NCAA Tournament March Madness

#208 Colgate

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Colgate’s standing makes sense because its season is a study in contrast: the team has shown it can win in neutral settings and grind out a tough road victory at Siena while piling up comfortable league wins at places like Bucknell and Loyola Maryland, but those positives are overwhelmed by blunt road defeats at Michigan State, Illinois and Florida and a damaging home loss to Harvard that keep its nonconference résumé thin. A string of one-possession losses away at Cornell and Lehigh shows it has been competitive but has not delivered signature, resume-changing wins away from familiar courts, and the remaining conference slate — including trips to Bucknell and Holy Cross and home chances against Army and Navy — are its last realistic opportunities to add the kind of neutral or road quality victories that would spare it from needing the Patriot League’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Michigan St9L80-69
11/7Northeastern254L68-65
11/11Drexel213W90-83
11/14@Illinois5L84-65
11/17@Siena171W72-69
11/20@Cornell172L95-94
11/28(N)SUNY Albany310W69-67
11/30(N)Fordham177W72-62
12/10@St Bonaventure150L85-77
12/21@Florida7L90-60
12/28Harvard165L78-69
12/31@Lafayette306W85-77
1/3@Army338W76-69
1/7American Univ231W64-62
1/10Lehigh300L78-77
1/14@Loyola MD327W86-80
1/17Bucknell324W95-76
1/21@American Univ231L70-66
1/24Boston Univ290W80-79
1/28Holy Cross331W79-74
1/31@Lehigh300L77-76
2/4Army33886%
2/7@Bucknell32466%
2/11@Holy Cross33168%
2/14Navy17354%
2/16@Boston Univ29056%
2/21Loyola MD32784%
2/25Lafayette30681%
2/28@Navy17332%