NCAA Tournament March Madness

#249 Colgate

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Colgate profiles as a team that will likely have to win the Patriot League tournament because its nonconference slate produced few signature victories and its worst results were lopsided road losses at Michigan State, Illinois and Florida that exposed defensive inconsistencies. The résumé contains true road wins at Siena and Bucknell and neutral-site victories over SUNY Albany and Fordham that show it can close out games, but those wins mostly came against modest opponents and were offset by damaging losses to Harvard, Cornell, Navy and Lehigh that undermine an at-large case. The committee prizes quality wins away from home and neutral success and Colgate lacks a marquee scalp, so its clear path to the national field runs through capturing the league’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Michigan St9L80-69
11/7Northeastern286L68-65
11/11Drexel222W90-83
11/14@Illinois7L84-65
11/17@Siena192W72-69
11/20@Cornell164L95-94
11/28(N)SUNY Albany324W69-67
11/30(N)Fordham166W72-62
12/10@St Bonaventure139L85-77
12/21@Florida4L90-60
12/28Harvard152L78-69
12/31@Lafayette325W85-77
1/3@Army337W76-69
1/7American Univ238W64-62
1/10Lehigh284L78-77
1/14@Loyola MD322W86-80
1/17Bucknell331W95-76
1/21@American Univ238L70-66
1/24Boston Univ261W80-79
1/28Holy Cross329W79-74
1/31@Lehigh284L77-76
2/4Army337W69-55
2/7@Bucknell331W78-59
2/11@Holy Cross329W74-70
2/14Navy142L84-80
2/16@Boston Univ261L85-58
2/21Loyola MD322W101-98
2/25Lafayette325L70-69
2/28@Navy142L85-69
3/5Loyola MD322W90-77
3/8@Lehigh284L76-69