NCAA Tournament March Madness

#171 Merrimack

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Projected seed: 16 (automatic qualifier)

Merrimack projects as an automatic qualifier because its profile is built on steady dominance of Metro Atlantic opponents and a handful of resume-building road wins, most notably at Princeton and at conference road sites such as Siena, Marist and Quinnipiac, while also collecting a convincing neutral-site victory over Sacred Heart; those strengths are offset by ugly true-road failures at Auburn and Florida and a lopsided neutral loss to Hofstra that expose how it fares against higher-tier opponents. A home win over Iona and a run of conference wins underline that it can control its league, but inconsistent results away from home and a lack of meaningful nonconference victories leave the committee viewing the conference tournament as the realistic route to the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3(N)S Dakota St217L75-66
11/6@Auburn40L95-57
11/11@Tarleton St212L76-62
11/15@Boston Univ263W91-79
11/19Maine347W72-65
11/21@Florida4L80-45
11/28@Penn163L77-65
11/29(N)Hofstra92L78-58
11/30(N)La Salle225W66-60
12/4Rider357W68-66
12/7Fairfield258W74-63
12/10@Princeton246W59-56
12/14@Vermont237L66-59
12/29@Sacred Heart292W80-72
1/2Mt St Mary's279W75-65
1/4Manhattan329W73-66
1/9@Siena209W63-59
1/11@St Peter's256L76-63
1/17Quinnipiac216W83-71
1/19@Marist205W68-55
1/22@Iona260L61-60
1/24St Peter's256W67-59
2/1Sacred Heart292W75-58
2/5@Mt St Mary's279W87-70
2/7@Rider357W73-47
2/12Marist205W81-56
2/15@Quinnipiac216W56-49
2/20Siena209W79-72
2/22Iona260W88-86
2/27@Canisius343L67-62
3/1@Niagara338W73-66
3/6(N)Sacred Heart292W70-48