NCAA Tournament March Madness

#359 St Francis PA

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

St. Francis’ body of work is defined more by punishment than polish because a string of true road tests at Oklahoma, TCU, Xavier and Florida and a tough neutral-site slate that featured Belmont and Troy left the resume without a signature victory to lean on, while closer games against Mt St Mary’s, Troy and regional opponents at home at least showed the roster can compete in stretches. Those lopsided road defeats are the real damage here since committees prize wins away from home and on neutral floors, and the profile still affords a clear path to change the narrative with upcoming home dates against Le Moyne and F Dickinson and a cluster of conference opportunities plus winnable road chances at places like Wagner and LIU Brooklyn. If St. Francis can turn those looks into road or neutral wins and avoid more bad losses, the resume improves; without that correction the safest route into the field is still to secure the conference’s automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Oklahoma53L102-66
11/6@TCU54L104-63
11/11Mt St Mary's294L74-66
11/18@Lehigh311L79-62
11/24(N)Belmont71L94-57
11/26(N)Troy138L74-64
12/1@Xavier99L96-74
12/7@Radford252L89-56
12/14@Temple148L95-67
12/17@Florida13L102-61
12/20Robert Morris185L79-70
1/2Le Moyne30134%
1/4F Dickinson35757%
1/8@Wagner30016%
1/10@LIU Brooklyn2047%
1/17Central Conn27428%
1/19Stonehill34248%
1/23Chicago St34148%
1/25@New Haven34829%
1/29@Chicago St34127%
1/31New Haven34850%
2/5@Mercyhurst32020%
2/7@Le Moyne30117%
2/12@F Dickinson35735%
2/14Mercyhurst32039%
2/19LIU Brooklyn20418%
2/21Wagner30033%
2/26@Stonehill34227%
2/28@Central Conn27412%