NCAA Tournament March Madness

#326 Bucknell

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Bucknell's profile leaves little room for an at-large argument because its best moments are a hard-earned road victory at Mt St Mary's and some Patriot League wins while its worst moments are blowout defeats at Pittsburgh and St. John's plus a neutral-site rout at Iowa and damaging road setbacks at Akron and Princeton. Those losses and the scarcity of a marquee nonconference scalp leave the committee with a thin résumé. The remaining conference slate offers clear chances to alter that perception, including a home date with Colgate, trips to Lafayette and American, a home game and a road trip against Boston University and a winnable stop at Holy Cross. To change the narrative Bucknell must collect a meaningful road or neutral win and avoid further bad losses, so the projection that the team needs to secure the automatic bid makes sense.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Delaware298W78-70
11/7@Mt St Mary's296W73-62
11/11@Princeton225L73-63
11/14Hofstra116L83-77
11/17@Pittsburgh101L84-50
11/20@St John's23L97-49
11/24(N)Bowling Green113L71-66
11/26(N)Buffalo189L73-71
11/30Cornell178L101-72
12/3@Akron54L97-77
12/6UMBC257L73-66
12/9@Rider355W51-38
12/20(N)Iowa21L94-39
12/31@Holy Cross330L65-58
1/3Lehigh301W72-65
1/7@Navy181L76-55
1/10Loyola MD329W70-67
1/14Lafayette318W76-69
1/17@Colgate200L95-76
1/21Army337L87-84
1/24@Loyola MD329L67-62
1/26@Lafayette31836%
1/28@Lafayette31836%
1/31Boston Univ28850%
2/4@American Univ20616%
2/7Colgate20032%
2/9Navy18128%
2/14@Boston Univ28828%
2/18American Univ20633%
2/22Holy Cross33062%
2/25@Army33743%
2/28@Lehigh30132%