NCAA Tournament March Madness

#163 Penn

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Needing to secure the Ivy automatic berth makes sense because Penn’s resume combines a strong run in league play with a troubling nonconference body of work. The Quakers beat Cornell on the road and at home, closed the season with clear wins over Dartmouth and Brown, and avenged a road setback by knocking off Princeton at home while splitting with Harvard and Columbia. Those conference strengths are offset by lopsided losses at Providence and on a neutral court against Villanova, a poor result at Hofstra, narrow defeats on the road at Rutgers and George Mason, and an inability to solve Yale when they met. Without a marquee road or neutral victory to counter those damaging losses, winning the Ivy’s automatic spot is the most reliable path to the field, and their late conference form gives them a genuine chance while leaving little margin for error.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/9@American Univ243L84-78
11/11@Providence74L106-81
11/17St Joseph's PA127W83-74
11/21@Drexel219W84-68
11/28Merrimack171W77-65
11/29La Salle225W73-71
11/30Hofstra92L77-60
12/6(N)Villanova32L90-63
12/8Lafayette327W74-72
12/20@Rutgers133L70-69
12/28@George Mason108L83-79
12/31NJIT332W80-61
1/5@Princeton246L78-76
1/10Brown289W81-73
1/17@Dartmouth268W84-74
1/19@Harvard154L64-63
1/24Yale82L77-60
1/30@Columbia189L72-67
1/31@Cornell167W91-81
2/7Princeton246W61-60
2/13Columbia189W76-67
2/14Cornell167W82-76
2/21@Yale82L74-70
2/27Dartmouth268W80-71
2/28Harvard154W64-61
3/6@Brown289W82-61