NCAA Tournament March Madness

#123 Rhode Island

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Projection: likely out

Rhode Island’s résumé sits on the outside because its profile mixes a handful of resume-enhancing results with a string of damaging setbacks that leave too much work to do. The signature home win over St Louis and road victories at Dayton and Davidson show the team can beat respectable opponents away from home, and a neutral-site victory at Temple adds a useful nonconference scalp, but the home loss to McNeese St and disappointing defeats at Providence, La Salle and Loyola-Chicago undercut that promise. Soft nonconference wins and neutral losses to Tulsa and Towson blunt the impact of the good wins, and a home loss to Fordham compounds the damage. The remaining stretch — a road trip to St Bonaventure, another at Fordham and home dates with St Joseph’s and Duquesne — gives Rhode Island clear chances to repair the résumé, but those opponents offer limited upside, so without a signature victory the committee is likely to view the season as falling short.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Stetson323W93-62
11/7(N)Tulsa64L82-65
11/11Stonehill345W80-57
11/14SUNY Albany315W80-61
11/18@Yale77W86-77
11/24(N)Towson179L62-55
11/25(N)Vermont235W80-65
11/26(N)Temple169W90-75
12/2Brown273W66-56
12/6@Providence65L90-71
12/9McNeese St61L66-64
12/16Canisius349W62-45
12/22Northeastern288W85-77
12/31Loyola-Chicago312L61-57
1/3@George Mason101L61-50
1/7La Salle222L79-72
1/10@Davidson112W70-45
1/14VCU44L84-75
1/21@Richmond137W69-68
1/24George Mason101W74-65
1/27@Dayton86W81-76
2/1@Duquesne122L76-61
2/7Richmond137W82-77
2/10@G Washington80L75-70
2/14Fordham165L70-66
2/17St Louis24W81-76
2/21@La Salle222L59-46
2/25@St Bonaventure15447%
2/28St Joseph's PA14868%
3/4Duquesne12261%
3/7@Fordham16549%