NCAA Tournament March Madness

#164 Marist

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier)

Marist sits well outside the at-large picture and looks like a team that must win its conference tournament to reach the NCAA field. Its résumé is anchored by an emphatic home dismantling of Iona, solid road wins at Canisius and Niagara, and a respectable showing at Xavier. Those positives are offset by damaging setbacks, most notably a home loss to Merrimack and road defeats at Siena, Quinnipiac and St Peter's along with a tough trip to Georgia Tech that left no marquee neutral-site victory. The program has shown a defensive identity but an uneven offense has produced too many games where it could not finish. Upcoming chances at Merrimack, a home date with Siena, a road test at Manhattan and home games against Sacred Heart and St Peter's give Marist a clear path to improve its standing. If those opportunities are squandered the most realistic route to the tournament will be winning the conference crown.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Xavier95L66-62
11/9@Dartmouth241W75-56
11/16Harvard158L56-54
11/21Army336W76-65
11/25Lehigh308W78-55
12/5Mt St Mary's302W64-56
12/7Manhattan332W80-68
12/13@Bryant351W82-74
12/16@Georgia Tech144L87-76
12/21Stony Brook214W70-51
12/29@Quinnipiac207L64-58
1/2@St Peter's237L69-59
1/4Iona249W83-38
1/9@Sacred Heart301W76-72
1/11@Rider357W71-49
1/17Fairfield262W82-67
1/19Merrimack182L68-55
1/22@Siena178L69-50
1/24Quinnipiac207W71-64
1/30@Canisius348W88-86
2/1@Niagara342W58-46
2/5Rider357W81-52
2/7@Fairfield262L63-60
2/12@Merrimack18243%
2/15Siena17864%
2/20@Manhattan33276%
2/22Sacred Heart30184%
3/1St Peter's23775%