NCAA Tournament March Madness

#357 Rider

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Rider's season is defined more by a string of one-sided road defeats at Virginia, Rutgers, Texas, Houston and VCU than by its handful of home victories over Iona, St Peter's and Niagara, so the committee view of the resume is damaged despite flashes of competitiveness; tight outings at Merrimack and Fairfield and a close home setback to Coppin State show the team can hang in games but they do not erase the signature bad losses away from home, and with no remaining nonconference chances to neutralize those results the only clear path back onto the national field is to win the Metro Atlantic Conference tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Virginia19L87-53
11/5@Rutgers133L81-53
11/18@Texas33L99-65
11/20@Houston6L91-45
11/25Coppin St363L68-65
12/4@Merrimack170L68-66
12/7@Quinnipiac216L72-58
12/9Bucknell331L51-38
12/16@Delaware270L65-57
12/22@VCU45L100-79
12/29Manhattan329L74-71
1/4Siena209L74-65
1/9@Fairfield258L68-62
1/11Marist204L71-49
1/14Iona260W72-68
1/17@St Peter's256L69-58
1/19Sacred Heart292L105-85
1/24@Mt St Mary's279L71-61
1/30@Manhattan329L95-90
2/1St Peter's256W81-78
2/5@Marist204L81-52
2/7Merrimack170L73-47
2/13Mt St Mary's279L65-55
2/15@Sacred Heart292L86-75
2/20Canisius343L72-66
2/22Niagara338W67-62
2/27@Iona260L80-58
3/1@Siena209L76-61