NCAA Tournament March Madness
#157 Navy
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Projected seed: 15 (automatic qualifier)
Navy’s résumé reads like a squad that can handle league and midmajor opposition but lacks any marquee wins. Its best moments include a road victory at Colgate, true road wins at Bucknell and at Boston University and a dominant neutral-site win over Gardner-Webb, which demonstrate the ability to win away from home. Those highs are undermined by damaging nonconference setbacks, most notably a blowout home loss to Yale plus heavy defeats at North Carolina and at UNC Wilmington and a neutral loss to Southeastern Louisiana, leaving the profile short on top-tier signatures and inviting questions about the offense against stronger competition. With regular-season chances remaining at Army and at Loyola Maryland and home dates with Lehigh and Colgate there is room to add résumé-building wins but the clearest route to the tournament for this team still runs through the conference tournament.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Presbyterian | 285 | W76-55 |
| 11/7 | Yale | 73 | L97-68 |
| 11/11 | @Penn St | 123 | L80-71 |
| 11/18 | @North Carolina | 29 | L73-61 |
| 11/22 | NJIT | 305 | W86-70 |
| 11/26 | (N)Gardner Webb | 363 | W84-51 |
| 11/28 | @UNC Wilmington | 108 | L87-57 |
| 11/29 | (N)SE Louisiana | 270 | L69-65 |
| 12/3 | @Delaware St | 359 | W66-59 |
| 12/7 | Air Force | 345 | W61-56 |
| 12/19 | Coppin St | 364 | W88-55 |
| 12/31 | Boston Univ | 280 | W82-77 |
| 1/3 | @Holy Cross | 328 | W65-58 |
| 1/7 | Bucknell | 332 | W76-55 |
| 1/10 | Lafayette | 320 | W76-50 |
| 1/12 | @American Univ | 252 | L65-51 |
| 1/17 | @Lehigh | 306 | W82-79 |
| 1/21 | Holy Cross | 328 | W85-68 |
| 1/24 | Army | 339 | W84-56 |
| 1/28 | @Boston Univ | 280 | W58-50 |
| 1/31 | Loyola MD | 316 | W87-71 |
| 2/4 | @Lafayette | 320 | W65-50 |
| 2/7 | American Univ | 252 | W82-73 |
| 2/9 | @Bucknell | 332 | W76-60 |
| 2/14 | @Colgate | 214 | W84-80 |
| 2/18 | Lehigh | 306 | 87% |
| 2/21 | @Army | 339 | 82% |
| 2/25 | @Loyola MD | 316 | 74% |
| 2/28 | Colgate | 214 | 71% |