Mid-Majors: Murray State NCAA Tournament Prospects: An Analysis of the Racers’ Likely Win-Loss Scenarios

Murray State still has a long way to go to achieve something that hasn’t been done since the days before Larry Bird became a Boston Celtic. Murray State, currently 19-0, has to win 13 more games to finish the regular season undefeated. The Racers have nine more conference games, plus the Ohio Valley Tournament, as well as a BracketBuster matchup –still TBD—in late February. Even if Murray State doesn’t pull off the legendary feat of being the first mid-major team to go undefeated in the regular season, last accomplished by Bird’s Indiana State team of 1978-79, the Racers have a good chance to end up doing something no mid-major team has yet to this millennium. No mid or low-major team since 1998 has finished the regular season with just one loss. Princeton did it that year, and went on to a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Michigan State in the Second Round. Perhaps more impressive, or surprising, is that no mid or low-major team has finished with just two l...