NCAA Tournament March Madness

#175 Youngstown St

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Youngstown State’s résumé is defined by contrast: a resume-building road victory at Grand Canyon and a key win over Wright State are offset by damaging nonconference losses at Pittsburgh and Toledo and a neutral-site setback to UNC Greensboro. The Grand Canyon road triumph and a comfortable result versus Chicago State show the team can win away from home, and a narrow defeat at St. Bonaventure suggests it can compete with solid midmajors, but the poor results against higher-level nonconference opponents leave the résumé vulnerable. The remainder of the schedule hands the Penguins clear opportunities to repair that damage with road tests at Wright State, Oakland and Northern Kentucky and important league games at Cleveland State, Milwaukee and Green Bay where wins away from Youngstown would carry real weight. How they perform in those upcoming tests, especially on the road and at neutral sites, will determine whether the good moments ultimately outweigh the bad.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Pittsburgh95L74-59
11/7@Grand Canyon103W90-81
11/15@St Bonaventure115L84-80
11/19@Toledo161L92-75
11/23(N)UNC Greensboro292L68-62
11/24(N)Ga Southern224W67-61
11/28Chicago St356W87-64
12/3Wright St154W69-68
12/6@IUPUI33873%
12/17@Robert Morris17439%
12/20SC Upstate28077%
12/29Detroit30982%
1/1Oakland14453%
1/4@N Kentucky17940%
1/7PFW25774%
1/15@Wright St15435%
1/17@Cleveland St30163%
1/22WI Green Bay27476%
1/24WI Milwaukee23070%
1/30IUPUI33888%
2/4@PFW25754%
2/7Robert Morris17461%
2/12@Oakland14431%
2/15@Detroit30964%
2/18Cleveland St30182%
2/21N Kentucky17962%
2/22N Kentucky17962%
2/25@WI Milwaukee23049%
2/28@WI Green Bay27456%