NCAA Tournament March Madness

#134 Maryland

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Maryland’s profile has some real positives — road victories at Marquette and Minnesota and a neutral-site win over UNLV plus solid home wins against Penn State and Iowa — but those moments are outweighed by brutal results, namely neutral blowouts to Gonzaga and Alabama and heavy defeats at Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue and Wisconsin that expose a team that struggles away from its own building. The selection lens cares about quality wins, road and neutral performance, and Maryland’s best results come with caveats while its worst losses are the kind that do real damage. With the conference tournament route and a remaining game against Illinois representing the main ways to shift perception, it makes sense that this resume needs an automatic qualification to be secure.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Coppin St363W83-61
11/7Georgetown84L70-60
11/11Alcorn St352W84-64
11/15@Marquette91W89-82
11/19Mt St Mary's279W95-90
11/24(N)UNLV109W74-67
11/25(N)Gonzaga11L100-61
11/26(N)Alabama18L105-72
12/2Wagner310W89-63
12/6@Iowa23L83-64
12/13Michigan2L101-83
12/20@Virginia19L80-72
12/28Old Dominion249W73-58
1/2Oregon100L64-54
1/7Indiana41L84-66
1/10@UCLA34L67-55
1/13@USC69L88-71
1/18Penn St137W96-73
1/21@Illinois5L89-70
1/24@Michigan St10L91-48
2/1Purdue7L93-63
2/5Ohio St27L82-62
2/8@Minnesota72W67-62
2/11Iowa23W77-70
2/15@Rutgers133L68-57
2/18@Northwestern66L78-74
2/21Washington52W64-60
2/25@Nebraska12L74-61
3/1Rutgers133L69-65
3/3(N)Coppin St363W83-61
3/4@Wisconsin25L78-45
3/8Illinois55%