NCAA Tournament March Madness

#218 UNC Asheville

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Needing the league’s automatic bid is a fair assessment because UNC Asheville’s résumé mixes meaningful conference victories with damaging nonconference setbacks. The Bulldogs have shown they can win important league games with a neutral-site win over UNC Greensboro, a home victory against Lipscomb and true road wins at Radford and SC Upstate, yet heavy road defeats at Wichita State and NC State and a one-sided loss at UAB undermine that case. Close setbacks to Presbyterian and Winthrop and a home defeat to High Point reveal inconsistency, and the remaining stretch that includes trips to Winthrop and Gardner Webb plus home dates with Gardner Webb and Charleston Southern provides clear opportunities to earn the road wins and protect the home court that would change how the committee views their resume.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Wichita St96L75-58
11/8@Ga Southern245L93-90
11/11Lipscomb150W69-64
11/19@W Carolina260L80-73
11/25Tennessee St239L75-73
11/30Appalachian St216W67-55
12/2(N)UNC Greensboro308W82-77
12/6@NC State24L75-63
12/10Miami OH88L90-87
12/13St Thomas MN127L80-59
12/21@UAB123L72-47
12/31High Point94L87-69
1/3@Charleston So227L86-83
1/7Longwood274W72-61
1/10@Radford257W91-72
1/14@Presbyterian277L71-70
1/17Winthrop119L69-67
1/21@SC Upstate298W83-69
1/29Gardner Webb36395%
1/31@Winthrop11921%
2/4SC Upstate29877%
2/12@Longwood27451%
2/14Presbyterian27772%
2/19@High Point9414%
2/21Radford25769%
2/26@Gardner Webb36386%
2/28Charleston So22763%