NCAA Tournament March Madness

#344 Niagara

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Niagara's résumé points toward needing the Metro Atlantic automatic bid to reach the NCAA field because its few quality wins come against low-end opponents while its worst defeats came in lopsided fashion on the road and at neutral sites. Visits to Duke, VCU and St. Peter's produced the kind of beatings a committee remembers and the neutral loss to Howard added another non-helpful result, while home victories over Iona and the road win at Canisius and the trip to Binghamton are useful but hardly signature. The team has struggled away from home and lacks marquee wins, so remaining league dates against Quinnipiac and Merrimack are the last practical chances to improve resume credibility before the conference tournament, and without a string of meaningful road or neutral wins followed by a league title the committee will view an at-large case as thin.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Duquesne122L83-63
11/8@Binghamton359W67-59
11/10Delaware St361W68-57
11/17@Le Moyne294L74-68
11/21@Duke2L100-42
11/22(N)Howard218L80-70
11/29Detroit242L70-66
12/5@Siena198L83-54
12/7@St Peter's251L71-43
12/13@Morgan St351L81-73
12/15@VCU44L84-58
1/2Sacred Heart295W64-61
1/4Fairfield260L83-75
1/9@Iona253L71-53
1/11@Manhattan331L79-70
1/14@Canisius349W59-54
1/19Mt St Mary's289L68-58
1/22@Fairfield260L62-61
1/24@Sacred Heart295L71-70
1/30Siena198L82-79
2/1Marist196L58-46
2/3Canisius349W65-56
2/7@Quinnipiac208L56-55
2/13Manhattan331L76-69
2/15Iona253W70-68
2/20@Mt St Mary's289L76-63
2/22@Rider357L67-62
2/27Quinnipiac20824%
3/1Merrimack16618%