NCAA Tournament March Madness

#349 Niagara

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Niagara’s profile is built on a handful of modest home wins over Binghamton, Delaware State and Sacred Heart and a tight victory over Canisius but it is dominated by a blowout loss at Duke and a string of road defeats at the likes of VCU, Siena and St. Peter’s that leave the resume light on the kind of road and neutral wins a committee values. Those best moments show the team can close out games at home while the worst moments signal it struggles away from campus, so the clearest path to the national field is to capture the conference crown. Upcoming league opportunities at Quinnipiac and Mount St. Mary’s plus home games with Manhattan and Iona give Niagara a chance to reverse its road fortunes and add meaningful wins, yet until the team produces signature results away from home the practical reality is that the conference tournament is the most reliable route into the bracket.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Duquesne122L83-63
11/8@Binghamton362W67-59
11/10Delaware St358W68-57
11/17@Le Moyne284L74-68
11/21@Duke3L100-42
11/22(N)Howard250L80-70
11/29Detroit264L70-66
12/5@Siena171L83-54
12/7@St Peter's244L71-43
12/13@Morgan St354L81-73
12/15@VCU47L84-58
1/2Sacred Heart285W64-61
1/4Fairfield268L83-75
1/9@Iona234L71-53
1/11@Manhattan336L79-70
1/14@Canisius343W59-54
1/19Mt St Mary's298L68-58
1/22@Fairfield268L62-61
1/24@Sacred Heart285L71-70
1/30Siena171L82-79
2/1Marist162L58-46
2/3Canisius34359%
2/7@Quinnipiac1949%
2/13Manhattan33654%
2/15Iona23429%
2/20@Mt St Mary's29823%
2/22@Rider35242%
2/27Quinnipiac19421%
3/1Merrimack20323%