NCAA Tournament March Madness

#336 Niagara

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Niagara’s profile is defined by a couple of wins against low-end nonconference opponents and a series of damaging defeats away from home, most notably a lopsided outing at Duke and road losses at Duquesne and Le Moyne that will be hard for committee members to overlook. The season’s best moments — a road victory at Binghamton and a home win over Delaware State — do little to offset an otherwise thin résumé, and the neutral-site setback to Howard adds another ugly note. The remaining slate is largely conference play, so meaningful wins at true road venues like Siena, St Peter’s and Iona and quality home results against conference peers such as Mount Saint Mary’s, Canisius and Merrimack are the only realistic ways to repair the profile. Success away from home will matter most because the current body of work shows too few resume-enhancing victories and too many eye-catching defeats.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Duquesne141L83-63
11/8@Binghamton349W67-59
11/10Delaware St362W68-57
11/17@Le Moyne320L74-68
11/21@Duke3L100-42
11/22(N)Howard314L80-70
11/29Detroit306L70-66
12/5@Siena16712%
12/7@St Peter's33238%
12/13@Morgan St36153%
12/15@VCU421%
1/2Sacred Heart27744%
1/4Fairfield29147%
1/9@Iona15210%
1/11@Manhattan31231%
1/14@Canisius35145%
1/19Mt St Mary's31152%
1/22@Fairfield29126%
1/24@Sacred Heart27724%
1/30Siena16726%
2/1Marist15024%
2/3Canisius35167%
2/7@Quinnipiac17813%
2/13Manhattan31252%
2/15Iona15224%
2/20@Mt St Mary's31131%
2/22@Rider34342%
2/27Quinnipiac17828%
3/1Merrimack28345%