NCAA Tournament March Madness

#268 Dartmouth

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Dartmouth’s projection to need the automatic berth makes sense because the resume mixes a few eye-catching wins with a string of damaging results that leave little margin for error; road victories at St. Peter’s and at Harvard and a big performance at Cornell are offset by ugly road losses at Florida, at Wyoming and at Colorado State and by a succession of home and away setbacks to Ivy rivals such as Yale, Harvard and Brown. The team has shown it can win away from home but has not sustained that form, trading a road triumph at Harvard for a later home loss to the same opponent and following a home victory over Princeton with a rough trip to Princeton, signaling inconsistency that committees tend to punish. With no additional signature neutral or road win on the ledger, the remaining game against Cornell is the clearest chance to reshape the narrative and give the selection committee reason to consider an at-large path instead of relying on the conference title.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/9Marist204L75-56
11/12@Bryant355L82-75
11/16Appalachian St181L85-77
11/29@St Peter's257W87-61
12/3New Hampshire349W69-68
12/6@Wyoming97L93-80
12/9@Colorado St81L76-55
12/13Boston Univ263W77-64
12/16@Holy Cross330W89-64
12/19@Sacred Heart292L85-63
12/29@Florida4L94-72
1/5@Harvard154W76-68
1/10@Cornell167W102-91
1/17Penn163L84-74
1/19Princeton246W71-69
1/24Columbia189L79-69
1/30@Yale82L83-68
1/31@Brown289W77-70
2/7Harvard154L71-58
2/13Yale82L83-70
2/14Brown289L79-76
2/21@Columbia189W64-63
2/27@Penn163L80-71
2/28@Princeton246L82-61
3/7Cornell16740%