NCAA Tournament March Madness

#183 Massachusetts

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Massachusetts’s résumé is anchored by eye-catching neutral-site wins over Florida State, Boston College and Oregon State that prove it can beat major-conference opponents away from campus, yet those signature victories are counterbalanced by damaging setbacks at Akron, Eastern Michigan and Coastal Carolina and a home loss to Bowling Green that expose defensive inconsistency. Road results are a mixed bag with resume-building wins at Buffalo and Western Michigan offset by narrow defeats at Ohio and Northern Illinois, so the team lacks the sustained, convincing road résumé committees value. Given a profile of high highs and low lows and no long stretch of wins against quality opponents, the clearest path to the NCAA field runs through the conference tournament, and the remaining slate — home dates against Miami Ohio and Buffalo along with road tests at Ball State and Bowling Green and a final home meeting with Ohio — provides concrete chances to erase damaging losses and turn the résumé into something that demands an at-large look.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Marshall170L78-72
11/8SUNY Albany326W83-62
11/13Le Moyne289W94-80
11/16Central Conn287W84-77
11/21(N)Col Charleston172L69-65
11/22(N)WI Green Bay218L79-75
11/24(N)Oregon St177W73-65
12/3Harvard167W78-71
12/6MA Lowell319W80-60
12/10(N)Boston College151W76-74
12/13(N)Florida St79W103-95
12/20Kent146L69-59
12/30@E Michigan229L80-74
1/3Bowling Green139L101-100
1/6@Ohio220L86-83
1/10Ball St322W79-71
1/13@W Michigan279W85-82
1/17@N Illinois317L70-68
1/20Toledo160W84-82
1/23@Buffalo188W68-67
1/27@Miami OH84L86-84
1/31E Michigan229W70-67
2/3C Michigan272W95-89
2/7@Coastal Car232L94-91
2/13@Akron66L99-92
2/17Miami OH8434%
2/21Buffalo18862%
2/24@Ball St32271%
2/28@Bowling Green13930%
3/3Ohio22069%