NCAA Tournament March Madness

#198 Massachusetts

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Massachusetts pairs eye-catching neutral-site wins over Oregon State and Florida State and resume-building nonconference victories like Boston College and Harvard with a troubling pattern of damaging results that undercut at-large hopes; road defeats at Akron, Ball State and Northern Illinois along with home setbacks to Miami Ohio and Buffalo expose defensive inconsistency and an inability to finish tight games away from campus. The offense can erupt in big moments, as the neutral wins showed, but recurring lapses allowed midmajor opponents such as Bowling Green and Akron to seize momentum in key spots, so the committee will see upside but also recurring vulnerability. Given those marquee victories alongside multiple bad losses and a shaky road profile, the most realistic path to the NCAA field for this team is through an automatic conference berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Marshall196L78-72
11/8SUNY Albany325W83-62
11/13Le Moyne296W94-80
11/16Central Conn306W84-77
11/21(N)Col Charleston151L69-65
11/22(N)WI Green Bay194L79-75
11/24(N)Oregon St178W73-65
12/3Harvard154W78-71
12/6MA Lowell320W80-60
12/10(N)Boston College161W76-74
12/13(N)Florida St70W103-95
12/20Kent156L69-59
12/30@E Michigan242L80-74
1/3Bowling Green149L101-100
1/6@Ohio227L86-83
1/10Ball St291W79-71
1/13@W Michigan276W85-82
1/17@N Illinois333L70-68
1/20Toledo136W84-82
1/23@Buffalo205W68-67
1/27@Miami OH90L86-84
1/31E Michigan242W70-67
2/3C Michigan271W95-89
2/7@Coastal Car229L94-91
2/13@Akron60L99-92
2/17Miami OH90L86-77
2/21Buffalo205L86-82
2/24@Ball St291L74-73
2/28@Bowling Green149L81-62
3/3Ohio227W94-82