NCAA Tournament March Madness

#93 Miami OH

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Projected seed: 11 (last four in)

Miami profiles as a just-outside team because its résumé is a study in contrast: convincing road wins at Kent, Buffalo, Marshall and Toledo prove it can close out against solid league rivals and a home victory over Akron shows it can handle the big intra-conference nights, but a neutral-site loss to Massachusetts and a pattern of high-scoring games against lesser non-conference foes like Old Dominion, UNC Greensboro and Maine expose defensive softness and limit the punch of those wins. The offense can light up the scoreboard, which explains the resume’s volume of victories, yet the committee will notice the lack of a signature neutral win over a top-tier opponent and the blemish at Massachusetts when weighing borderline cases. Miami’s clearest path into the field runs through reproducing its road toughness and knocking off marquee conference foes in the league tournament because doing so would erase the doubt created by that neutral loss and prove the team can win the sort of games committees prize.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Old Dominion248W87-72
11/15@Air Force345W76-61
11/20Mercyhurst287W76-71
11/23Ark Pine Bluff314W111-84
11/26(N)UNC Greensboro300W82-71
12/6Maine348W93-61
12/10@UNC Asheville246W90-87
12/13@E Kentucky297W79-69
12/16@Wright St140W83-76
12/20@Ball St294W86-77
12/30@Bowling Green147W93-83
1/3Akron64W76-73
1/6W Michigan273W87-76
1/9@Toledo131W87-73
1/13C Michigan269W100-61
1/17Buffalo199W105-102
1/20@Kent148W107-101
1/27Massachusetts196W86-84
1/31N Illinois333W85-61
2/3@Buffalo199W73-71
2/7@Marshall208W90-74
2/13Ohio228W90-74
2/17@Massachusetts196W86-77
2/20Bowling Green147W91-77
2/24@E Michigan239W74-64
2/27@W Michigan273W69-67
3/3Toledo131W74-72
3/6@Ohio228W110-108
3/12(N)Massachusetts196L87-83