NCAA Tournament March Madness

#87 Hofstra

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Projected seed: 13 (automatic qualifier)

Hofstra’s resume reads like a team with upside but also glaring holes: signature road wins at Pittsburgh and at Syracuse show it can win away from home against respected programs, and a steady stretch of conference victories against the likes of Northeastern, Towson and Monmouth underpin its resume, but those highs are offset by damaging road slips at Iona and UCF and home and neutral miscues at Columbia, NC A&T and Elon that raise questions about consistency. Many of the wins come against middling opponents such as La Salle, Merrimack and Bucknell so the overall profile lacks a cluster of truly elite scalps, and that combination of strong but isolated road triumphs plus avoidable bad losses is why the team lands where it does. The clearest routes to improve are through neutral-site success and a deep Coastal tournament run, with the neutral matchups against William & Mary and Towson standing out as the remaining opportunities to erase the bad losses and prove the team can string together quality wins away from its home court.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@UCF54L82-78
11/7@Iona259L81-73
11/14@Bucknell331W83-77
11/19@Temple165L81-76
11/28(N)La Salle233W63-58
11/29(N)Merrimack179W78-58
11/30@Penn150W77-60
12/3@Columbia189L72-70
12/7@Pittsburgh94W80-73
12/13@Syracuse83W70-69
12/21Quinnipiac219W74-66
12/29Campbell182W86-72
1/3@Drexel222W70-67
1/8@Towson157W78-67
1/10Monmouth NJ180W67-64
1/15@Stony Brook227L76-71
1/17Elon230L89-85
1/22@NC A&T291L79-78
1/24@William & Mary149L89-82
1/29Col Charleston172L66-64
1/31@Monmouth NJ180W73-57
2/5Northeastern286W80-63
2/7Towson157W71-49
2/12@Col Charleston172W66-62
2/14@UNC Wilmington110L70-66
2/19Hampton272W79-43
2/21@Northeastern286W82-68
2/28Stony Brook227W67-58
3/3Drexel222W62-51
3/8(N)William & Mary149W92-61
3/9(N)Towson157W68-65
3/10(N)Monmouth NJ180W75-69