St96L86-85
1/22@UAB123W82-69
1/25FL Atlantic97W89-75
1/28@Tulane194W97-83
1/31@Temple15267%
2/4UT San Antonio34899%
2/8Tulsa5759%
2/11@Wichita St9650%
2/15@FL Atlantic9751%
2/19Memphis10574%
2/25@Rice23781%
3/1Tulane19489%
3/5@Memphis10554%
3/8Charlotte17287%