NCAA Tournament March Madness

#286 Sacred Heart

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Sacred Heart’s résumé is built around a few dependable wins but undermined by several lopsided road defeats to power-conference opponents, leaving it light on the kind of signature victories that committee members prize. Home wins over Holy Cross and Dartmouth and road victories at NJIT and Mount St. Mary’s show the team can beat its mid-major peers, yet heavy losses at Villanova and at Penn State along with tough trips at Duquesne and Towson exposed an inability to compete consistently away from home. A narrow defeat at Central Connecticut and a handful of conference setbacks further muddy the picture, while the remainder of the league slate includes several clear opportunities to pile up wins and a few hostile road games at places like Siena and Quinnipiac that would actually move the needle. Put simply, Sacred Heart can reshape its profile by collecting meaningful road victories against better conference opposition or by making a deep run in the conference tournament because the nonconference ledger offers few chances for a résumé-defining upset.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Duquesne125L92-80
11/11@Villanova25L94-60
11/15@Queens NC214L81-64
11/21Holy Cross329W79-66
11/24@Central Conn274L108-106
11/29@Penn St128L90-59
12/3@Mt St Mary's294W87-80
12/7Iona181L81-69
12/13@NJIT354W65-49
12/16@MA Lowell307L87-82
12/19Dartmouth253W85-63
12/22@Towson144L72-47
12/29Merrimack263L80-72
1/2@Niagara35665%
1/4@Canisius34759%
1/9Marist15535%
1/11Quinnipiac15334%
1/14@Siena17621%
1/19@Rider35062%
1/22Canisius34778%
1/24Niagara35683%
1/30@Quinnipiac15317%
2/1@Merrimack26334%
2/5Fairfield28360%
2/7@Manhattan31347%
2/13St Peter's29262%
2/15Rider35081%
2/20@Fairfield28338%
2/22@Marist15517%
2/27Mt St Mary's29463%