NCAA Tournament March Madness

#335 New Hampshire

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

New Hampshire’s résumé makes sense as one that needs an automatic berth because its handful of positive results — a home win over Boston University, a road victory at Maine and a one‑point escape against Stonehill — are far outweighed by lopsided trips to Clemson, Providence, Nebraska and St. Louis and by the lack of any road or neutral victory over a strong opponent. The Wildcats have been competitive in league play with tight affairs at Dartmouth, NJIT and UMBC and they have conference wins against Binghamton, SUNY Albany and Massachusetts Lowell, yet those wins come against weak opposition and do little to create the kind of signature résumé the committee looks for. With conference matchups still to come at Massachusetts Lowell and SUNY Albany plus games at Binghamton and at home against Bryant the clearest path into the NCAA Tournament is to secure the America East crown rather than rely on an at‑large case.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Clemson33L88-38
11/9@Harvard165L86-75
11/15@George Mason96L61-44
11/18@Providence63L98-66
11/26Brown275L59-47
11/30@Fairfield263L72-68
12/3@Dartmouth257L69-68
12/6Boston Univ281W88-82
12/17Stonehill344W59-58
12/21@St Louis23L93-79
12/30@Nebraska11L86-55
1/3Vermont223L80-61
1/8@NJIT303L80-76
1/10@UMBC237L75-74
1/19@Maine349W65-48
1/22Binghamton362W88-82
1/24SUNY Albany326W80-72
1/29MA Lowell319W66-61
1/31@Bryant355L92-84
2/7@Vermont223L80-57
2/12NJIT303L76-70
2/14UMBC237L85-63
2/19@MA Lowell31932%
2/21Maine34968%
2/26@Binghamton36261%
2/28@SUNY Albany32634%
3/3Bryant35572%