NCAA Tournament March Madness

#299 Mercyhurst

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Mercyhurst's résumé leaves little margin for an at-large bid. A road win at Loyola-Chicago is the program's best nonconference result, but that bright spot is overwhelmed by heavy trips to Northwestern, West Virginia, Syracuse and Davidson that exposed a gap against power conference opponents. In league play, home victories over Binghamton and Central Connecticut and a tight road decision at Wagner show the team can close out modest matchups, yet narrow setbacks at Canisius and LIU Brooklyn and the absence of a neutral-site signature win keep the résumé from having the marquee moments selection committees prize. The upcoming stretch offers chances to repair the profile with home dates against New Haven and Chicago State and road tests at Le Moyne, Stonehill and LIU Brooklyn, but unless Mercyhurst wins the conference tournament its path to the national field runs through the automatic qualifier.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Northwestern61L70-47
11/6@Loyola-Chicago309W73-65
11/12@Canisius347L58-55
11/15Morgan St361W86-72
11/20@Miami OH89L76-71
11/23@Marshall167L69-60
11/30@West Virginia57L70-38
12/5@Lafayette316L79-71
12/13@Davidson131L80-47
12/17@Syracuse71L76-62
12/20Binghamton362W82-61
1/2F Dickinson344L74-67
1/4Le Moyne266W74-60
1/8@LIU Brooklyn212L60-58
1/10@Wagner328W70-69
1/17Stonehill342L62-57
1/19Central Conn268W79-61
1/23@New Haven33851%
1/25Chicago St35682%
1/29New Haven33872%
1/31@Chicago St35663%
2/5St Francis PA35783%
2/7@F Dickinson34455%
2/12@Le Moyne26632%
2/14@St Francis PA35765%
2/19Wagner32870%
2/21LIU Brooklyn21243%
2/26@Central Conn26833%
2/28@Stonehill34254%