NCAA Tournament March Madness

#127 Maryland

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Maryland’s résumé shows flashes of quality but is buried under too many damaging losses, so the clearest path to the NCAA tournament runs through winning the conference tournament. The road victory at Marquette and the neutral-site win over UNLV demonstrate the team can beat respectable opponents away from College Park, yet those bright spots are overwhelmed by lopsided neutral losses to Gonzaga and Alabama, a home setback to Michigan and a string of poor results at Virginia, UCLA and USC that leave the profile thin on signature victories. With the best remaining opportunities clustered in a home date with Penn State and conference assignments that include difficult road trips to Illinois and Michigan State and home tests against Purdue and Ohio State, Maryland must take advantage of those windows or lean on a conference title to secure a berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)Coppin St364W83-61
11/7Georgetown101L70-60
11/11Alcorn St343W84-64
11/15@Marquette122W89-82
11/19Mt St Mary's293W95-90
11/24(N)UNLV148W74-67
11/25(N)Gonzaga5L100-61
11/26(N)Alabama16L105-72
12/2Wagner323W89-63
12/6@Iowa18L83-64
12/13Michigan1L101-83
12/20@Virginia14L80-72
12/28Old Dominion241W73-58
1/2Oregon90L64-54
1/7Indiana38L84-66
1/10@UCLA40L67-55
1/13@USC50L88-71
1/18Penn St10554%
1/21@Illinois63%
1/24@Michigan St124%
2/1Purdue37%
2/5Ohio St3524%
2/8@Minnesota8324%
2/11Iowa1814%
2/15@Rutgers15445%
2/18@Northwestern6019%
2/21Washington4931%
2/25@Nebraska155%
3/1Rutgers15467%
3/4@Wisconsin3912%
3/8Illinois68%