NCAA Tournament March Madness

#294 Mercyhurst

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Mercyhurst’s body of work shows a team that can beat peer mid-majors but has struggled badly when stepping into hostile environments against power programs, with a notable road win at Loyola‑Chicago and solid home victories over Morgan State and Binghamton standing out alongside a string of heavy defeats at Northwestern, West Virginia, Syracuse and Davidson that a committee would view as damaging. The most convincing parts of the resume are the rare road and neutral wins and a handful of comfortable nonconference victories, but those are outweighed by lopsided losses and a lack of any signature triumph over a respected opponent away from home. The remaining slate against conference rivals including trips to F Dickinson, Le Moyne and Stonehill and home dates with St Francis PA and Wagner offer chances to build momentum, yet none of those opponents would erase the big road setbacks if the team falls short in the conference tournament, so the only practical route to the Big Dance is to secure the automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Northwestern69L70-47
11/6@Loyola-Chicago307W73-65
11/12@Canisius345L58-55
11/15Morgan St356W86-72
11/20@Miami OH89L76-71
11/23@Marshall161L69-60
11/30@West Virginia67L70-38
12/5@Lafayette313L79-71
12/13@Davidson106L80-47
12/17@Syracuse68L76-62
12/20Binghamton362W82-61
1/2F Dickinson338L74-67
1/4Le Moyne285W74-60
1/8@LIU Brooklyn195L60-58
1/10@Wagner330W70-69
1/17Stonehill333L62-57
1/19Central Conn296W79-61
1/23@New Haven337W61-57
1/25Chicago St355W61-59
1/29New Haven337W70-51
1/31@Chicago St355L78-74
2/5St Francis PA35883%
2/7@F Dickinson33853%
2/12@Le Moyne28537%
2/14@St Francis PA35866%
2/19Wagner33071%
2/21LIU Brooklyn19539%
2/26@Central Conn29640%
2/28@Stonehill33351%