NCAA Tournament March Madness

#292 Sacred Heart

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Sacred Heart’s résumé reads like a team that must capture its conference automatic bid to reach the NCAA field. They have resume-building moments, with road victories at Siena and Rider, a neutral-site win over Iona, and home wins over Mount St Mary’s and Dartmouth that show they can win away from home and defend their gym against comparable opponents. Those positives are outweighed by lopsided losses at Villanova and Penn State and damaging true road defeats at Duquesne and Central Connecticut that will follow them in committee conversations and make an at-large berth unlikely. The nonconference slate never produced a headline victory to erase those blemishes and defensive lapses in several tough road games have left the overall profile thin outside conference play. With modest quality wins, high-profile setbacks, and a lack of signature triumphs, the MAAC tournament is the clearest and most realistic path for Sacred Heart into the NCAA tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/7@Duquesne132L92-80
11/11@Villanova32L94-60
11/15@Queens NC192L81-64
11/21Holy Cross330W79-66
11/24@Central Conn306L108-106
11/29@Penn St137L90-59
12/3@Mt St Mary's280W87-80
12/7Iona260L81-69
12/13@NJIT332W65-49
12/16@MA Lowell320L87-82
12/19Dartmouth268W85-63
12/22@Towson174L72-47
12/29Merrimack170L80-72
1/2@Niagara338L64-61
1/4@Canisius343L82-78
1/9Marist204L76-72
1/11Quinnipiac217L70-60
1/14@Siena209W86-80
1/19@Rider357W105-85
1/22Canisius343W69-66
1/24Niagara338W71-70
1/30@Quinnipiac217W98-91
2/1@Merrimack170L75-58
2/5Fairfield259L92-87
2/7@Manhattan329L80-68
2/13St Peter's256W78-71
2/15Rider357W86-75
2/20@Fairfield259L78-68
2/22@Marist204L65-63
2/27Mt St Mary's280W77-69
3/5(N)Iona260W91-80
3/6(N)Merrimack170L70-48