NCAA Tournament March Madness
#286 Bucknell
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Bucknell needs to win the Patriot League tournament because its body of work has only a couple of resume-building moments, namely the road win at Mount St. Mary’s and the home victory over Delaware, but those positives are swamped by heavy losses on the road at Princeton, Pittsburgh, and St. John’s, a home setback to Hofstra, and neutral-site defeats to Bowling Green and Buffalo that show a struggle to win away from home against better competition. The remaining schedule offers a few opportunities to salvage quality wins, most notably a tough road trip to Akron and a neutral date with Iowa, and league road tests at Colgate and Navy could help, yet the lack of truly signature wins and the severity of the worst losses leave little margin for an at-large case. Capturing the league’s automatic bid is the clearest and most reliable route to the NCAA field.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Delaware | 219 | W78-70 |
| 11/7 | @Mt St Mary's | 295 | W73-62 |
| 11/11 | @Princeton | 249 | L73-63 |
| 11/14 | Hofstra | 156 | L83-77 |
| 11/17 | @Pittsburgh | 98 | L84-50 |
| 11/20 | @St John's | 16 | L97-49 |
| 11/24 | (N)Bowling Green | 131 | L71-66 |
| 11/26 | (N)Buffalo | 221 | L73-71 |
| 11/30 | Cornell | 176 | 41% |
| 12/3 | @Akron | 59 | 4% |
| 12/6 | UMBC | 294 | 63% |
| 12/9 | @Rider | 345 | 57% |
| 12/20 | (N)Iowa | 21 | 2% |
| 12/31 | @Holy Cross | 336 | 52% |
| 1/3 | Lehigh | 312 | 66% |
| 1/7 | @Navy | 146 | 17% |
| 1/10 | Loyola MD | 297 | 64% |
| 1/14 | Lafayette | 331 | 73% |
| 1/17 | @Colgate | 168 | 21% |
| 1/21 | Army | 350 | 79% |
| 1/24 | @Loyola MD | 297 | 42% |
| 1/26 | @Lafayette | 331 | 52% |
| 1/31 | Boston Univ | 237 | 53% |
| 2/4 | @American Univ | 281 | 38% |
| 2/7 | Colgate | 168 | 40% |
| 2/9 | Navy | 146 | 35% |
| 2/14 | @Boston Univ | 237 | 31% |
| 2/18 | American Univ | 281 | 60% |
| 2/22 | Holy Cross | 336 | 73% |
| 2/25 | @Army | 350 | 60% |
| 2/28 | @Lehigh | 312 | 44% |