NCAA Tournament March Madness

#117 UNC Wilmington

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Projection: likely out

UNC Wilmington’s resume is built on a parade of comfortable wins over weaker opponents and a handful of useful road victories at Valparaiso, Radford, Louisiana and Stony Brook while the victory over Marshall represents the clearest quality moment. Those positives are undercut by damaging setbacks, notably the loss at Kent, the home upset by Howard and the road defeat at William & Mary, which blunt the value of the wins. With no marquee scalp in the nonconference slate and many wins coming against teams a committee will view as soft, the road success so far has limited upside unless it comes against a respected opponent. The remainder of the schedule, including trips to Towson and College of Charleston and home dates with William & Mary, Hofstra, Elon and Campbell, offers real chances to change the resume, but UNC Wilmington needs a signature result to alter perception. Until that happens the mix of thin quality wins and damaging blemishes keeps this profile outside rather than inside.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/10@Kent139L86-77
11/15SC Upstate298W73-60
11/18East Carolina275W85-60
11/21@Radford257W81-73
11/26SE Louisiana259W70-57
11/28Navy178W87-57
11/29Gardner Webb363W88-62
12/3Marshall177W70-69
12/6@Louisiana331W70-63
12/13@Valparaiso154W73-70
12/20Howard272L67-66
12/29@NC A&T296W87-78
12/31Drexel212W65-53
1/3Hampton243W49-45
1/8@Northeastern252W87-78
1/10@Stony Brook241W75-71
1/17Campbell205W78-75
1/22@William & Mary130L77-70
1/24@Hampton243W75-67
1/29@Towson16851%
2/5William & Mary13064%
2/9@Col Charleston17152%
2/12Elon17574%
2/14Hofstra11561%
2/19Monmouth NJ19878%
2/21@Campbell20559%
2/26NC A&T29690%
2/28Col Charleston17173%
3/1Col Charleston17173%
3/3@Elon17553%