NCAA Tournament March Madness

#349 Maine

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Maine looks like a team that will have to secure the America East automatic berth because its nonconference résumé lacks a quality win and is burdened by brutal setbacks away from home and a home blowout. Road trips to Washington, Rutgers, Ohio and Miami Ohio produced damaging defeats while a home loss to Canisius underscored how badly the team can get overwhelmed, and the few encouraging moments — road victories at Boston University and at NJIT and tight neutral-site losses to Longwood and Siena — are scarce but meaningful. Within the league the home win over Vermont is offset by losses to UMBC, Bryant and a home defeat to NJIT, so the remaining dates at New Hampshire, at SUNY Albany and at Binghamton along with a meeting with MA Lowell are the last clear opportunities to add the kind of road or neutral victory that would alter a committee’s view.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@G Washington77L67-47
11/8@Stony Brook217L71-60
11/10@Rutgers161L72-60
11/16Quinnipiac193L70-64
11/19@Merrimack169L72-65
11/23Brown281L58-53
11/28@American Univ250L74-61
11/29(N)Longwood284L65-61
11/30(N)Siena199L64-60
12/3@Ohio220L79-57
12/6@Miami OH84L93-61
12/10@Boston Univ280W69-59
12/13Canisius345L70-43
12/21@Drexel227L74-56
1/3Bryant355L56-51
1/8@UMBC238L69-62
1/10@NJIT303W74-70
1/15@Vermont222L67-62
1/19New Hampshire335L65-48
1/22SUNY Albany326W52-49
1/24Binghamton362W79-63
1/31@MA Lowell319L91-77
2/5Vermont222W76-70
2/7@Bryant355L73-67
2/12UMBC238L78-62
2/14NJIT303L67-58
2/21@New Hampshire33532%
2/26@SUNY Albany32627%
2/28@Binghamton36254%
3/3MA Lowell31946%