NCAA Tournament March Madness

#263 Fairfield

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Fairfield's profile points to a team that still needs the conference's automatic berth to reach the national field because the resume lacks a signature win and is marred by damaging road setbacks; its best moments include road victories at NJIT and Le Moyne and a dominant home performance against Manhattan, but those are offset by ugly losses away at Penn State and Seton Hall and a heavy defeat at Columbia that committee voters will notice. Conference play has been irregular with troubling road losses at Canisius, Marist and Siena and a home stumble to St Peter's, so Fairfield has not yet shown it can win a meaningful game away from home or on a neutral floor against a proven opponent. The remaining slate hands the team clear opportunities to repair the picture with home dates against Niagara and Canisius and chance to prove itself at Iona and on the road at Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart, yet given the quantity and quality of poor results to date there is very little margin for error and the cleanest path into the tournament is to secure the Metro Atlantic's automatic spot.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Penn St118L76-68
11/8@NJIT331W74-53
11/10@Seton Hall47L82-59
11/14Stonehill342W73-71
11/16Loyola MD329W85-82
11/22@Le Moyne266W97-83
11/26Columbia168L106-77
11/30New Hampshire319W72-68
12/5@Manhattan336L70-66
12/7@Merrimack209L74-63
12/14Monmouth NJ213W73-65
12/18@Central Conn268W84-70
12/29St Peter's234L70-66
1/2@Canisius347L85-81
1/4@Niagara354W83-75
1/9Rider353W68-62
1/14Manhattan336W98-62
1/17@Marist149L82-67
1/19@Siena186L85-77
1/22Niagara35486%
1/24Canisius34783%
1/30@Iona23232%
2/1Quinnipiac18045%
2/5@Sacred Heart27241%
2/7Marist14937%
2/15@St Peter's23433%
2/20Sacred Heart27264%
2/22@Quinnipiac18025%
2/27Siena18646%
3/1Mt St Mary's29067%