NCAA Tournament March Madness

#293 Boston Univ

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Boston Univ's profile features a couple of meaningful wins away from home — a gritty victory at Northeastern and a tight neutral-site win over Harvard — that show it can grind out close games, but those bright spots are offset by a blowout at Northwestern and a string of ugly losses on the road and to mid-major opponents such as Merrimack, New Hampshire, Maine and Dartmouth that undermine the resume. The offense has produced punch in home wins while the defense has been exposed in higher-level matchups and in hostile environments, so committee members will note the lack of signature neutral or true road wins against quality teams. The Patriot League slate still provides clear chances to rehabilitate the resume with road victories at Navy and Bucknell and a high-leverage trip to Colgate along with home opportunities to build momentum, yet the combination of damaging nonconference losses and limited top-level wins means Boston Univ will need meaningful wins away from home down the stretch to shift how its body of work is evaluated.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Northeastern213W76-75
11/7@Northwestern55L76-52
11/12Brown238W90-77
11/15Merrimack263L91-79
11/18@Columbia136L54-49
11/22(N)Harvard182W75-74
11/25@Penn St128L96-87
11/29@N Kentucky206L74-65
12/6@New Hampshire331L88-82
12/10Maine349L69-59
12/13@Dartmouth253L77-64
12/21MA Lowell307W88-76
12/31@Navy20223%
1/3American Univ25453%
1/7@Lafayette32349%
1/10Army33473%
1/14Lehigh31167%
1/17@Loyola MD32850%
1/21Lafayette32370%
1/24@Colgate18621%
1/28Navy20243%
1/31@Bucknell30343%
2/2@Holy Cross32951%
2/7Loyola MD32872%
2/11@Army33452%
2/14Bucknell30365%
2/16Colgate18641%
2/21@Lehigh31145%
2/25Holy Cross32972%
2/28@American Univ25431%