NCAA Tournament March Madness

#101 Maryland

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Projection: likely out

Maryland's season reads like a résumé with bright spots and bruising holes, and those extremes explain why evaluators are wary. The road victory at Marquette and the neutral win over UNLV show they can win outside College Park, but those positives are overwhelmed by heavy neutral defeats to Gonzaga and Alabama and damaging losses at Iowa and versus Michigan that call into question their ability to win in hostile environments. Comfortable nonconference home results do little to offset that impression. The remainder of the schedule hands them clear chances to change the narrative with home tests against Oregon and Indiana and more telling road assignments at UCLA, USC, Illinois and Michigan State plus a meeting with Purdue at home, and a signature road or neutral victory in one of those settings would instantly shift perceptions while merely beating the softer opponents will leave the season defined by the earlier bad losses.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Coppin St364W83-61
11/7Georgetown104L70-60
11/11Alcorn St334W84-64
11/15@Marquette115W89-82
11/19Mt St Mary's302W95-90
11/24(N)UNLV144W74-67
11/25(N)Gonzaga4L100-61
11/26(N)Alabama17L105-72
12/2Wagner301W89-63
12/6@Iowa18L83-64
12/13Michigan1L101-83
12/20@Virginia23L80-72
12/28Old Dominion21785%
1/2Oregon7452%
1/7Indiana3129%
1/10@UCLA3214%
1/13@USC3817%
1/18Penn St12870%
1/21@Illinois95%
1/24@Michigan St137%
2/1Purdue511%
2/5Ohio St3433%
2/8@Minnesota10039%
2/11Iowa1823%
2/15@Rutgers15956%
2/18@Northwestern5425%
2/21Washington4740%
2/25@Nebraska2211%
3/1Rutgers15977%
3/4@Wisconsin4319%
3/8Illinois914%