NCAA Tournament March Madness

#161 Boston College

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Boston College has flashed potential with home victories over Syracuse and Pittsburgh and a gritty road win at Temple, but those highlights are swamped by lopsided losses at Duke, Clemson and SMU and a damaging upset at Central Conn that committees will not forget. Neutral-site setbacks to Davidson, Tulane and Massachusetts and a persistent inability to win away from home have left the resume thin on quality road and neutral wins while offensive inconsistency undermines a defense that otherwise keeps them competitive. With a chance to add a signature result against Notre Dame looming, the team still projects to need the conference tournament’s automatic berth because too few top-tier victories and too many damaging losses give the committee little reason to include them as things stand.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@FL Atlantic124L83-78
11/6Citadel348W76-47
11/11Central Conn306L60-59
11/15@Temple166W76-71
11/18Hampton272W63-52
11/21(N)Davidson111L59-49
11/23(N)Tulane211L93-90
11/26Harvard154W73-60
12/3LSU62L78-69
12/6New Haven328W67-63
12/10(N)Massachusetts198L76-74
12/22F Dickinson336W72-61
12/28Le Moyne296W72-64
1/3@Georgia Tech169L65-53
1/6NC State35L79-71
1/10@Louisville16L75-62
1/13@Clemson38L74-50
1/17Syracuse81W81-73
1/21Pittsburgh101W65-62
1/24@Notre Dame87L68-64
1/31Virginia19L73-66
2/3@Duke1L67-49
2/7Miami FL28L74-68
2/11Stanford61L70-64
2/14California69L86-75
2/17@Florida St71L80-72
2/21@SMU43L94-70
2/25Wake Forest77W68-67
2/28@Miami FL28L76-54
3/3@Virginia Tech57L72-63
3/7Notre Dame8739%