NCAA Tournament March Madness

#161 Massachusetts

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Massachusetts has flashes that catch the eye—neutral-court wins over Oregon State and Boston College and a quality win over Harvard show it can beat major-conference opponents away from home—but those highlights are undercut by narrow neutral losses to College of Charleston and Wisconsin Green Bay and an early setback at Marshall that leave damaging blemishes on the résumé. The nonconference slate outside those signature victories lacks additional marquee scalps, so road success matters; upcoming neutral-site work against Florida State and a string of conference road tests at Eastern Michigan, Ohio, Western Michigan and difficult trips like Akron, along with key home dates, are the clearest ways to erase the ugly results and give the committee the kind of consistent, resume-boosting wins it values.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Marshall153L78-72
11/8SUNY Albany322W83-62
11/13Le Moyne306W94-80
11/16Central Conn243W84-77
11/21(N)Col Charleston183L69-65
11/22(N)WI Green Bay274L79-75
11/24(N)Oregon St169W73-65
12/3Harvard207W78-71
12/6MA Lowell302W80-60
12/10(N)Boston College138W76-74
12/13(N)Florida St107W103-95
12/20Kent12851%
12/30@E Michigan21150%
1/3Bowling Green11347%
1/6@Ohio18945%
1/10Ball St31987%
1/13@W Michigan24455%
1/17@N Illinois31572%
1/20Toledo15861%
1/24@Buffalo20347%
1/27@Miami OH11928%
1/31E Michigan21171%
2/3C Michigan32388%
2/14@Akron6414%
2/17Miami OH11949%
2/21Buffalo20369%
2/24@Ball St31972%
2/28@Bowling Green11326%
3/3Ohio18967%