NCAA Tournament March Madness
#256 W Carolina
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
W Carolina’s résumé is defined by brutal results on the road at marquee programs and too few meaningful wins to counterbalance them. The heavy defeats at Duke and Cincinnati and additional road setbacks at Lipscomb and High Point leave little room for error, while home wins over Stetson and UNC Asheville provide confidence but register as limited quality for a selection committee. Upcoming high-profile opportunities at Virginia Tech and Georgia would be resume-changing if converted, and the sequence of conference road tests at Furman, Samford, Wofford, Chattanooga, Mercer and UNC Greensboro represents the place to prove the team can win away from home. With signature victories scarce, the clearest routes back into serious consideration are taking advantage of those tougher remaining nonconference opportunities or winning where it counts in the Southern Conference postseason.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Cincinnati | 73 | L94-63 |
| 11/8 | @Duke | 4 | L95-54 |
| 11/16 | Stetson | 341 | W76-65 |
| 11/19 | UNC Asheville | 226 | W80-73 |
| 11/22 | @Lipscomb | 158 | L83-62 |
| 11/29 | @High Point | 87 | L93-73 |
| 12/6 | @SC Upstate | 280 | 42% |
| 12/11 | @Virginia Tech | 72 | 6% |
| 12/18 | @Georgia | 22 | 2% |
| 12/31 | Wofford | 211 | 52% |
| 1/3 | @Furman | 155 | 23% |
| 1/7 | @Samford | 239 | 36% |
| 1/10 | @Citadel | 363 | 74% |
| 1/14 | ETSU | 113 | 28% |
| 1/17 | Chattanooga | 207 | 52% |
| 1/21 | @Mercer | 172 | 25% |
| 1/24 | VMI | 339 | 79% |
| 1/29 | @ETSU | 113 | 13% |
| 1/31 | Samford | 239 | 58% |
| 2/4 | @UNC Greensboro | 292 | 45% |
| 2/7 | @Wofford | 211 | 31% |
| 2/11 | Citadel | 363 | 89% |
| 2/14 | @Chattanooga | 207 | 30% |
| 2/18 | UNC Greensboro | 292 | 67% |
| 2/21 | @VMI | 339 | 60% |
| 2/25 | Mercer | 172 | 46% |
| 2/28 | Furman | 155 | 42% |