NCAA Tournament March Madness

#323 Loyola MD

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Loyola Maryland’s resume contains a few respectable moments but not the kind of quality wins or road résumé that convinces a committee without an automatic berth, so the sensible projection is that the NCAA trip will have to come through the Patriot League tournament. The good pieces include a neutral victory over Stonehill and home wins over conference rivals such as Bucknell, American, Holy Cross and Boston University and a road victory at Army, yet those are offset by damaging losses away from home and in nonconference play highlighted by a lopsided defeat at Kentucky and several road setbacks at Colgate and against midmajor opponents like George Mason and Duquesne. The team’s inability to string together signature wins away from its own building and the presence of multiple bad losses leave limited margin for error, which makes the conference tournament the only clear path to the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Towson157L67-56
11/11NJIT332L66-64
11/15(N)Stonehill333W74-63
11/16@Fairfield264L85-82
11/19@Duquesne133L92-78
11/21@Kentucky27L88-46
11/30Coppin St363W95-84
12/3@Hampton272L93-71
12/9@VMI360L86-70
12/13Mt St Mary's279L81-73
12/21@George Mason94L86-79
12/31@American Univ240L84-69
1/3Lafayette326L79-64
1/7@Army337W84-76
1/10@Bucknell331L70-67
1/14Colgate250L86-80
1/17Boston Univ254W74-57
1/19@Lehigh290L88-81
1/24Bucknell331W67-62
1/28American Univ240W77-68
1/31@Navy142L87-71
2/4Lehigh290W89-84
2/7@Boston Univ254L78-69
2/11@Lafayette326W68-54
2/15Holy Cross330W83-73
2/18Army337L87-77
2/21@Colgate250L101-98
2/25Navy142L78-51
2/28@Holy Cross330W76-62
3/5@Colgate250L90-77