NCAA Tournament March Madness

#347 Maine

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Maine’s résumé leaves little margin for an at-large case because its nonconference slate is dominated by difficult road trips to programs like George Washington, Rutgers and Ohio and spoiled by lopsided defeats at Miami Ohio and Canisius, while its most credible wins — an away victory at Boston University and a road win at NJIT — come against middling opposition and do not provide a marquee signature on a neutral floor. In America East Maine flashed upside with a home victory over Vermont but that bright spot is offset by road setbacks at Vermont, UMBC and Bryant and by inconsistency at home against conference foes, so the quality of wins is limited and the bad losses are damaging. With no remaining nonconference chances to reshape perception the practical path to the national tournament runs through winning the America East title.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@G Washington79L67-47
11/8@Stony Brook228L71-60
11/10@Rutgers133L72-60
11/16Quinnipiac217L70-64
11/19@Merrimack170L72-65
11/23Brown290L58-53
11/28@American Univ243L74-61
11/29(N)Longwood272L65-61
11/30(N)Siena209L64-60
12/3@Ohio227L79-57
12/6@Miami OH90L93-61
12/10@Boston Univ264W69-59
12/13Canisius343L70-43
12/21@Drexel219L74-56
1/3Bryant355L56-51
1/8@UMBC199L69-62
1/10@NJIT332W74-70
1/15@Vermont237L67-62
1/19New Hampshire349L65-48
1/22SUNY Albany325W52-49
1/24Binghamton359W79-63
1/31@MA Lowell320L91-77
2/5Vermont237W76-70
2/7@Bryant355L73-67
2/12UMBC199L78-62
2/14NJIT332L67-58
2/21@New Hampshire349W61-58
2/26@SUNY Albany325W70-59
2/28@Binghamton359L74-67
3/3MA Lowell320L67-56
3/7@NJIT33230%