NCAA Tournament March Madness

#328 Holy Cross

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Holy Cross’s season reads like a résumé with a few modest moments but too many damaging setbacks, which leaves the team dependent on the Patriot League’s automatic bid. The program’s best moments — a neutral-site win over Hampton, a gritty road victory at Fordham and home wins over Bucknell and Army — show it can finish games and compete inside the league. Those positives are outweighed by ugly road defeats at Providence, BYU and Utah and by losses to league rivals such as Colgate, Boston University and Navy that expose weakness away from home and the absence of any marquee nonconference scalp. Upcoming league dates at Loyola, Bucknell and Boston University and a home stretch against Lafayette and Loyola are real chances to erase some of the bad results and build momentum, but without significant quality wins Holy Cross will need to win its conference crown to reach the NCAA tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Providence63L89-79
11/8@BYU22L98-53
11/10@Utah127L87-69
11/16(N)Hampton258W67-61
11/18@Brown275L68-49
11/21@Sacred Heart294L79-66
11/24Siena199L73-69
12/3Northeastern276W76-59
12/6@Fordham159W70-69
12/16Dartmouth257L89-64
12/20@Harvard165L81-53
12/31Bucknell331W65-58
1/3Navy158L65-58
1/7@Lehigh300L66-58
1/10@American Univ248W84-73
1/14Army338W82-75
1/17@Lafayette327L74-55
1/21@Navy158L85-68
1/24American Univ248L76-67
1/28@Colgate213L79-74
1/31@Army338L69-68
2/2Boston Univ281L72-64
2/7Lehigh300W76-67
2/11Colgate213L74-70
2/15@Loyola MD31536%
2/18Lafayette32761%
2/22@Bucknell33141%
2/25@Boston Univ28126%
2/28Loyola MD31558%