NCAA Tournament March Madness

#263 Fairfield

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Fairfield’s profile is built around a handful of eye-opening road wins at NJIT, Le Moyne and Iona that show it can grind out results away from home, but those highs are offset by lopsided setbacks at Penn State and Seton Hall and a damaging home loss to Columbia that expose clear limits against higher-tier opponents. In conference play the Stags have collected solid home victories over Niagara, Canisius and Rider and managed a road triumph at Sacred Heart, yet costly losses at Merrimack, Manhattan, Marist and Siena have eaten into any margin for error. Without a marquee nonconference scalp and with uneven results in hostile environments, Fairfield’s resume lacks the signature win that would carry it into the field on its own, so the most realistic way to reach the tournament is to seize the conference’s automatic berth, which makes the upcoming trip to St Peter’s and the late stretch that includes Quinnipiac on the road and home dates with Siena and Mount St Mary’s season-defining opportunities.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Penn St125L76-68
11/8@NJIT303W74-53
11/10@Seton Hall48L82-59
11/14Stonehill344W73-71
11/16Loyola MD315W85-82
11/22@Le Moyne290W97-83
11/26Columbia204L106-77
11/30New Hampshire335W72-68
12/5@Manhattan329L70-66
12/7@Merrimack169L74-63
12/14Monmouth NJ205W73-65
12/18@Central Conn287W84-70
12/29St Peter's244L70-66
1/2@Canisius345L85-81
1/4@Niagara341W83-75
1/9Rider357W68-62
1/14Manhattan329W98-62
1/17@Marist185L82-67
1/19@Siena199L85-77
1/22Niagara341W62-61
1/24Canisius345W61-55
1/30@Iona248W71-70
2/1Quinnipiac193L72-65
2/5@Sacred Heart294W92-87
2/7Marist185W63-60
2/15@St Peter's24435%
2/20Sacred Heart29468%
2/22@Quinnipiac19325%
2/27Siena19946%
3/1Mt St Mary's29568%