NCAA Tournament March Madness

#175 Massachusetts

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

UMass’s résumé is defined by eye‑catching neutral victories over Florida State and Boston College and a quality neutral win over Oregon State, proof the team can beat credible opponents away from home. Those signature moments are offset by damaging nonconference setbacks, notably losses to Marshall and Kent and tight neutral defeats to College of Charleston and Wisconsin Green Bay, which introduce inconsistency into the profile. The selection group will pay particular attention to road and neutral results, so the remaining conference slate is crucial: trips to Ohio, Buffalo and Akron are the highest‑leverage chances to show consistency while home dates with Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan and the split sites against Ball State and Bowling Green are opportunities to accumulate cleaner wins. The neutral‑site successes give UMass a foothold but the poor losses leave the team vulnerable, so the path forward is straightforward — earn meaningful road wins in league play and the résumé will look markedly stronger.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Marshall157L78-72
11/8SUNY Albany314W83-62
11/13Le Moyne301W94-80
11/16Central Conn274W84-77
11/21(N)Col Charleston180L69-65
11/22(N)WI Green Bay281L79-75
11/24(N)Oregon St178W73-65
12/3Harvard182W78-71
12/6MA Lowell307W80-60
12/10(N)Boston College156W76-74
12/13(N)Florida St109W103-95
12/20Kent135L69-59
12/30@E Michigan20143%
1/3Bowling Green11343%
1/6@Ohio18941%
1/10Ball St31584%
1/13@W Michigan27256%
1/17@N Illinois31868%
1/20Toledo16458%
1/24@Buffalo17940%
1/27@Miami OH10621%
1/31E Michigan20165%
2/3C Michigan33388%
2/14@Akron5610%
2/17Miami OH10640%
2/21Buffalo17962%
2/24@Ball St31567%
2/28@Bowling Green11323%
3/3Ohio18963%