NCAA Tournament March Madness
#228 Northeastern
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Northeastern’s body of work is built around a few bright road and neutral-site results that prove the roster can compete away from home, namely wins at Colgate and at Harvard and a high-scoring neutral victory over Duquesne, but those resumes are undercut by a string of damaging losses that includes an upset at Holy Cross, a poor home night against Boston University and quiet showings at Princeton and Vermont. The defense has generally kept the team in games while the offense has been uneven, which helps explain why the Hawks can hang with teams like Wake Forest on the road yet still cough up games they should control. What keeps this profile from being settled are upcoming opportunities that matter to a committee: a trip to Syracuse and a road date at Rhode Island are chances to add signature wins while a conference slate featuring multiple matches against Drexel, Hofstra and William & Mary offers a path to rebuild credibility. If Northeastern protects its home court and finds consistent offensive production in those matchups the blemishes will be easier to overcome, but without clear road wins against higher-level opponents the bad losses will continue to limit how the résumé is viewed.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Boston Univ | 249 | L76-75 |
| 11/7 | @Colgate | 165 | W68-65 |
| 11/11 | @Harvard | 200 | W77-60 |
| 11/15 | Vermont | 211 | L85-74 |
| 11/20 | @Princeton | 253 | L70-57 |
| 11/22 | (N)Duquesne | 141 | W93-86 |
| 11/28 | @Wake Forest | 53 | L86-73 |
| 12/3 | @Holy Cross | 313 | L76-59 |
| 12/7 | Central Conn | 237 | 63% |
| 12/20 | @Syracuse | 63 | 7% |
| 12/22 | @Rhode Island | 99 | 13% |
| 12/29 | @Elon | 214 | 36% |
| 12/31 | @NC A&T | 328 | 60% |
| 1/3 | @Campbell | 215 | 36% |
| 1/8 | UNC Wilmington | 103 | 30% |
| 1/10 | Towson | 132 | 38% |
| 1/15 | Elon | 214 | 58% |
| 1/17 | @Drexel | 278 | 47% |
| 1/19 | @Monmouth NJ | 212 | 36% |
| 1/22 | Stony Brook | 221 | 60% |
| 1/24 | @Drexel | 278 | 47% |
| 1/31 | Col Charleston | 186 | 53% |
| 2/5 | @Hofstra | 133 | 20% |
| 2/7 | @Stony Brook | 221 | 38% |
| 2/12 | William & Mary | 120 | 37% |
| 2/19 | Drexel | 278 | 68% |
| 2/21 | Hofstra | 133 | 39% |
| 2/26 | @William & Mary | 120 | 18% |
| 2/28 | @Hampton | 217 | 37% |
| 3/3 | Monmouth NJ | 212 | 58% |