NCAA Tournament March Madness

#350 Rider

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Rider’s body of work is defined more by brutal road trips at Virginia, Rutgers, Texas, Houston and VCU and by a puzzling home defeat to Coppin St than by any signature victories, and that combination has left the profile thin on the kind of neutral or true away wins committees prize. Close outcomes at Merrimack, at Quinnipiac and at Delaware suggest the team can hang in tough spots but those near misses do not erase the damage from heavy losses against power conference opponents. The remaining stretch of Metro Atlantic games, including trips to Manhattan and Iona and matchups with Siena, St Peter’s and Fairfield, offers clear chances to restore credibility and build momentum heading into the conference tournament. Until those wins materialize the resume reads like a club that competes in spots but lacks the quality road or neutral results that make a tournament case convincing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Virginia24L87-53
11/5@Rutgers159L81-53
11/18@Texas46L99-65
11/20@Houston12L91-45
11/25Coppin St364L68-65
12/4@Merrimack263L68-66
12/7@Quinnipiac153L72-58
12/9Bucknell303L51-38
12/16@Delaware296L65-57
12/22@VCU43L100-79
12/29Manhattan313L74-71
1/4Siena17621%
1/9@Fairfield28319%
1/11Marist15517%
1/14Iona18121%
1/17@St Peter's29220%
1/19Sacred Heart28638%
1/24@Mt St Mary's29421%
1/30@Manhattan31326%
2/1St Peter's29239%
2/5@Marist1556%
2/7Merrimack26333%
2/13Mt St Mary's29440%
2/15@Sacred Heart28619%
2/20Canisius34758%
2/22Niagara35664%
2/27@Iona1819%
3/1@Siena1768%