NCAA Tournament March Madness

#349 New Hampshire

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

New Hampshire’s resume is built around solid home wins over Boston University, Maine, Binghamton, and Bryant while its nonconference schedule produced harsh reality checks with blowout setbacks at Clemson, Providence, St Louis, and Nebraska, so the profile lacks the kind of marquee victories a selection committee rewards. The Wildcats have shown competitive grit in narrow road losses at UMBC, NJIT, and Dartmouth but failing to convert those close chances into statement wins leaves the resume thin on quality road success. Those home victories demonstrate the program can beat its America East peers yet none of them carry the weight of a signature nonconference triumph, and the string of lopsided defeats against power-conference opposition damages perception. Given how committees value good wins, road results, and avoiding bad losses, the only practical route to the NCAA field for New Hampshire is to take the America East tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Clemson38L88-38
11/9@Harvard154L86-75
11/15@George Mason109L61-44
11/18@Providence75L98-66
11/26Brown290L59-47
11/30@Fairfield259L72-68
12/3@Dartmouth268L69-68
12/6Boston Univ264W88-82
12/17Stonehill334W59-58
12/21@St Louis31L93-79
12/30@Nebraska12L86-55
1/3Vermont237L80-61
1/8@NJIT332L80-76
1/10@UMBC199L75-74
1/19@Maine347W65-48
1/22Binghamton359W88-82
1/24SUNY Albany325W80-72
1/29MA Lowell320W66-61
1/31@Bryant355L92-84
2/7@Vermont237L80-57
2/12NJIT332L76-70
2/14UMBC199L85-63
2/19@MA Lowell320L78-56
2/21Maine347L61-58
2/26@Binghamton359L65-63
2/28@SUNY Albany325L84-61
3/3Bryant355W88-83
3/7@UMBC1998%