NCAA Tournament March Madness

#196 Marist

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Marist’s résumé reads like a team that has earned respect inside its league but still lacks the kind of eye-catching nonconference victory that convinces the committee without a conference title, and that’s why the projection calls for an automatic berth; the squad’s best moments include a dominant home win over Iona and a string of true road victories at Bryant, Canisius, Niagara and Manhattan that show it can win away from home, and it even played competitively at Xavier, yet its profile is dented by a home setback to Harvard and damaging losses at Merrimack and at Siena along with a road defeat at Georgia Tech. The balance of solid league wins and those hit-or-miss nonconference results leaves little margin for error, so the upcoming game against St Peter’s is a final chance to add meaningful résumé heft before the league tournament where the automatic bid becomes the clearest path to the Big Dance.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Xavier96L66-62
11/9@Dartmouth252W75-56
11/16Harvard149L56-54
11/21Army336W76-65
11/25Lehigh303W78-55
12/5Mt St Mary's289W64-56
12/7Manhattan331W80-68
12/13@Bryant356W82-74
12/16@Georgia Tech167L87-76
12/21Stony Brook220W70-51
12/29@Quinnipiac208L64-58
1/2@St Peter's251L69-59
1/4Iona253W83-38
1/9@Sacred Heart295W76-72
1/11@Rider357W71-49
1/17Fairfield260W82-67
1/19Merrimack166L68-55
1/22@Siena198L69-50
1/24Quinnipiac208W71-64
1/30@Canisius349W88-86
2/1@Niagara344W58-46
2/5Rider357W81-52
2/7@Fairfield260L63-60
2/12@Merrimack166L81-56
2/15Siena198L67-63
2/20@Manhattan331W84-70
2/22Sacred Heart295W65-63
3/1St Peter's25172%