NCAA Tournament March Madness
#236 Columbia
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Columbia's path to the dance floor hinges on winning the Ivy League Tournament because their regular season has been marred by inconsistency, especially in defense which has been notably porous. They've been bested soundly by top league contenders such as Princeton and Yale, which doesn't bode well for their championship prospects. The lack of notable non-conference wins—falling to a strong Providence team and suffering upsets to lower-ranked teams like SUNY Albany—puts them in a tough spot. While they've shown flashes of capability with a victory over Temple and handling business against teams they should beat, it's clear that the true measure of their progress will be their performance in head-to-head matchups against their Ivy League nemeses in the post-season tournament. Only by navigating that gauntlet and snagging the conference crown can they punch their ticket to the NCAA tournament.
Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
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11/6 | @Providence | 52 | L78-59 |
11/11 | SUNY Albany | 261 | L78-75 |
11/18 | @Temple | 200 | W78-73 |
11/21 | LIU Brooklyn | 344 | W77-67 |
11/25 | Maine | 222 | W75-56 |
11/29 | Loyola MD | 358 | W69-57 |
12/3 | @New Hampshire | 246 | L80-71 |
12/5 | Lafayette | 326 | W83-72 |
12/11 | @F Dickinson | 328 | W87-83 |
12/30 | @Fordham | 211 | L87-78 |
1/9 | @Cornell | 90 | L91-79 |
1/15 | @Yale | 78 | L89-70 |
1/20 | Princeton | 54 | L70-62 |
1/27 | Penn | 220 | W84-81 |
2/2 | @Harvard | 198 | L62-59 |
2/3 | @Dartmouth | 327 | W72-56 |
2/10 | @Brown | 191 | W83-69 |
2/16 | Dartmouth | 327 | W73-63 |
2/17 | Harvard | 198 | L80-75 |
2/23 | Brown | 191 | L66-64 |
2/24 | Yale | 78 | L84-76 |
3/1 | @Princeton | 54 | L84-70 |
3/2 | @Penn | 220 | L84-72 |
3/9 | Cornell | 90 | L98-76 |