NCAA Tournament March Madness

#205 Buffalo

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Buffalo’s résumé is built around a few clear highs and a string of bruising lows, with a road victory at DePaul and neutral-site wins over VMI and Bucknell showing the team can win away from its arena, but those moments are offset by damaging results such as home setbacks to Akron, Ohio and Miami of Ohio and heavy defeats on the road at Akron and Toledo that undercut their case. The Bulls have shown they can travel with wins at W Michigan, Canisius and UMBC, yet the absence of a marquee neutral-court triumph and the frequency of bad losses to conference opponents leaves the at-large window narrow. That mix explains why the safest route to the big tournament is securing the conference automatic berth and why remaining road dates and rematches with familiar MAC foes represent the few opportunities left to change the picture.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Southern Miss221W85-79
11/7WI Green Bay194W83-76
11/11@DePaul95W66-53
11/18Vermont237W94-90
11/24(N)VMI360W78-70
11/26(N)Bucknell331W73-71
11/29@Canisius343W71-53
12/6St Bonaventure155L77-69
12/9@UMBC199W83-79
12/14@East Carolina261L73-70
12/20@W Michigan276W88-71
12/31@N Illinois333W81-67
1/3Ball St291W85-72
1/10@Ohio227L91-80
1/13Kent156L87-81
1/17@Miami OH90L105-102
1/20Akron60L82-63
1/23Massachusetts198L68-67
1/27@Bowling Green149W89-78
1/31Ohio227L95-83
2/3Miami OH90L73-71
2/7@South Alabama206L81-69
2/11@Ball St291W63-53
2/17N Illinois333L72-70
2/21@Massachusetts198W86-82
2/24@Akron60L99-85
2/28C Michigan271L75-70
3/3E Michigan242W72-67
3/6@Toledo136L98-78