NCAA Tournament March Madness

#256 St Peter's

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

St. Peter's is essentially playing for a conference title because its nonconference résumé offers few convincing wins and several damaging road losses at Seton Hall, VCU, Georgetown and Delaware plus a bruising home defeat to Dartmouth that a committee will notice. Its strongest moments are clustered inside the MAAC, highlighted by wins over Iona, Siena and Manhattan, a road victory at Quinnipiac and a home win over Merrimack, but those victories come against familiar opponents and do not replace a lack of high‑end results away from its own gym. Neutral site play has not helped the cause, with a loss to Fairfield leaving little evidence the team can beat quality opponents on a neutral floor. Mixed road form, including close defeats at Merrimack and Rider, underscores that the resume is built on conference success rather than signature nonconference scalps. Given that profile the clear path to the NCAA field is to secure the automatic berth by winning the MAAC tournament.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3@Seton Hall52L77-50
11/8F Dickinson336W93-83
11/12@VCU45L78-61
11/18@Delaware270L81-70
11/22MA Lowell320W68-66
11/29Dartmouth268L87-61
12/5Canisius343W69-57
12/7Niagara338W71-43
12/13@Georgetown84L76-68
12/29@Fairfield258W70-66
1/2Marist204W69-59
1/9@Mt St Mary's279L70-65
1/11Merrimack170W76-63
1/14@Quinnipiac216W74-70
1/17Rider357W69-58
1/19Iona260W77-63
1/24@Merrimack170L67-59
1/30Mt St Mary's279W66-58
2/1@Rider357L81-78
2/5@Manhattan329W80-75
2/7Siena209W70-65
2/13@Sacred Heart292L78-71
2/15Fairfield258W83-74
2/20@Iona260L72-64
2/22@Siena209L72-63
2/27Manhattan329W75-65
3/1@Marist204W63-56
3/6(N)Fairfield258L74-55