NCAA Tournament March Madness

#219 American Univ

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

American's resume is anchored by a home win over Penn and a gritty road victory at Boston University but is undermined by crushing losses at Virginia and VCU and a blowout at George Washington, leaving the profile light on signature victories and heavy on damaging defeats; the Patriot League slate hands them an obvious path to repair that picture—starting with a home date against Colgate and road tests at Holy Cross and Loyola Maryland—while routine matchups against Lafayette, Bucknell, Army and Lehigh can shore up seeding yet will not substitute for a marquee nonconference or neutral-site triumph, so the clearest route to the tournament is to secure the league's automatic bid.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Wake Forest61L88-74
11/9Penn186W84-78
11/12@G Washington70L107-67
11/18@Rutgers152L80-71
11/28Maine344W74-61
11/29Siena185L59-55
11/30Longwood287W92-66
12/3Drexel220W75-73
12/6MD E Shore326W78-60
12/18@VCU48L105-83
12/22@Virginia14L95-51
12/31Loyola MD328W84-69
1/3@Boston Univ289W64-62
1/7@Colgate190L64-62
1/10Holy Cross321L84-73
1/12Navy200W65-51
1/18@Army338W78-67
1/21Colgate19056%
1/24@Holy Cross32163%
1/28@Loyola MD32865%
1/31Lafayette31881%
2/4Bucknell31982%
2/7@Navy20036%
2/11@Lehigh30858%
2/14Army33885%
2/18@Bucknell31963%
2/22@Lafayette31863%
2/25Lehigh30878%
2/28Boston Univ28975%