NCAA Tournament March Madness

#355 NJIT

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

NJIT’s résumé offers a few clear positive moments — road wins at Fordham and Loyola Maryland and a comfortable home victory over Dickinson — yet those highlights are undermined by damaging losses at Louisville, Butler and Cincinnati and a lopsided defeat at Drexel that expose trouble in hostile environments and against high-major opponents. The nonconference slate lacks a true signature win and the team has been uneven away from home, so the remaining schedule becomes important; upcoming road dates at Vermont, UMBC and MA Lowell and home opportunities against Maine and New Hampshire are the most obvious chances to repair the résumé. If NJIT can string together wins away from its gym and then make a run in the conference tournament, the narrative shifts, but absent late resume-building victories the combination of marquee losses and limited top-level wins will be the story committees see.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4@Fordham189W72-61
11/8Fairfield280L74-53
11/11@Loyola MD334W66-64
11/15F Dickinson357W93-81
11/18@Drexel287L75-43
11/22@Navy207L86-70
11/24@Cincinnati63L94-67
11/26@Louisville11L104-47
11/28@E Michigan199L73-55
12/5@High Point91L89-72
12/10New Haven349W70-64
12/13Sacred Heart283L65-49
12/22@Butler48L101-52
12/31@Penn21410%
1/3@Binghamton36348%
1/8New Hampshire33049%
1/10Maine34856%
1/15@MA Lowell30422%
1/19Bryant31644%
1/22@UMBC26815%
1/29@SUNY Albany31123%
1/31@Vermont1979%
2/5MA Lowell30441%
2/7Binghamton36370%
2/12@New Hampshire33027%
2/14@Maine34834%
2/19SUNY Albany31143%
2/21Vermont19721%
2/28@Bryant31624%
3/3UMBC26832%