NCAA Tournament March Madness

#196 Navy

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Navy’s résumé reads like a team that has collected the kinds of safe nonconference victories committees expect while also suffering a set of damaging defeats that limit upside, with road wins at Presbyterian and a neutral victory over Gardner‑Webb standing out as the cleanest results and an away win at Delaware State and a home win over Air Force providing depth. The program showed it can compete on the road against major conference opponents at Penn State and North Carolina yet also endured a heavy loss at home to Yale and one-sided setbacks at UNC Wilmington and in a neutral game against Southeastern Louisiana that undercut those competitive moments. Defensively the team has given itself a foundation in its better wins, but inconsistent offense and vapid signature victories leave the résumé thin. The remaining Patriot League slate, particularly a trip to Colgate and a later home meeting with that same conference power along with road tests at Bucknell and other league opponents, offers clear opportunities to add the road or neutral wins that would be needed to erase the blemishes and change the committee’s perspective.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Presbyterian266W76-55
11/7Yale77L97-68
11/11@Penn St110L80-71
11/18@North Carolina24L73-61
11/22NJIT348W86-70
11/26(N)Gardner Webb356W84-51
11/28@UNC Wilmington104L87-57
11/29(N)SE Louisiana281L69-65
12/3@Delaware St357W66-59
12/7Air Force330W61-56
12/19Coppin St36496%
12/31Boston Univ28976%
1/3@Holy Cross29657%
1/7Bucknell30278%
1/10Lafayette32783%
1/12@American Univ22544%
1/17@Lehigh30459%
1/21Holy Cross29677%
1/24Army34488%
1/28@Boston Univ28955%
1/31Loyola MD33385%
2/4@Lafayette32766%
2/7American Univ22566%
2/9@Bucknell30259%
2/14@Colgate16132%
2/18Lehigh30479%
2/21@Army34472%
2/25@Loyola MD33368%
2/28Colgate16154%