NCAA Tournament March Madness

#296 Delaware

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Delaware’s resume reads like a work in progress: the program has shown it can win at home and pull off a meaningful road victory at George Washington while also collecting a neutral-site triumph over UNC Greensboro, but those bright spots are offset by ugly losses at BYU and Iona and by a sobering upset at Delaware State that undermines its road credibility. The quality of the best wins is modest and the worst defeats have been severe enough to erase some of the upward momentum, so the team’s standing now hinges on how it handles the rest of the schedule. Upcoming home dates against Missouri State, UTEP, Liberty and WKU offer chances to rack up resume-friendly results but a string of conference road tests at Sam Houston State, Liberty, New Mexico State and UTEP are the clearest opportunities to demonstrate consistent toughness away from home. Until Delaware limits those damaging losses and produces more neutral or true road wins over recognizable opponents, its profile will look inconsistent despite flashes of quality.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Bucknell303L78-70
11/11@BYU10L85-68
11/18St Peter's292W81-70
11/23(N)S Illinois120L79-59
11/25(N)UNC Greensboro290W73-60
12/1Iona181L89-66
12/6@Delaware St355L75-72
12/10@G Washington80W70-58
12/13CS Northridge210L88-66
12/16Rider350W65-57
12/29Missouri St241L61-43
1/2Jacksonville St21947%
1/4Kennesaw16134%
1/8@Sam Houston St11710%
1/10@Louisiana Tech17320%
1/15UTEP22548%
1/17New Mexico St13028%
1/24@Liberty1058%
1/28@New Mexico St13012%
1/31@UTEP22527%
2/4Liberty10520%
2/7MTSU14731%
2/12@Florida Intl17720%
2/14@Missouri St24129%
2/18WKU16034%
2/21@MTSU14715%
2/26@Jacksonville St21926%
2/28@Kennesaw16117%
3/5Sam Houston St11724%
3/7Louisiana Tech17338%