NCAA Tournament March Madness

#183 Massachusetts

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Massachusetts has shown it can punch above its weight with neutral-site wins over Oregon State, Boston College and Florida State and a signature home victory over Harvard, but those bright spots sit alongside damaging setbacks like road losses at Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois, a puzzling defeat at Kent and a painful home loss to Bowling Green that reveal uneven defense and shaky performance away from campus. Most of the other nonconference wins came against low-major opposition and carry limited resume value, so the remaining conference stretch and road dates at Buffalo and Akron along with home opportunities against Central Michigan and Ball State are where the team must earn quality wins. With solid wins against power-conference foes offset by bad losses and inconsistent road form, the cleanest path to the NCAA field runs through a conference tournament title.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Marshall167L78-72
11/8SUNY Albany296W83-62
11/13Le Moyne266W94-80
11/16Central Conn268W84-77
11/21(N)Col Charleston177L69-65
11/22(N)WI Green Bay238L79-75
11/24(N)Oregon St226W73-65
12/3Harvard171W78-71
12/6MA Lowell303W80-60
12/10(N)Boston College148W76-74
12/13(N)Florida St105W103-95
12/20Kent147L69-59
12/30@E Michigan188L80-74
1/3Bowling Green112L101-100
1/6@Ohio221L86-83
1/10Ball St313W79-71
1/13@W Michigan253W85-82
1/17@N Illinois315L70-68
1/20Toledo161W84-82
1/23@Buffalo18439%
1/24@Buffalo18439%
1/27@Miami OH8917%
1/31E Michigan18862%
2/3C Michigan32286%
2/7@Coastal Car24751%
2/14@Akron6011%
2/17Miami OH8934%
2/21Buffalo18461%
2/24@Ball St31367%
2/28@Bowling Green11223%
3/3Ohio22168%