NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: Cornell

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#166 Cornell

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Cornell’s profile is anchored by an efficient offensive attack that has produced eye‑catching scoring nights and solid nonconference wins such as the road victory at Bucknell and the close win over Colgate, but those bright spots are offset by recurring defensive breakdowns in heavy losses at Kent, Illinois State, George Mason and the trip to Michigan State where they were clearly overmatched. The committee will notice the offense’s explosiveness and the fact that the team can close out winnable games at home against opponents like Lafayette and Army, yet the resume lacks quality road or neutral wins against strong opponents and several ugly road losses have done real damage. The remaining Ivy schedule gives Cornell multiple chances to add signature league wins at home and improve its road profile with wins at Yale, Princeton or Columbia, and how they respond in those specific places will determine whether the offensive firepower can overcome the defensive holes that currently make their position tenuous.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/7	@Kent	132	L110-102
11/9	@Illinois St	89	L76-65
11/13	@Lafayette	324	W97-78
11/18	Army	336	W86-73
11/20	Colgate	173	W95-94
11/30	@Bucknell	305	W101-72
12/2	@George Mason	79	L99-81
12/3	@Towson	134	L93-80
12/7	@Samford	241	L93-90
12/21	@SUNY Albany	304	W83-75
12/29	@Michigan St	13	3%
1/5	Columbia	129	52%
1/10	Dartmouth	253	76%
1/17	@Yale	76	16%
1/19	@Brown	230	53%
1/24	@Harvard	194	46%
1/30	Princeton	264	78%
1/31	Penn	227	74%
2/7	@Columbia	129	30%
2/13	@Princeton	264	58%
2/14	@Penn	227	53%
2/21	Harvard	194	67%
2/27	Yale	76	33%
2/28	Brown	230	74%
3/7	@Dartmouth	253	56%