NCAA Tournament March Madness

#347 Canisius

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Canisius looks like a team that must win the conference tournament to reach the field because its résumé offers scant high-quality wins and a string of damaging defeats away from home. The program’s brightest moments are its home victories over Fairfield and Sacred Heart and a road win at Manhattan plus a strong showing at Maine, but those results are overwhelmed by lopsided losses at Dayton, St. Bonaventure, High Point, Duquesne and Rhode Island and defeats at St. Peter’s and at Siena that show it struggles in hostile environments. With no signature nonconference scalp and a home loss to Buffalo, the remaining slate — road dates at Siena and Fairfield, trips to Niagara and Quinnipiac, and home chances against Iona and Manhattan among others — are meaningful opportunities to improve the profile but none guarantees the sort of marquee résumé enhancers that earn at-large consideration, so the automatic bid is the clearest path to the tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Dayton77L88-48
11/8@St Bonaventure145L89-70
11/12Mercyhurst299W58-55
11/17@High Point96L93-50
11/21MD E Shore327W60-57
11/23Binghamton362W75-66
11/29Buffalo184L71-53
12/5@St Peter's234L69-57
12/7@Siena186L74-52
12/13@Maine351W70-43
12/16@Rhode Island111L62-45
12/22@Duquesne128L103-59
1/2Fairfield263W85-81
1/4Sacred Heart272W82-78
1/9@Manhattan336W70-64
1/11@Iona232L74-48
1/14Niagara354L59-54
1/17Mt St Mary's290L78-68
1/22@Sacred Heart27219%
1/24@Fairfield26317%
1/30Marist14916%
2/1Siena18622%
2/3@Niagara35445%
2/5@Quinnipiac1809%
2/13Iona23229%
2/15Manhattan33655%
2/20@Rider35343%
2/22@Mt St Mary's29022%
2/27Merrimack20926%
3/1Quinnipiac18022%