NCAA Tournament March Madness

#115 Duquesne

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Projection: likely out

Duquesne looks like a team on the outside because its few high-value moments are outweighed by damaging losses and uneven travel performance. Road victories at Davidson and Loyola-Chicago show the program can win away from home and useful home results against George Mason and George Washington bolster the resume, but those positives are undercut by ugly road losses at Boise State and Nevada and bad setbacks to St Louis, VCU and Dayton that will stand out to the committee. A trip to Villanova is understandable but does not replace a signature neutral-site win and the remaining slate gives Duquesne clear chances to improve against La Salle and Richmond while trips to St Bonaventure, Dayton, St Louis and Rhode Island are must-win opportunities to erase the damage, so the season’s trajectory will hinge on how the team performs in those games.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Niagara342W83-63
11/7Sacred Heart301W92-80
11/11Queens NC196W87-81
11/15@Villanova27L87-77
11/19Loyola MD325W92-78
11/22(N)Northeastern265L93-86
12/2William & Mary137L83-79
12/6Stony Brook214W84-75
12/10@Boise St53L86-64
12/13@Nevada56L78-75
12/22Canisius348W103-59
12/30@Davidson104W89-83
1/3VCU46L93-80
1/7@St Joseph's PA147L97-90
1/13Dayton99L71-65
1/17@Fordham174W74-63
1/20St Louis24L81-77
1/24@Loyola-Chicago310W71-59
1/28St Bonaventure143L87-79
2/1Rhode Island114W76-61
2/4@George Mason80W71-65
2/7G Washington83W88-86
2/14@St Bonaventure14347%
2/18La Salle24285%
2/21@Dayton9934%
2/25Davidson10458%
2/28@St Louis248%
3/4@Rhode Island11439%
3/7Richmond14569%