NCAA Tournament March Madness

#224 Drexel

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Needing to win the conference tournament makes sense because Drexel’s résumé lacks signature neutral-site or high-end road victories and contains a handful of damaging losses that a committee will weigh heavily, chief among them the neutral defeat against Syracuse, the heavy setback at Campbell, and the eye-opening home loss to Monmouth. The team’s best moments—road wins at Northeastern and at Monmouth and steady home wins over William & Mary and Stony Brook—show it can hang in league play, but those wins are offset by nonconference stumbles at St Joseph’s and Colgate and a pattern of close defeats that undermine the overall résumé. With only a home date against Campbell and a trip to Hofstra left to change the narrative, the simplest and most realistic route for Drexel to the field is to secure the automatic berth by winning the Coastal tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/8@St Joseph's PA148L76-65
11/11@Colgate240L90-83
11/15(N)Syracuse78L80-50
11/18NJIT317W75-43
11/21Penn173L84-68
11/23Old Dominion244W75-71
11/25@Morgan St351W71-66
12/3@American Univ228L75-73
12/6(N)La Salle222L69-64
12/16Howard218L74-66
12/19Mt St Mary's289W75-67
12/21Maine347W74-56
12/29@Col Charleston164L72-63
12/31@UNC Wilmington103L65-53
1/3Hofstra94L70-67
1/8Stony Brook220W56-37
1/10William & Mary132W64-58
1/15@Monmouth NJ207W73-51
1/19@Towson179L59-58
1/24Northeastern288W83-78
1/29Hampton269W58-51
1/31NC A&T274W61-60
2/5@Campbell200L81-60
2/7@Elon211W82-77
2/12Monmouth NJ207L93-73
2/16@Stony Brook220L72-69
2/19@Northeastern288W70-61
2/21Towson17952%
2/22Towson179W68-62
2/26Campbell20055%
3/3@Hofstra9414%