NCAA Tournament March Madness

#258 Fairfield

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Fairfield’s path is clear because its résumé offers flashes but not the kind of signature wins that usually carry an at-large case, so the only realistic route is to win the conference’s automatic bid; the team’s best moments, like the gritty road win at Iona, the victory at Quinnipiac and the neutral-site wins over Manhattan and St. Peter’s, prove it can find offense away from home, but those bright spots are offset by damaging defeats on big stages at Seton Hall and at Penn State and a humiliating home setback against Columbia along with some ugly losses to lesser foes, and with the profile showing more good but modest conference wins than marquee nonconference scalps every remaining chance in the conference tournament against familiar MAAC opponents becomes the decisive opportunity to change how the committee will view the season.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Penn St137L76-68
11/8@NJIT332W74-53
11/10@Seton Hall52L82-59
11/14Stonehill334W73-71
11/16Loyola MD326W85-82
11/22@Le Moyne296W97-83
11/26Columbia189L106-77
11/30New Hampshire349W72-68
12/5@Manhattan329L70-66
12/7@Merrimack170L74-63
12/14Monmouth NJ187W73-65
12/18@Central Conn306W84-70
12/29St Peter's256L70-66
1/2@Canisius343L85-81
1/4@Niagara338W83-75
1/9Rider357W68-62
1/14Manhattan329W98-62
1/17@Marist204L82-67
1/19@Siena209L85-77
1/22Niagara338W62-61
1/24Canisius343W61-55
1/30@Iona260W71-70
2/1Quinnipiac216L72-65
2/5@Sacred Heart292W92-87
2/7Marist204W63-60
2/15@St Peter's256L83-74
2/20Sacred Heart292W78-68
2/22@Quinnipiac216W85-79
2/27Siena209W72-58
3/1Mt St Mary's279L69-47
3/5(N)Manhattan329W71-60
3/6(N)St Peter's256W74-55