NCAA Tournament March Madness

#357 Rider

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Rider’s profile leaves almost no room for an at-large claim because a nonconference slate filled with lopsided road losses at power programs like Virginia, Rutgers, Texas and Houston plus a heavy defeat at VCU significantly outweighs the team’s few bright spots, which are home wins over Iona and St Peter’s that show competence on its floor but lack the signature road or neutral victories committees prize. Mixed results against comparable midmajors and some surprising setbacks further erode the résumé, so the remaining stretch—home dates with Canisius and Niagara and road trips to Sacred Heart, Iona and Siena—represent the last realistic chances to build momentum, but they do not change the fundamental truth that the only clean path to the NCAA field for this group is to capture the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Virginia20L87-53
11/5@Rutgers161L81-53
11/18@Texas34L99-65
11/20@Houston4L91-45
11/25Coppin St364L68-65
12/4@Merrimack169L68-66
12/7@Quinnipiac193L72-58
12/9Bucknell331L51-38
12/16@Delaware267L65-57
12/22@VCU46L100-79
12/29Manhattan329L74-71
1/4Siena199L74-65
1/9@Fairfield263L68-62
1/11Marist185L71-49
1/14Iona248W72-68
1/17@St Peter's244L69-58
1/19Sacred Heart294L105-85
1/24@Mt St Mary's295L71-61
1/30@Manhattan329L95-90
2/1St Peter's244W81-78
2/5@Marist185L81-52
2/7Merrimack169L73-47
2/13Mt St Mary's295L65-55
2/15@Sacred Heart29415%
2/20Canisius34552%
2/22Niagara34150%
2/27@Iona24810%
3/1@Siena1996%