NCAA Tournament March Madness

#350 Maine

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Maine’s résumé is defined by a lone strong road triumph at Boston University set against a string of damaging defeats away from home, including trips to George Washington, Rutgers, Ohio and Miami Ohio and heavy setbacks at home against Canisius and on neutral courts against Longwood and Siena, so the profile lacks signature wins to counter those blemishes. The best evidence of competitiveness came in those tight neutral-site outings and the BU victory, but the road losses and lopsided results have eroded the resume and undercut Maine’s ability to claim quality nonconference victories. The remainder of the schedule offers multiple winnable America East games against the likes of Bryant, UMBC, NJIT, New Hampshire and Albany, yet the scheduled trips to Vermont and other hostile sites are steep tests that would need to be negotiated to change the trajectory. With limited opportunities for a resume-making nonconference scalp and clear damage from earlier blowouts and road defeats, Maine’s most realistic path to the NCAA field runs through capturing the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@G Washington83L67-47
11/8@Stony Brook242L71-60
11/10@Rutgers159L72-60
11/16Quinnipiac156L70-64
11/19@Merrimack272L72-65
11/23Brown230L58-53
11/28@American Univ252L74-61
11/29(N)Longwood303L65-61
11/30(N)Siena176L64-60
12/3@Ohio200L79-57
12/6@Miami OH113L93-61
12/10@Boston Univ295W69-59
12/13Canisius347L70-43
12/21@Drexel288L74-56
1/3Bryant31849%
1/8@UMBC29021%
1/10@NJIT35342%
1/15@Vermont1849%
1/19New Hampshire32953%
1/22SUNY Albany30445%
1/24Binghamton36374%
1/31MA Lowell30645%
2/5Vermont18423%
2/7@Bryant31828%
2/12UMBC29040%
2/14NJIT35364%
2/21@New Hampshire32931%
2/26@SUNY Albany30424%
2/28@Binghamton36353%
3/3MA Lowell30645%