NCAA Tournament March Madness Bubble Watch: Rhode Island

NCAA Tournament March Madness

#101 Rhode Island

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Projection: likely out

Rhode Island’s résumé has flashes of the kind of wins a committee notices, with a road victory at Yale and neutral-site triumphs over Temple and Vermont that show it can win away from friendly gyms and in tournament-style settings. Those positives are weakened by clear damage from the loss in Tulsa, the neutral setback to Towson, the home stumble to McNeese State and the reversal at Providence, all of which raise concerns about consistency and the lack of a truly marquee scalp. The remaining slate offers a path to repair the profile through home dates against Canisius, Northeastern, Loyola-Chicago and La Salle but also hands the Rams a string of meaningful tests on the road at George Mason, Davidson, Richmond and Dayton plus critical matchups at home with VCU and St Louis that will determine whether the résumé can be upgraded or further compromised.

Date	Opponent	Ranking	Outcome
11/3	Stetson	344	W93-62
11/7	(N)Tulsa	73	L82-65
11/11	Stonehill	341	W80-57
11/14	SUNY Albany	300	W80-61
11/18	@Yale	77	W86-77
11/24	(N)Towson	147	L62-55
11/25	(N)Vermont	179	W80-65
11/26	(N)Temple	156	W90-75
12/2	Brown	223	W66-56
12/6	@Providence	70	L90-71
12/9	McNeese St	71	L66-64
12/16	Canisius	340	W62-45
12/22	Northeastern	213	84%
12/31	Loyola-Chicago	311	93%
1/3	@George Mason	68	27%
1/7	La Salle	263	89%
1/10	@Davidson	119	44%
1/14	VCU	43	37%
1/21	@Richmond	100	39%
1/24	George Mason	68	47%
1/27	@Dayton	59	24%
2/1	@Duquesne	144	52%
2/7	Richmond	100	61%
2/10	@G Washington	82	31%
2/14	Fordham	200	83%
2/17	St Louis	37	33%
2/21	@La Salle	263	74%
2/25	@St Bonaventure	113	42%
2/28	St Joseph's PA	180	80%
3/4	Duquesne	144	73%
3/7	@Fordham	200	65%