NCAA Tournament March Madness

#114 Hofstra

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Projection: likely out

Hofstra’s résumé reads like a team with a couple of resume-changing road victories but too many damaging slips to trusted midmajor opponents, and that balance explains why it sits outside the field. The wins at Pittsburgh and Syracuse and a handful of quality nonconference results show the program can win away from home and provide the kind of headline wins committees prize, yet losses at Iona and Stony Brook and setbacks to programs such as Elon, William & Mary and College of Charleston are the sort of bad losses that erase goodwill. The bulk of the remaining schedule is winnable at home and on the road, highlighted by home dates with Northeastern and Towson and tougher tests at College of Charleston and UNC Wilmington, so there are clear opportunities to repair the profile but not many chances to add a marquee scalp that would dramatically change perception.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@UCF45L82-78
11/7@Iona234L81-73
11/14@Bucknell324W83-77
11/19@Temple148L81-76
11/28(N)La Salle230W63-58
11/29(N)Merrimack203W78-58
11/30@Penn180W77-60
12/3@Columbia175L72-70
12/7@Pittsburgh101W80-73
12/13@Syracuse69W70-69
12/21Quinnipiac194W74-66
12/29Campbell212W86-72
1/3@Drexel213W70-67
1/8@Towson158W78-67
1/10Monmouth NJ226W67-64
1/15@Stony Brook214L76-71
1/17Elon179L89-85
1/22@NC A&T279L79-78
1/24@William & Mary141L89-82
1/29Col Charleston161L66-64
1/31@Monmouth NJ226W73-57
2/5Northeastern25486%
2/7Towson15873%
2/12@Col Charleston16152%
2/14@UNC Wilmington11338%
2/19Hampton25987%
2/21@Northeastern25470%
2/28Stony Brook21481%
3/3Drexel21381%