NCAA Tournament March Madness

#217 UNC Asheville

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UNC Asheville's resume is a study in contrasts: impressive wins over Lipscomb, Appalachian State and a neutral-site triumph over UNC Greensboro show the offense can close games, but ugly road defeats at Wichita State, Georgia Southern and Western Carolina and a gutting close loss to Tennessee State expose defensive lapses and a struggle to win away from home. The remaining schedule features a pair of true road tests in games at NC State and at UAB that could deliver the kind of signature win that changes perception, while the conference slate at home against Longwood, Gardner Webb and Winthrop and road dates at Winthrop, High Point and Radford give the team plenty of routine chances to build a cleaner body of work. Put simply, the resume has enough good pieces to be competitive but also enough damaging losses and away struggles that the team needs a few high-quality results and steadier defense down the stretch to move comfortably into clearer tournament consideration.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Wichita St96L75-58
11/8@Ga Southern225L93-90
11/11Lipscomb157W69-64
11/19@W Carolina255L80-73
11/25Tennessee St244L75-73
11/30Appalachian St296W67-55
12/2(N)UNC Greensboro291W82-77
12/6@NC State384%
12/10Miami OH11938%
12/13St Thomas MN18254%
12/21@UAB10916%
12/31High Point8827%
1/3@Charleston So29052%
1/7Longwood29574%
1/10@Radford27649%
1/14@Presbyterian26247%
1/17Winthrop10633%
1/21@SC Upstate28049%
1/29Gardner Webb36090%
1/31@Winthrop10616%
2/4SC Upstate28071%
2/12@Longwood29553%
2/14Presbyterian26269%
2/19@High Point8812%
2/21Radford27670%
2/26@Gardner Webb36077%
2/28Charleston So29073%