NCAA Tournament March Madness

#162 Marist

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Projected seed: 15 (automatic qualifier)

Marist looks like a long shot to reach the national field without winning the Metro Atlantic because its résumé contains sturdy road victories at Canisius, Niagara and Rider and a dominating performance against Iona that highlight a clear defensive identity, but that promise is dulled by road losses at Xavier, Georgia Tech, Quinnipiac, St Peter's and Siena and damaging home setbacks to Harvard and Merrimack that show the program has not yet produced a marquee triumph against a higher-tier opponent. The remaining regular-season slate and the conference tournament provide obvious chances to flip the script, yet the simplest, most reliable path into the national field runs through taking the conference crown.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Xavier93L66-62
11/9@Dartmouth229W75-56
11/16Harvard165L56-54
11/21Army338W76-65
11/25Lehigh300W78-55
12/5Mt St Mary's298W64-56
12/7Manhattan336W80-68
12/13@Bryant351W82-74
12/16@Georgia Tech135L87-76
12/21Stony Brook214W70-51
12/29@Quinnipiac194L64-58
1/2@St Peter's244L69-59
1/4Iona234W83-38
1/9@Sacred Heart285W76-72
1/11@Rider352W71-49
1/17Fairfield268W82-67
1/19Merrimack203L68-55
1/22@Siena171L69-50
1/24Quinnipiac194W71-64
1/30@Canisius345W88-86
2/1@Niagara344W58-46
2/5Rider35294%
2/7@Fairfield26861%
2/12@Merrimack20347%
2/15Siena17163%
2/20@Manhattan33677%
2/22Sacred Heart28582%
3/1St Peter's24475%