BLOOMINGTON — Indiana basketball can’t afford another loss if it wants to go dancing.
The Hoosiers (17-12, 8-10 Big Ten) have lost four straight and face a must-win on Wednesday night against Minnesota at Assembly Hall. They will face the same scenario on Saturday in a matchup against an Ohio State team also teetering on the bubble.
Here’s a look at the latest March Madness bracketology projections that highlight IU’s spot on the bubble:
Indiana basketball standing in latest bracketology
USA TODAY (updated March 3): The latest projection as Indiana has one of the last four teams out alongside VCU, California and San Diego State.
ESPN (updated March 3): No. 11 seed in First Four against New Mexico with the winner advancing in the Midwest Regional (Chicago) to face No. 6 North Carolina in Oklahoma City. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has the Hoosiers as his last team in.
On3Sports (updated March 3): No. 11 seed in First Four against New Mexico with the winner advancing in the Midwest Regional (Chicago) to face No. 6 North Carolina in Chicago. It’s among the site’s last four teams in alongside Ohio State, Auburn and Texas A&M.
Bracket Matrix (daily aggregation of ~100 brackets): The Hoosiers disappeared from 48 brackets in the wake of their loss to Michigan State and now are in just 49 of the 128 projections tracked by the site with an average seed of 10.9.
Indiana basketball’s March Madness résumé
Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
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