NCAA Tournament March Madness

#314 Manhattan

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Manhattan being projected to need the MAAC automatic bid is easy to justify: nonconference play was defined by lopsided road defeats at USC, Hawaii and Texas A&M and a damaging home loss to Wagner, while the résumé’s brightest spots are neutral-site wins over Utah Tech and Mississippi Valley State that do little to erase those bad results. The team has shown it can score in stretches but defensive struggles on hostile floors and a lack of signature victories away from home make an at-large argument unlikely, and the remaining slate is mostly conference work rather than high-profile neutral tests — road trips to Quinnipiac, Iona and Fairfield and games at Canisius and Niagara are the chances to build credibility but are not guaranteed résumé changers. With multiple poor losses outweighing modest nonconference wins, the simplest path to the NCAA field is to run the table in the MAAC tournament and claim the automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/9@USC28L114-83
11/12(N)Utah Tech270W79-75
11/14@Hawaii106L86-56
11/15(N)MS Valley St365W80-73
11/21@Texas A&M68L109-68
11/26Wagner321L103-101
11/29@Army35054%
12/5Fairfield28355%
12/7@Marist14915%
12/13@Fordham23326%
12/18Furman15833%
12/21Presbyterian29157%
12/29@Rider34551%
1/2Quinnipiac17736%
1/4@Merrimack26130%
1/9Canisius34472%
1/11Niagara33569%
1/14@Fairfield28333%
1/17Siena17136%
1/19@Quinnipiac17718%
1/24@Iona19120%
1/30Rider34573%
2/1@Mt St Mary's29536%
2/5St Peter's30059%
2/7Sacred Heart27354%
2/13@Niagara33547%
2/15@Canisius34451%
2/20Marist14932%
2/27@St Peter's30037%
3/1Iona19138%