NCAA Tournament March Madness

#272 Sacred Heart

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Sacred Heart’s profile makes clear why the only secure road to the NCAA tournament runs through winning the Metro Atlantic Conference tournament: the schedule includes damaging, lopsided losses on the road at Villanova and at Penn State and a string of nonconference setbacks that undercut any claim to quality wins, while the team’s best moments consist of road victories at Siena and Rider and comfortable home wins over Holy Cross and Dartmouth that prove it can beat its peers. Road and neutral-site success is inconsistent because those two conference road wins are offset by heavy defeats at places like Duquesne and Towson, and conference play has featured unhelpful losses to Iona, Merrimack, Canisius and Niagara that weaken the resume. The remaining slate gives Sacred Heart a mix of favorable home opportunities against Canisius and Niagara and uphill trips to Quinnipiac and Merrimack that are meaningful chances to rebuild standing, but absent a conference title the body of work leaves too much damage for an at‑large case.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Duquesne128L92-80
11/11@Villanova24L94-60
11/15@Queens NC162L81-64
11/21Holy Cross326W79-66
11/24@Central Conn268L108-106
11/29@Penn St118L90-59
12/3@Mt St Mary's290W87-80
12/7Iona232L81-69
12/13@NJIT331W65-49
12/16@MA Lowell303L87-82
12/19Dartmouth225W85-63
12/22@Towson172L72-47
12/29Merrimack209L80-72
1/2@Niagara354L64-61
1/4@Canisius347L82-78
1/9Marist149L76-72
1/11Quinnipiac180L70-60
1/14@Siena186W86-80
1/19@Rider353W105-85
1/22Canisius34781%
1/24Niagara35485%
1/30@Quinnipiac18022%
2/1@Merrimack20927%
2/5Fairfield26359%
2/7@Manhattan33656%
2/13St Peter's23452%
2/15Rider35384%
2/20@Fairfield26336%
2/22@Marist14917%
2/27Mt St Mary's29064%