NCAA Tournament March Madness

#151 Boston College

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Boston College looks like a team whose most realistic path to the national tournament runs through the conference automatic bid because its signature victories are limited to a gritty road win at Temple and solid home wins over Syracuse and Pittsburgh while the ledger is weighed down by neutral-site setbacks to Davidson, Tulane and Massachusetts and by ugly road losses at Duke and Clemson. The Eagles have flashed a defensive identity in results such as the comfortable wins over Citadel and Harvard and they have kept it close in narrow setbacks at Notre Dame and against Virginia but those positive signs are undercut by home losses to quality nonconference opponents and by too many games in which the offense failed to finish. Remaining road dates at Florida State and SMU are difficult tests that could further dent the resume while home opportunities against Wake Forest and Notre Dame are the most realistic chances to add the sort of wins that would change the conversation before the conference tournament, where securing the automatic spot is the clearest route to the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@FL Atlantic115L83-78
11/6Citadel351W76-47
11/11Central Conn287L60-59
11/15@Temple155W76-71
11/18Hampton258W63-52
11/21(N)Davidson106L59-49
11/23(N)Tulane191L93-90
11/26Harvard165W73-60
12/3LSU56L78-69
12/6New Haven333W67-63
12/10(N)Massachusetts183L76-74
12/22F Dickinson330W72-61
12/28Le Moyne289W72-64
1/3@Georgia Tech162L65-53
1/6NC State30L79-71
1/10@Louisville14L75-62
1/13@Clemson33L74-50
1/17Syracuse69W81-73
1/21Pittsburgh109W65-62
1/24@Notre Dame80L68-64
1/31Virginia20L73-66
2/3@Duke2L67-49
2/7Miami FL37L74-68
2/11Stanford74L70-64
2/14California66L86-75
2/17@Florida St7820%
2/21@SMU388%
2/24Wake Forest7236%
2/28@Miami FL378%
3/3@Virginia Tech6517%
3/7Notre Dame8039%