NCAA Tournament March Madness
#353 Rider
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Projection: need to automatically qualify
Rider’s body of work points to needing the league’s automatic berth because its résumé is anchored by a home win over Iona but weighed down by punitive road trips to Virginia, Texas, Houston, Rutgers and VCU and by damaging home setbacks to Coppin State, Bucknell and Sacred Heart. Those lopsided defeats expose a persistent inability to win away from the building and they blunt the value of closer outings at Merrimack and Quinnipiac. The remaining slate provides manageable home dates against Canisius and Niagara and meaningful road chances at Iona and Siena to rebuild momentum, yet without a signature neutral or road victory the clearest path into the national field runs through a conference tournament run.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | @Virginia | 12 | L87-53 |
| 11/5 | @Rutgers | 142 | L81-53 |
| 11/18 | @Texas | 41 | L99-65 |
| 11/20 | @Houston | 4 | L91-45 |
| 11/25 | Coppin St | 364 | L68-65 |
| 12/4 | @Merrimack | 209 | L68-66 |
| 12/7 | @Quinnipiac | 180 | L72-58 |
| 12/9 | Bucknell | 324 | L51-38 |
| 12/16 | @Delaware | 297 | L65-57 |
| 12/22 | @VCU | 49 | L100-79 |
| 12/29 | Manhattan | 336 | L74-71 |
| 1/4 | Siena | 186 | L74-65 |
| 1/9 | @Fairfield | 263 | L68-62 |
| 1/11 | Marist | 149 | L71-49 |
| 1/14 | Iona | 232 | W72-68 |
| 1/17 | @St Peter's | 234 | L69-58 |
| 1/19 | Sacred Heart | 272 | L105-85 |
| 1/24 | @Mt St Mary's | 290 | 18% |
| 1/30 | @Manhattan | 336 | 29% |
| 2/1 | St Peter's | 234 | 26% |
| 2/5 | @Marist | 149 | 5% |
| 2/7 | Merrimack | 209 | 23% |
| 2/13 | Mt St Mary's | 290 | 37% |
| 2/15 | @Sacred Heart | 272 | 16% |
| 2/20 | Canisius | 347 | 57% |
| 2/22 | Niagara | 354 | 62% |
| 2/27 | @Iona | 232 | 11% |
| 3/1 | @Siena | 186 | 8% |